Aloha Coffee owner intends to sue Monterey County as they pull health permit Share Updated: 7:27 PM PST Dec 24, 2020 Kyla Linville Share Updated: 7:27 PM PST Dec 24, 2020
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Show Transcript ERIN CLARK IS OFF TONIGHT. WE ARE BEGINNING TONIGHT WITH A SMALL MONTEREY COFFEE SHOP DEFYING HEALTH GUIDELINES. ALOHA COFFEE HAS BEEN ISSUED A NUMBER OF WARNINGS FROM THE MONTEREY COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BUREAU..WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO THE BUSINESS S HEALTH PERMIT GETTING REVOKED. ACTION NEWS EIGHT REPORTER KYLA LINVILLE JOINS US IN STUDIO WITH A BREAKDOWN ON WHAT THE COFFEE SHOP HAD TO SAY. ALTHOUGH THE COFFEE SHOP HAD THEIR PERMIT TAKEN AWAY, THEY CONTINUE TO OPERATE BUSINESS AS USUAL. AND IT S THE BUSINESS OWNER RICHARD DUNNUCK WHO SAYS HE PLANS TO SUE MONTEREY COUNTY FOR TEN MILLION DOLLARS FOR INFRINGING ON HIS RIGHT. Richard Dunnuck 0:05:09 This is a court case, so it s got to go to court. It s my case, t
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Monterey County health inspectors have paid a whopping 1,971 visits to businesses since September. Their inspections include the routine stuffâchecking for health code compliance on things like proper temperature controls in restaurants, hot water, etc.âbut now also include monitoring for compliance with stay-at-home orders.Â
Overwhelmingly, business owners have been in compliance. And those that were out of compliance have mostly come around voluntarily. But officials did issue 12 citations for failure to comply.Â
The most extreme measure they can take is revoking a health permit; for a food business, a health permit is required to remain in operation.Â
They took that most extreme measure with Aloha Coffee & Cafe on Del Monte Avenue in Monterey, and the cafe s health permit was revoked on Wednesday, Dec. 23.Â