Carmel Pine Cone, February 5, 2021 (Main News)
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The pros, the sportscasters, local charities and how to hit Pebble Beach your own hole-in-one — AT&T PRO-AM 2021 sort of ... inside this week! VolumeThe 107 No. 6 Carmelwww.carmelpinecone.com Pine ConeFebruary 5-11, 2021 T RUS T ED BY LOCALS AND LOVED BY VISI T ORS SINCE 1 9 1 5 Peninsula readies for a Pro-Am with just pros Supes urge move Because of the epidemic, this year’s AT&T golf tournament will be played of vaccination without fans or celebrities — making for a lonely scene Thursday as final preparations were under way at the clinic to Salinas 18th Green (right). Instead of the usual grandstands and corporate hospitality buildings, just a few tables and chairs n Scheduled for Crossroads CVS were evident (below). But while the PGA pros compete for a $7.8 million By KELLY NIX purse during the event that starts Tuesday, CBS and the Golf Channel THE MONTEREY County Board of Supervisors this will be covering the action, and on week claimed not enough is being done to immunize the Wednesday, a charity event featuring county’s poorest and most vulnerable residents, and the celebrities like Bill Murray will also be panel requested that a pharmacy giant relocate two newly broadcast live. See our special section announced vaccine clinics on the Monterey Peninsula — inside for complete details. including one in the Crossroads — to the Salinas Valley, PHOTOS/MICHAEL TROUTMAN, DMT IMAGING where the coronavirus pandemic has had the most devas- tating effects. On Tuesday, CVS announced it would be part of a fed- eral program to set up numerous clinics at stores in Cali- fornia, including a CVS at the Carmel Crossroads and an- other one in Monterey. CVS will launch the program Feb. 11 at 300 stores in 11 states. But the announcement was met with bitterness from county supervisors, including District 3 County Supervi- sor Chris Lopez, whose district is South Monterey County. Lopez said the placement of the clinics on the Monterey Peninsula — where infection rates have been relatively low — was “unfortunate, given where our hotspots” are for coronavirus in the county. “I’m a little disappointed in that decision, based on all of the commitment from the federal government and the state government to equity,” Lopez said. See EQUITY page 14A City imposes 10 p.m. shutdown for restaurants Mayors want testing By MARY SCHLEY Parker Logan’s comments pleading with the city to let for migrant workers “Carmel’s oldest and historically significant drinking es- WITH THE return of outdoor dining following Gov. tablishment” stay open later. Gavin Newsom’s abrupt lifting of shelter-in-place orders “I don’t want to compete with spinach gnocchi or n Will arrive from nation’s hottest spot throughout the state last week, city administrator Chip Re- crepe-style pancakes, and I shouldn’t have to,” he said at rig imposed a new rule requiring all restaurants and tasting the Feb. 2 council meeting. “I lie and wait for the tables By KELLY NIX rooms to stop seating people by 10 p.m. and have their and chairs to be tucked in, I lie and wait for the clock to parklets and other outside seating areas empty by 11. strike 10, because that’s when the memories at Sade’s be- WITH THOUSANDS of migrant farmworkers from Rerig announced the change Tuesday, reminding coun- gin. All businesses should have the right to prosper in their Yuma, Ariz., expected to arrive in Monterey County next cil members and the public that he was following direction unique way.” month to tend to crops in the Salinas Valley, some elected set by the city council at a mid-December 2020 special Logan’s friction with some council members and Rerig officials are asking that they be required to get tested for meeting that focused on outdoor dining. coronavirus before working here, amid fears that their ar- “This applies to all outdoor seating areas on public and See CURFEW page 12A rival could mean another surge of infections. private property,” he said. “I do not have any intent under The New York Times reported Jan. 22 that the case rate my authority given to me by the governor to expand these in Yuma is so high that 1 of every 6 residents there gets hours.” DA reports inmate infected. In response, eight mayors, including Carmel’s That statement was in response to Sade’s bar owner Dave Potter, Bill Peake of Pacific Grove, Kimbley Craig of Salinas and Bruce Delgado of Marina, urged the Monterey fraud arrests, suggests County Board of Supervisors to direct county health to en- sure farmworkers are free from the virus before they can PENINSULA TO GET many more to come See SEASONAL page 15A By CHRIS COUNTS PRO SOCCER TEAM TWO MONTHS after state officials admitted that n Major upgrades for CSUMB stadium tens of thousands of prisoners bilked taxpayers out of hun- dreds of millions of dollars in pandemic relief payments, By CHRIS COUNTS Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced that five local prisoners have been charged in THE LATEST arrival at Cal State Monterey Bay isn’t connection with the fraud. a student, teacher or administrator, but a professional soc- Tony Nguyen Tran, Lanh Van Truong, Juan Castillo Lo- cer team. pez, Zachary Don Dobbs and Lenny Westley Sanks were The United Soccer League announced this week its Monterey County Jail inmates when the fraud occurred. newest team will be called the Monterey Bay Football Two others who were charged, Reynaldo Garcia Gomez Club, and the home team will play its games at CSUMB’s and Nicole Ramona Sanks, were not incarcerated when the Freeman Stadium. crime happened. “We are excited at the opportunity to work with Mon- All are charged with unemployment insurance fraud, terey Bay FC and the USL in bringing world-class soccer felony counts of conspiracy, making fraudulent statements PHOTO/MICHAEL TROUTMAN, DMT IMAGING to the Monterey Bay region,” CSUMB President Eduar- on unemployment insurance applications, and two counts Monterey County’s ag industry depends on seasonal workers, many of whom will be arriving this spring from an area with the See SOCCER page 11A See FRAUD page 13A nation’s highest coronavirus infection rate. Attention readers: Don’t forget that you can have the complete Carmel Pine Cone delivered every Thursday evening to your tablet, laptop, PC or phone — with no banner ads, popups, click bait or paywalls. We also don’t harvest your data or make you create an account or password. Free subscriptions available at www.carmelpinecone.com. 2A The Carmel Pine Cone February 5, 2021 Sandy Claws By Lisa Crawford Watson new spring Best buddies arrivals COOPER HAS the head of a Yorkshire terrier, Peter Millarlar the body of dachshund, and a whole lotta hope Samuelsohnohn in his eyes. Purchased as a puppy by a family who Nackymadeade lost interest, he spent nine years in their backyard Eleventy without a bed, a ball or the benefit of affection. Ag Jeans When the family moved away without him, a Boglioli vigilant neighbor picked him up and posted his Alberto picture on Facebook. That’s where his forever per- Incotex son found him. She called to ask if she could come J Brand collect him, but the decision actually depended on Buddy. Drakes At 16, Buddy is a Pomeranian-Chihuahua, now Canali deaf, who is used to being the prince of his Sea- Alden side home. But it wasn’t until his person installed a Eidos camera in the house that she learned he cried the Hiltl whole time she was at work. Isaia “When I brought Cooper home, it was on a trial Eton basis, to be sure he and Buddy would get along,” said their person, “I saw that when Buddy started to cry, Cooper went over and laid his head on Bud- dy’s body to comfort him. I knew Cooper had come store wide home.” winter clearance Nine months later, Cooper’s first family came person never takes one without the other. Buddy’s back to claim him. It wasn’t an option. arthritis slows him down, but he likes to sit in the A year later, the dogs are so devoted, they’re tidepools and soak. Cooper won’t go in the water; 831•625•8106 never apart. 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