Jolon News

The Indians Fire in Los Padres National Forest took a dramatic turn Wednesday as it suddenly doubled in size, becoming the largest wildfire reported in the state by day's end.

By SUNITA VIJAYAN * The Salinas Californian * June 10, 2008 A judge issued a gag order Monday for all parties involved in the search for housing for convicted child molester James Lamb.

“You wouldn't release an alcoholic to a bar without a bartender and say, 'Now, don't drink,'”

Trish Martinus, hand on head, listens to the judge beside her sister-in-law Maryann Martinus and Linda Irving, all of Lockwood. via Monterey County Herald

“There was a second location I asked Liberty Health Care to look into that was not in south county”

By SUNITA VIJAYAN * The Salinas Californian * May 15, 2008 A Monterey County Superior Court judge has approved a housing site for convicted sexually violent predator James Lamb. via Salinas Californian

“We have a passionate and concerned community, and I'm proud of it.”

By SUNITA VIJAYAN * The Salinas Californian * April 18, 2008 At least one more month of nail-biting is in store for south Monterey County residents worried that sexual predator James Lamb will be their new ... via Thecalifornian.com

Jolon's first Mission Days event is today at Mission San Antonio de Padua in southern Monterey County. via Thecalifornian.com

“I would just caution people and let them know we will not tolerate any criminal acts regardless of who it's against”

Monterey County sheriff's deputies are inspecting two potential sites where a convicted sex offender could be released to live. via TheKSBWChannel

“When we lose our language, we're getting cut off from our roots”

Extinct American Indian Languages Saved by Work of Eccentric Linguist Who Died Decades Ago Jose Freeman, right, and Greg Castro, left, descendants of the Salinan tribe use clapper sticks while singing in the ... via ABC News

“Dying languages depend on you.”

Professor Martha J. Macri looks over notes made by linguist J. P. Harrington on the dialect of the Luiseno Indians at her office at UC Davis. via Daily Democrat

“I don't pay much attention to one year, but this year the change is so big, particularly in the Arctic sea ice, that you've got to stop and say, 'What is going on here?' You can't look away from what's happening.”

Q Thanks for publicly renouncing hand-held cell phone usage while driving. I hope you are sticking to that commitment. via San Jose Mercury News