Category Archives: Salinas Californian

Contractor Fraud In P.G.

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Your taxes and SDI witholding at work. An injured chef caught doing concrete work. Maybe that’s why the biscuits were rock hard.

On Nov. 10, the District Attorney’s Office said, Jose Cruz was found installing a concrete driveway without a contractor’s license and didn’t possess workers’ compensation insurance for his employees who were working at a site in Pacific Grove.

They said Cruz told a Contractors State Licensing Board investigator that he injured his back while on the job the previous day. The District Attorney’s Office said Cruz had required a deposit of half of the $3,050 contract prior to starting the project – a down payment amount considered excessive by law.

Contractor Fraud In P.G.

Teen Diver Deaths Ruled Accidental

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The deaths of Stephen Anderson, 16, and Keegan Aiazzi, 17, both of Carson City, Nev. were caused by asphyxia due to ocean drowning, the coroner’s report stated. The teens drowned on April 9.

They said forensic inspection of their scuba diving gear showed there hadn’t been any failure to the systems. The gear, recovered from the ocean floor, was tested by Master Dive Repair Technician Ernest Bourne. It was tested in a laboratory and also in ocean conditions similar to what the teens would’ve experienced, the Coroner’s Unit said.

Teen Diver Deaths Ruled Accidental

Another Spinach Recall

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I thought Sam the Sham Farr was busy spending our tax dollars to keep Salinas valley produce safe and clean?
popeye spinach

Fresh Express announced a precautionary recall of nearly 3,000 cases of bagged spinach that may be contaminated with salmonella, according to a report released by the produce company on Tuesday.

Salinas-based Fresh Express voluntarily recalled 2,939 cases of 9-ounce spinach bags because of a positive result for salmonella from random sample testing.

Another Spinach Recall

Man Overboard In Pebble Beach

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The monument must have got him.

A 47-year-old man was recovering Wednesday after he was tossed into the ocean off Pebble Beach near Bird Rock, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office reported.

The unidentified man was in a small boat by himself when the boat lost power and he began drifting toward shore in rough surf conditions.

He ended up in the water after his boat is believed to have either capsized or broken up against rock formations in the surf, deputies reported. He was in the water for approximately 10 minutes before making his way to the beach near a scenic turnout off of 17 Mile Drive.

Man Overboard In Pebble Beach

If The Sheriff’s Rescue Team Saves You, They Check You For Warrants

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Bad bummer – wet, freezing, stranded then arrested

Corey King

Corey King, 22, of Pacific Grove, was arrested on felony warrants for driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license and petty theft with a prior.

The arrest came after King and two of his friends called for help when all of their backpacking gear, including matches and clothes, were soaked by rain. Officials said the men, who have been backpacking since Friday, had been in “grave danger” of freezing.

Following the rescue, officials learned that King had a felony no-bail warrant for his arrest. King was arrested for the warrant and the two other men and dog returned home.


If The Sheriff’s Rescue Team Saves You, They Check You For Warrants

Murder Suspect Seeks Attorney

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Started with Attorney Richard Rosen. lol

Sunny Nguyen

The arraignment for a 26-year-old Seaside man accused of fatally stabbing the grandmother of his two children in Pacific Grove has been postponed for a second time.

Sunny Nguyen is scheduled to appear in court again on Dec. 21. His family needed more time to hire an attorney.

Murder Suspect Seeks Attorney

Husband & Wife Campers Fight

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Who said camping was a way to relax and de-stress?

At about 6 p.m. Friday, Arthur W. Davis of Seaside began arguing with his wife over camping issues and walked away from their campsite off Naciemnto Ferguson Road in Big Sur, the Sheriff’s Office said. He ended up walking up a mountain and got lost. After waiting several hours his wife contacted the Sheriff’s Office, which then dispatched its Search and Rescue team.

Waited several hours for him to return before calling for help?

Green Crime On The Rise

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Add possible theft and jail crowding to the cost of going green.

Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies say charges of grand theft and trespassing are pending against five male juveniles suspected of stealing a solar panel and battery used to power an electric fence on a ranch in San Lucas.

Deputies said that at 11:10 a.m. Sunday, the boys, ranging in age from 14 to 16, trespassed onto the ranch on Star Road and removed the panel and battery, then buried them in anticipation of retrieving the goods later.

Deputies said they followed the footprints from the scene to a house in San Lucas.

Green Crime On The Rise