Boronda News

I was so disappointed last Thursday, I felt compelled to write. I pulled up to a very busy gas station at the corner of Alisal and Griffin street. There was a car at every pump and people streaming in and out of the store. As I was walking up to the doors, I tripped on the curb and fell hard on the sidewalk. I am nine months pregnant. Of all the people around, including an employee that was leaving and walking out to her car, only one person stopped to ask me if I was OK and to help me up. The others stared or simply walked past as I lay on the ground. I would like to thank that one person — Andy from J&M Electric, who was kind enough to help me up and make sure I was all right. He even asked if I needed a ride to the doctor or anywhere I might need to go. I cannot believe we live in a day and age when people would witness something like that and not even stop pumping their gas. Cheryl Phillips Salinas They don't care about Boronda I live in Boronda, the community the city and county forgot ¶ or at least want to forget. Today, at 11 a.m. I am finally forced to physically picket the Monterey County Offices. I have been trying to get Monterey Peninsula Engineering to clean up a mess they made in front of my (and my neighbor's) house for months. MPE promised repeatedly to deal with it immediately, but they lied. The county said they would force MPE to clean up the mess, but nothing has happened. I have never lived anywhere where this problem wouldn't have been solved by a simple telephone call, but this mess, in Boranda, apparently requires no actions, just promises. Seems that picketing is the only option left. Will Whitacre Salinas

At 11:40 a.m., police said, two people approached and then demanded money from the attendant at the center located in the 1200 block of North Davis Road.

A lot of people are excited about a new Lowe's coming to Salinas, but one US Congressman isn't too pumped about it.

On Friday, decapitated cats were found on Highway 101 near Boronda in Salinas. The SPCA for Monterey County is investigating this case.

The City of Salinas is set to vote on bringing in a brand new home improvement store to the area that will create over 300 jobs.