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New Tsunami Maps have been made available for the California coast, and there are some changes for several Monterey Bay cities. Sudden coastals swells could inundate areas further into Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel, Pebble Beach and Seaside than previously thought.
Tsunami alerts would most likely be issued via emergency cell phone messages.
More information can be found on-line at: Tsunami.ca.gov
To reduce the spread of Covid-19, state guidance has been released for 2021 commencements and graduation ceremonies. Schools are asked to allow for at least 2 hours between ceremonies, limit groups to a household unit, and keep seating fixed and marked. All ceremonies will need to comply with outdoor seated live events and performances....and all attendees (including staff, performers, students and families) must be counted toward the capacity limit. The California Department Of Public health also recommends a variety of modifications to keep people safer.
Schools in counties in a tier that does not allow for outdoor live events, are urged to consider drive-thru or virtual events instead.
A 71 year-old Salinas dentist has been sentenced to 5 years in prison because he violated his probation. Gary Klugman was placed on Felony Probation last May (for having been convicted of having hundreds of images of Child Pornography on his computer, and an assault weapon in his possession). This past October, several switch-blade knives were found in Klugman's home, and 2 more were found in his vehicle.
The judge said Klugman had had plenty of time to comply with the rules of his probation, and so she 'had no expectation he would voluntarily comply in the future'.
2 people have been arrested in connection with a string of robberies in Santa Cruz earlier this month. 21 year-old Manuel Alejandro Montoya is believed to have been the suspect in those march 17th robberies. He, and his alleged getaway driver, have been booked into Santa Cruz County Jail.
A Salinas-based attorney has been tapped to fill the seat on the bench being opened due to the retirement of a Monterey County Superior Court Judge. 43 year-old Jennifer Jean O’keefe, who has been the chief deputy public defender in Monterey county for the last 4 years; has been appointed to replace retiring Judge Efren N Iglesia, who has been on the bench since 2007.