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A project aimed at encouraging people to live a healthier lifestyle, was kicked off yesterday in Monterey County. The Park Farther project was created by The Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System in an effort to help address childhood obesity and diabetes. The project, which designates a number of spaces within retail parking lots in Monterey County, involves walking further to the customer’s destination.
A SUSPECTED HEROIN DEALER WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK IN WATSONVILLE, AFTER HE WAS FOUND WITH 100 GRAMS OF HEROIN IN HIS VEHICLE. 31 YEAR-OLD JOSE CALDERON AVALOS WAS PICKED UP ON THE 200 BLOCK OF EAST LAKE AVENUE JUST BEFORE 10 P.M. TUESDAY NIGHT. HE WAS BOOKED INTO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL.
The 7-MEMBER CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT IS EXPECTED TO RULE ON WHETHER GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER HAS THE AUTHORITY TO FURLOUGH MORE THAN 200-THOUSAND STATE WORKERS, (TO SAVE THE STATE SOME MONEY. BECAUSE THE FURLOUGHS CALL FOR A SHORT WORK-WEEK AND A 14 PERCENT REDUCTION IN PAY REDUCED, the STATE COMPTROLLER SAY IT VIOLATES CALIFORNIA’S COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LAW AND THE 40-HOUR WORK WEEK. A STATE ATTORNEY HAS ARGUED THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS THE “IMPLIED AND INHERENT” AUTHORITY TO MAKE CHANGES…WHEN the STATE FACES A CASH CRISIS.
THE OWNER OF A SALINAS BAKERY IS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN A BAY AREA HOSPITAL. THAT AFTER HE WAS SHOT AROUND 1 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING, AT HIS BUSINESS ON EAST ALISAL STREET. SALINAS POLICE OFFICERS ARE REVIEWING SOME VIDEO SURVEILLANCE TAPES, THAT MAY HAVE CAUGHT THE SHOOTER AT THE BAKERY.
A monterey county judge is expected to decide in early november, if a Greenfield teen should be tried as a juvenile or an adult. The teen is accused of a December 5th shooting of 2 women who were in a Greenfield motel room. 30 year-old Veronica Gallegos was pronounced dead at the scene, while Yvonne Martinez was taken off life support about a week later. The teen is scheduled to attend a readiness hearing October 25th, and his “fitness” hearing November 8th.