OLD DOGG AND NEW TRICKS… Last week we reported that some county officials’ hysteria that Snoop Dogg, an aging rapper with his own reality TV show, “Father Hood,” would incite gang violence at the Monterey Music Summit threatened to cancel the annual festival. The Weekly is happy to report that the concert is a go, and with Snoop. “There was never a question that we would cancel Snoop. That would be censorship,” says Summit promoter Joe Fletcher. On Tuesday, May 6, county supervisors voted 4-1 to approve an agreement with Fletcher to produce the concert at Laguna Seca with Supevisor Ila Mettee-McCutchon voting against the summit because of Snoop Dogg and his lyrics. [JL]

WHEN DEVELOPMENTS GO BAD… In our last installment on Fort Ord development deals, Marina Community Partners, developers of The Dunes on Monterey Bay, wanted $12.7 million from the Fort Ord Reuse Authority to keep the project going. The Marina City Council agreed to pony up $70 million, but FORA said no. The City Council has since been meeting behind closed doors to draft a new plan since the agreement was contingent on FORA’s cash. Now there is speculation among council members that homebuilder Centex Homes may pull out of the development. [ZS]

HOLD IT DOESN’T CUT IT… In our Dec. 20, 2007, article about a class-action lawsuit against Monterey County labor contractors, we reported that lawyers for Valley Pride, Sea Breeze Harvesting and Premium Packing claimed that meal and rest periods weren’t required for farmworkers. Judge Lydia Villareal didn’t buy it. (If the courts break for lunch, shouldn’t farmworkers?) On April 22, Villareal rejected the companies’ argument and ruled the class-action case will proceed. [ZS]

SAME OLD STORY… When we last reported on the never-ending saga of September Ranch back in December 2006, county supervisors had approved the Carmel Valley subdivision and it was headed to court – again. (In 1998, the supes first approved the housing proposal, and a year later, a judge overturned the county’s approval because the environmental impact report didn’t adequately address water supply.) Last week, Superior Court Judge Susan Dauphine overturned the supes’ second approval of the 95-home project, again citing errors in the water analysis. Sadly, the judge didn’t send any county officials back to school to study up on California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements. [JL]