Great recap, Pinz!
I heard some of what Beth Karas said, too.
She said only 3 boats were launched from the Berkeley Marina between 12/23 and 12/27.
She said (as you pointed out) that Scott was on the phone with Amber a lot during that trip to Carmel that he and Laci made with Scott's parents, in December, I think.
Oh--I also heard Beth Karas say that Scott's and Amber's first date was Nov. 20, and they stayed at a Radisson Hotel, I think in Fresno.
At that time, Scott told Amber he was going to get a vasectomy b/c he didn't ever want children. He did, supposedly, make an exception for her 2-yr-old. Funny that he was talking about such things the very first time they were together. But it might have been a "sales" tactic to get her to think he was "caring" about permanence and family matters, so she'd be sure and sleep with him. He wouldn't want her to think he was just another aging Lothario!
What does this new tidbit mean, I wonder?
Scott had that launch parking ticket. Does that mean he was one of the three, and that it was simply again unusual to go out on a boat in the bay there at that time of year? (For sturgeon...) (In a tiny boat...)
Or does it mean that he was not one of the three and simply got the parking ticket w/o launching? But we know he launched somewhere.