KING CITY BAILOUT… A $13 million loan to bail out King City Joint Union High School District is slowly making its way through Sacramento. On June 8, SB 130 was sent to the Assembly Education Committee, where a June 24 hearing is scheduled. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the desperate measure on May 28. With the high school district set to run out of money next month and the state similarly cash-strapped, the district better look under couch cushions for change. [ZS]

MUSEUM MERGER MANIFESTS… In a city with no cash to spare, privatization is a welcome life raft for floundering public services. On June 3, the Pacific Grove City Council unanimously approved the creation of the private Museum Foundation to run the P.G. Museum of Natural History until July 2024. Under the agreement, the city leases the collection and facilities to the foundation, which in turn takes charge of exhibitions and day-to-day operations. The council will hold a second reading June 17. [KA]

WEIRDO ALERT… As we reported online, a hitchhiker on Carmel Valley Road prompted Carmel Middle School administrators to put the school on a 20-minute lockdown May 28. Several weeks earlier the same man, a local apparently in his 20s, had come onto campus and approached some kids. “He was asking if he could play with them,” CMS Principal Ken Griest says. “It was just Frisbee, but he was kinda creepy.” In the first incident, Sheriff’s deputies removed the man from campus. The second time he came around, three officers scoped the campus for about 20 minutes before declaring all clear. [KA]

SUPER DRUNK… Yep, I was drunk. That’s the word from Carmel Unified School District Superintendent Marvin Biasotti, who was arrested for DUI after drinking wine at a school-related event April 25. Biasotti initially pleaded not guilty, pending the results of his blood test, but changed his plea to no contest when the blood test confirmed his blood alcohol content at .12. Monterey County Superior Court Judge Tom Wills sentenced the super to five days in jail, but gave him two days credit and allowed him to make up the rest with community service. He’ll also serve five years on probation, pay a $1,818 fine and attend alcohol awareness classes. [KA]