A CAPITOLA PSYCHOLOGIST WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY ON SUSPICION OF CHILD SEX ABUSE AND CHILD PORN POSSESSION. DR. JOHN VISHER WAS ARRESTED AT HIS LA SELVA BEACH RESIDENCE AFTER CAPITOLA POLICE RECEIVED A REPORT THAT IN JANUARY VISHER WAS POSSIBLY INVOLVED IN LEWD ACTS WITH A MINOR, AN 8-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS HIS CLIENT. AFTER A SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED ON VISHER’S RESIDENCE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON SUSPICION OF LEWD ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER 14, DISPLAYING HARMFUL MATTER AND FOUR COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF OBSCENE MATTER. HE IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN COURT MONDAY.

THE 2012 GILROY GARLIC FESTIVAL’S GARLIC SHOWDOWN CHAMPION, IS PLANNING TO DONATE THE TOP PRIZE TO THE ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION. JASON GRONLUND OF GILROY WILL DONATE 5,000 DOLLARS IN CONJUNCTION WITH HARD ROCK CAFÉ SAN FRANSISCO’ S “ROCKIN’ TO END ALZHEIMER’S” EVENT WHICH CELEBRATES THE NATIONAL LAUNCH OF THE WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S. THE EVENT IS SLATED TO TAKE PLACE THIS FRIDAY AT THE HARD ROCK CAFÉ, LOCATED AT 256 PIER 39 IN SAN FRANSISCO. THE GARLIC SHOWDOWN FEATURED CONTESTANTS BRINGING THEIR FAVORITE SPICES AND COOKWARE AND HAD TWO HOURS TO PREPARE AND SERVE THEIR GARLIC CREATIONS TO A SELECT PANEL OF JUDGES.

THE MONTEREY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY’S START OF ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION. THIS HISTORIC MOMENT, AIMED TO BOOST PARTICIPATION OF CALIFORNIANS IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, WAS KICKED OFF WHEN CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE DEBRA BOWEN RECEIVED 1.8 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING. ELECTION OFFICES WILL SEE SAVINGS DUE TO LESS STAFF TIME NEEDED FOR DATA ENTRY, AND IT WILL HELP MORE THAN 6 MILLION CALIFORNIANS REGISTER

17 YEARS AFTER RISING WATERS FROM THE PAJARO RIVER ROSE ABOVE THE LEVEE AND FLOODED PAJARO, A GROUP OF OFFICIALS GATHERED ON THE RIVER’S LEVEE YESTERDAY TO CELEBRATE THE FINISHED FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT. PHASE ONE BEGAN ON JULY 1^ST AND WAS COMPLETED BEFORE THE PROJECTED DATE OF OCTOBER 31^st. WORKERS REMOVED 140,000 CUBIC YARDS OF SEDIMENT AND DEBRIS FROM A 2.5 MILE STRETCH FROM HIGHWAY 1 TO THE MAIN STREET/PORTER BRIDGE. PHASE 2 IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN JUNE OF 2013 AND END THE FOLLOWING OCTOBER.