Well between the worst fireworks and the religious message I hope the church doesn't expect a refund from the city this time. That was weak. My neighbors are still putting on a better show than them...
I live in the southeast part of Salinas. What is up with the loud bangs at all hours of the day. One just popped off at 10 AM. I repeat 10 AM. This is the first time I’ve heard it so early.
Scared the hell out of me. It’s that loud sounding firework bang. There’s someone near where I live that likes to do this EVERY SINGLE DAY. They typically do it in the evening.
I get that the 4th is coming up but regardless this happens throughout the year.
Does anyone know if there's any jobs around here im tired of looking
Hello everyone, I’m 22M and I need a actual job in town or 30 minutes away. I have 3 years of restaurant and retail experience and need to branch out and start something new. Expenses are at an all time high and I need a job that’s full time. I have reliable transportation, if anyone has any resources or knows of any job opening please let me know. Thank you for your time
Steel Bonnet Brewing opening a second taproom in the former Farmers Union Pour House location in oldtown Salinas.
Tomorrow when you check out The Carmel Pine Cone, the regional eye locks onto Monterey County’s oversight apparatus. But you don’t have to wait for the press releases to see where the structural breakdown occurred. A formal complaint has already bypassed closed doors, detailing how Pacific Grove’s single-license storefront retail drawing was methodically turned into an insulated corporate sweepstakes.
Look directly at the architecture of the 8-ball monopoly:
The Eight Corporate Tickets
When the City Clerk turned the crank on June 15, the public saw ten independent companies. The corporate registration records reveal a vastly different reality. Eight of those ten approved lottery balls were structured, financed, and deployed by a single multi-location corporate retail giant: Off the Charts (OTC), out of Costa Mesa.
By using a network of interconnected shell entities under a centralized ownership group, a single enterprise weaponized "permit stacking" to secure an 80% mathematical guarantee to capture the local market at 1157 Forest Avenue. Legitimate local and independent entries were reduced to a microscopic 10% chance of success per(egg?).
What Did They Know?
The city can no longer claim administrative ignorance. The documented evidence chain establishes that city leadership, the City Manager’s office, and outside counsel were served with explicit, formal legal warnings as early as January 9. These warnings specifically detailed the precise corporate linkages of the eight overlapping applications and outlined how the drawing violated the spirit of a fair municipal process.
Rather than enforcing standard ownership disclosure mandates required under California’s state MAUCRSA regulations, city administration and their heavily compensated consultant, HdL Companies, actively chose to press forward. They hid behind the passive bureaucratic defense that the stacking was "technically permissible" under a loosely drafted municipal ordinance—effectively giving a green light to a rigged statistical outcome.
The Consequences
This wasn't an administrative oversight; it was a systemic failure of due process that completely eroded public trust. By allowing a public lottery to be hijacked by shell-stacking tactics, the city has exposed regional taxpayers to severe litigation vulnerabilities and an impending civil watchdog investigation.
The complete entity networks, public tracking logs, and formal filings submitted to the Civil Grand Jury are fully laid bare here:
How we ended up at a civil grand jury
Does anyone know if the Salinas soccer complex is hosting another World Cup watch party on Tuesday, when Mexico plays? I checked their website and it didn't say, and I sent a message yesterday but haven't heard back. Thanks!
Can anyone recommend a place where they buy gold at good prices.
Looking for a cleaning person for our home. Pls feel free to dm!
11am this morning, I’m driving southbound and the animal is walking northbound on the right side of the freeway. Between Sala and boronda exits.
Called it in obviously.
Did anyone see it? Does anyone know of a German shepherd in the area?
I hope CHP got them. Animals deserve better.