Seaside News

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SEASIDE, Calif.- It's finals time for college students, which means lots of pressure, leading to long hours in the library to get a good grade.

A food service worker arrested in January and accused of sharing alcohol and pornography with students at Santa Catalina School in Monterey was sentenced to felony probation and 350 days in Monterey County Jail.

The Monterey County District Attorney announced that 29-year old Juan Pablo Mata of Seaside was sentenced on Tuesday to felony probation and 350 days in jail.

Officers responded to a report of an estimated eight shots being fired about 4:30a.m. in the 1600 block of Noche Buena Street and found shell casings in the intersection of Noche Buena and Olympia Avenue.

"Just seeing the image of my son with his eyes wide open and staring at these police officers with their guns drawn was so troubling to me," said a Seaside woman, who wanted to stay anonymous.

Gang violence on the Central Coast has been categorized in many ways over the years, even identified as a public health epidemic for the number of young men killed due to gangs.

"Its extremely popular in the past we would be able to order baby chicks on a weekly basis, now we're at the mercy of the hatchery and what they have to send us," said Chris Olow, of Hacienda Hay and Feed.

Seaside, Calif.- Here's latest Dear Jon question. Michelle writes: Dear Jon, Why is the government backing down on their promise on having a cemetery for veterans on the former Fort Ord? Here's what I've found out, it's not the government that is holding this up.

The noted underwater photographer and marine biologist plunged from a life of luxury in a Yankee Point home to prison for killing a bicyclist while driving drunk in 2007.

SALINAS, Calif.- According to the Monterey County Office of Education, nearly 400 upper elementary, middle and high school students from 44 Monterey County public and private schools will assemble at Seaside High School for a subject many people shy away from: math.

According to Marina Police, a DUI checkpoint proved successful Saturday night. Marina Police and Carmel Police conducted the checkpoint at Imjin Parkway and 3rd Avenue.

Four gang members were taken off Seaside streets over the weekend according to police.

Joshua Claypole Murder suspect was found hanging in his cell during what jail officials said was "a routine health and welfare check." The man accused of stabbing a Monterey taxi driver to death was clinging to his own life Sunday on life support at San Jose hospital.

State Sen. Bill Monning, D-Monterey, is spearheading an effort that authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs, in cooperation with the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, the city of Seaside, the Fort Ord Reuse Authority and other local agencies to design, develop and construct a California Central Coast State Veterans Cemetery at Fort Ord.

Confused about the distinction between an executor, trustee and fiduciary? Would you like to know if naming your children co-trustees of a family trust is a good idea? These and a number of other questions will be addressed on May 14 and 15 in an community educational program presented by the Hospice Foundation.

The system has its failings. Adam Lanza, James Holmes and Jared Lee Loughner are infamous examples of what can happen when red flags go unheeded and signs of a downhill slide are ignored.

Community leaders condemned federal sequestration cuts at a meeting on the subject Thursday and urged people to hold officials responsible.

In a 19-minute sequence of events, Monterey police found Daniel Garcia Huerta, 44, of Salinas, felled by multiple stab wounds in the parking lot; a Salinas woman was carjacked by the apparent killer of the cab driver just down the street from Enterprise; and Seaside police found and arrested the suspected killer, Joshua Kannon Claypole, 20, of Big ... (more)

Monterey detectives and Marina Police arrested 24-year old Kenneth Edward Packer Junior at his home for allegedly stealing several cars.