A MONTEREY PENINSULA MAN COULD FACE 3 YEARS IN PRISON, AFTER HE REPORTEDLY DISMEMBERED THE FAMILY CAT (AND SCATTERED ITS REMAINS AROUND HIS HOME). 34 YEAR-OLD MARINA RESIDENT MARK CORNELL WAS ARRESTED AFTER MARINA POLICE FOUND PIECES OF HIS DEAD CAT BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCE. HE FACES A FELONY COUNT OF ANIMAL CRUELTY, WHEN HE RETURNS TO COURT JANUARY 28TH.

POLICE WERE REPORTEDLY DISPATCHED TO THE PUEBLA DEL MAR APARTMENTS AFTER CORNELL?S WIFE APPARENTLY TOLD A NEIGHBOR WHAT HER HUSBAND HAD DONE.

A LOCAL COMPANY HAS AGREED TO BE SOLD TO A COMPANY THAT SERVES CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE. PHILLIPE KAHN?S NEWEST VENTURE, MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING COMPANY LIGHTSURF TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, WILL BRING IN 270 MILLION IN STOCK. LIGHTSURF WAS KAHN?S 3RD SUCCESSFUL COMPANY. IT FOLLOWED BORLAND SOFTWARE, AND STARFISH SOFTWARE. THE DEAL IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE BY THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.

15TH DISTRICT SENATOR ABEL MALDONADO SPOKE WITH K.S.C.O. ON THIS MORNING?S ?GOOD MORNING MONTEREY BAY? SHOW AND TOLD OUR LISTENERS THAT HE REALLY BELIEVES THAT LEGISLATORS NEED TO WORK TOWARD A COMMON GOAL??INSTEAD OF SPLITTING ALONG PARTY LINES.
MALDONADO?S 15TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT INCLUDES SANTA CRUZ, MONTEREY, SAN LUIS OBISPO, SANTA CLARA, AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES.

STATE SENATOR JEFF DENHAM SAID TODAY THAT SECRETARY OF STATE KEVIN SHELLEY FAILED THE TRUST OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC, AND ONCE AGAIN CALLED FOR HIS RESIGNATION. SHELLEY, WHO DEFIANTLY FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR A JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING MONDAY, HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR MONTHS NOW. HE IS ACCUSED OF NUMEROUS CAMPAIGN FINANCE INVESTIGATIONS, MULTIPLE PERSONNEL COMPLAINTS, AS WELL AS THE ABUSE OF FEDERAL HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT FUNDS.