THE ALLEGED SALINAS JOHN DOE, CHILD PREDATOR HAD HIS FIRST DAY IN COURT ON THURSDAY.         58 YEAR-OLD DAVID J STEVENS WAS ARRESTED ON WEDNESDAY.     AUTHORITIES ALSO RESCUED A CHILD VICTIM IDENTIFIED IN THE CASE.     STEVENS WAS ARRESTED AFTER A CONCERNED CITIZEN, CALLED THE ICE’S TIP LINE.    INVESTIGATORS OBTAINED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR STEVENS HOME, AND FOUND ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE RELATED TO THE CASE.      ANYONE WITH FURTHER INFORMATION ON STEVENS, SHOULD CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT’S INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.

THE  WATSONVILLE  CITY  COUNCIL  APPROVED  A  CONTROVERSIAL  PLAN  TO  ALLOW  A  NEW  7-11  STORE  TO  BE  BUILT  ON  FREEDOM  BOULEVARD.   BEER  AND  WINE WILL  BE  ALLOWED  TO  BE  SOLD  AT  THE  NEW  STORE,  WHICH  IS  LOCATED  AT  THE  CORNER  OF ALTA  VISTA.  THE  OWNER  SAYS  HE  HOPES TO  HAVE  THE  STORE  OPEN  WITHIN  JUST  A  COUPLE  MONTHS.

A  LAWSUIT,   FILED  RECENTLY  BY   THE  FAMILY  OF  A  CANADIAN  WOMAN,  BLAMES  LAST  SUMMER’S  DEATH  OF 84  YEAR-OLD  GAIL  BERNACKI  ON  TAINTED  LETTUCE,   THAT  CAME  FROM  A  SALINAS-BASED  ORGANIZATION.    THE  SUIT  CLAIMS  THAT  BERNACKI  CONTRACTED  COLITITIS   FROM  E-COLI-TAINTED  LETTUCE  FROM  TANIMURA  AND  ANTLE  (THAT SHE  ATE  LAST  AUGUST).     THE  CANADIAN  FOOD  INSPECTION  AGENCY  HAD  ISSUED  A  HEALTH  HAZARD ALERT TO  CITIZENS  BEFORE  BERNACKI  DIED.   

TENSION BETWEEN ALISAL UNION SCHOOL BOARD, AND MONTEREY COUNTY SUPERVISOR FERNANDO ARMENTA, HAS CREATED ENOUGH DRAMA, THAT THE POLICE ARE TAKING NOTE AND INVESTIGATING.       BOARD MEMBER, JOSE CASTENEDA, HAS ACCUSED SUPERVISOR ARMENTA, OF MAKING VERBAL THREATS TO HIM AND INTERRUPTING A CLOSED DOOR MEETING.      AT WEDNESDAY NIGHTS BOARD MEETING, TEACHERS PARENTS AND UNION LEADERS, WERE RALLYING AGAINST A FAILED CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.