An 80-acre prescribed burn,is slated to take place outside of Carmel tomorrow (thurs). The burn, which is aimed at suppressing weed vegetation and stimulate native plant growth, is expected to occur on the Brazil Ranch during daylight hours about 13.5 miles south of Carmel, weather permitting. Officials with Los Padres National Forest say that highway-1 in the area, could be affected by the prescribed burn, and smoke is expected to be visible for miles.
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A meeting to be held in Monterey today, is expected to discuss the endorsement of a budget plan that would protect California students from further cutes. The assembly budget proposal, the “Jobs Budget Plan”, is a response to statewide cuts of 17-billion dollars over the past 2 years.
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2 PEOPLE, ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SELL THEIR BABY IN SALINAS (FOR 25 DOLLARS), WERE IN A MONTEREY COUNTY COURT ROOM TODAY. THEY WERE THERE TO SCHEDULE A PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE. SAMANTHA TOMASINI AND PATRICK FOUSEK ARE SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO A MONTEREY COUNTY COURT ROOM AUGUST 25TH AND 27TH.
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Reports that several great white sharks seen at the Capitola Wharf yesterday, so far, have not been confirmed. The sightings were reported as of 5:30 p.m. by fishermen who say one of the 2 sharks they saw was 19 to 20 feet long and a much smaller one, which was reportedly seen swimming around their boat. Regardless of the sighting, authorities say the beach will stay open.
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