THE WINNER IS… Results are in from last weekend’s 28th annual Sunshine Surfabout. Zach Downing won in the open longboard and open bodyboard events, and took home the Waterman Award, the prize awarded to the competition’s best overall athlete. Johnny Craft won the open shortboard and distance paddle contests. Jay Killen, who struggles with Parkinson’s disease, won in the Kahuna (age 50 and older) category, and was clearly this year’s standout. Killen, who started surfing in 1960, managed to make it to the finals, get covered up and slip out of a crucial barrel. [PW]

FOOTPATH’S FATE… When we last reported on the battle over “Parcel B,” open space linking Monterey’s Quarry Park and Veterans Memorial Park, a few Monterey homeowners living beside Parcel B had sued the city and their own homeowners association to keep the public off the trail connecting the parks. The public-or-private fight over the footpath continues. At 10am Friday, June 20, in the Monterey Public Library’s Community Room, 625 Pacific St., Monterey, the city holds a public hearing about Parcel B. [JL]

SAFETY NET… Last week we reported on Salinas’ struggle to subdue gang-related shootings in the wake of 15 homicides this year. A new grant may help. The Center for Community Advocacy has received $100,000 from UnitedHealth Group/PacifiCare to launch a gang violence prevention initiative, helping families avoid gang membership and violence. [ZS]

TOTAL RECALL… Anti-establishment activists are making good on their threat to recall the entire Seaside City Council for unanimously voting to reinstate the city’s eminent domain powers in redevelopment areas. Seaside Taxpayers Association, Citizens Against Eminent Domain and the Libertarian Party of Monterey County will launch the “Recall/Replace the Seaside Five” campaign this fall, according to Seaside homeowner Lawrence Samuels, who is a member of all four groups. [KA]

RING OF FIRE… It’s that time of year again: Controlled-burn season, or at least let’s-try-to-keep-the-flames-under-control season. As part of its ongoing cleanup efforts, the Army is waiting for the right weather to burn up to four parcels on Fort Ord to clear vegetation for munitions removal. As early as July 1 the Army could burn two segments near Del Rey Oaks and another two parcels near Bureau of Land Management headquarters. [ZS]