Carbone Saves A Customers Life

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CPR learned 25 years ago comes back.

While tonight is a great gift to the military community, Sal’s present to one family this Thanksgiving is truly heroic. On Saturday a man at his bar had a heart attack, “It was kind of an unusual situation. The son had just found the dad after 26 years. They stopped in here to shoot a game of pool. He passed out the son was just frozen. I took over picked him up and put him on the bench and resuscitate him he looked up and smiled, a great Thanksgiving,” said Carbone.

Carbone Saves A Customers Life

County Asks Judge To Dismiss Lawsuit By “Art Theft” Victims

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Relationships, defamation and dubious art thefts.

Monterey County is asking a judge to quickly throw out a defamation lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Office filed by two men who contend they lost a world-class collection of art to thieves.

An attorney for the county says in court papers that the two men – Dr. Ralph Kennaugh and Angelo Amadio – have little chance of prevailing in their October suit that accuses the Sheriff’s Office of publicly defaming them in comments to the media about the massive art theft.

Christopher Cayce, the men’s attorney, argues that the Sheriff’s Office “egregiously used the media to litigate this matter in the press.” He says the sheriff’s spokesman made “egregious lies” unrelated to the “underlying investigation.”

The two men contend that the Sheriff’s Office sought to discredit Amadio because of his relationship with the daughter of a man with influential ties to the Sheriff’s Office.

Moreover, Cayce says in court papers the two men provided the Sheriff’s Department with documentation about the missing artwork, but the media were told the men were being uncooperative.


County Asks Judge To Dismiss Lawsuit By “Art Theft” Victims

Carbon Monoxide Kills Two In Monterey

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If you have gas appliances of any kind, a carbon monoxide detector is a must. You can find one at Ace Hardware.

Firefighters were sent to a Monterey home in the 700 block of Lottie Street at 9:17 a.m. Monday on reports of two people who were unresponsive.

When firefighters arrived, they determined that there were high levels of carbon monoxide in the apartment.

The causes of death were determined to be accidental.

Deputies said a wall-mounted gas heater appears to have played a role in their deaths.

Carbon Monoxide Kills Two In Monterey

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

Amanda Spears Sentenced To Jail In I.D. Theft Case

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All that for a used car and some video games. Stupid.

Two 22-year-old Peninsula residents were sentenced to jail and probation for stealing an elderly woman’s identification and using it to open credit accounts with which they purchased video games and other entertainment items.

According to prosecutor Jeannine Pacioni, the victim was an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s sufferer. Amanda Spears of Pacific Grove used the woman’s identification to get credit cards and access her financial accounts. She also forged and cashed checks from the Robert H. Down Parent Association.

Theodore Lopez of Pebble Beach pleaded guilty to elder abuse for conspiring with Spears to use the 85-year-old victim’s stolen identification. Both were placed on probation. Spears was ordered to serve 340 days in county jail. Lopez was sentenced to 240 days.

Amanda Spears Sentenced To Jail In I.D. Theft Case

P.G. Woman Murdered

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Police said that around 10:45 p.m., officers were called to the 200 block of 17-Mile Drive in regards to a person who had refused to pay for a taxi cab fare.

When officers arrived and knocked on the front door, police said, no one answered. Officials said, however, that police saw movement and heard sounds coming from inside the residence.

When officers went to the side window, police said, they saw what appeared to be blood splattered on the wall.

Officer forced entry into the home and found 46-year-old Judith Salazar of Pacific Grove dead on the floor. Sunny Nguyen, the 26-year-old who is reportedly the father of Salazar’s grandchildren, was also found on the floor suffering from knife wounds.

P.G. Woman Murdered

P.G. Teacher Guilty Of Child Endangerment

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Taught 1st grade at the David Avenue private school for a short time. Child molesting charges entered in February were dropped in a plea bargain. Lilley has left the country for South Africa I am told.

Patrick Lilley
Patrick C. Lilley

Patrick Charles Lilley, 52, an ex-teacher at Sonoma’s Woodland Star Charter School, pleaded no contest to a single count of felony child endangerment and was sentenced to five years’ probation. Lilley served about nine months in county jail after his arrest.

P.G. Teacher Guilty Of Child Endangerment

(Sonoma Press Democrat)

P.G. Library Now Accepting Food In Lieu Of Fines

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Odd timing of this normally compassionate holiday story. First they lose a tax levy vote, then forgo collecting money..

Library Book Drop

From Nov. 29 through Dec. 31, the Monterey and Pacific Grove public libraries will accept donations of unopened, non-perishable food as an option to paying overdue fines on library materials.

P.G. Library Now Accepting Food In Lieu Of Fines

One Way Lighthouse Ave Is Not My Way

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Lighthouse Ave Traffic

Ever get the feeling that these traffic experts ride the bus all the time? Kind of like having priests counsel on marriage. Dedicating traffic lanes to buses will not reduce anything when no one rides them. Take out some sidewalks that are always empty to make more room on the narrow avenue or make the buses use Foam or Hawthorne. Or make Holman Highway 4 lanes all the way.

Making Lighthouse Avenue one-way through New Monterey remains the preferred model for easing vehicle traffic on the crowded city street, improving safety and making it more bus and pedestrian friendly, according to city planners.

Monterey traffic engineer Rich Deal, senior planner Kimberly Cole and principal planner Elizabeth Caraker met residents and business owners Wednesday to hear their comments on the proposed Lighthouse Area Specific Plan. Another workshop is at 5p.m. Nov. 30 at the city’s Hilltop Park Center.

The one-way model, Deal said, would allow improved traffic flow toward Monterey and could include a dedicated bus lane that would speed up bus service by reducing the time needed for curbside stops.

One Way Lighthouse Ave Is Not My Way