EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, SHOTS WERE FIRED AT AN INHABITED VEHICLE IN SALINAS. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN THE AREA OF CHEROKEE DRIVE AND INCA WAY. WHEN SALINAS POLICE OFFICERS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, A 25 YEAR-OLD MAN REPORTED HIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN SHOT. SALINAS POLICE OFFICERS ARE SEEKING THE SHOOTER, WHO USED A 9 MILLIMETER HANDGUN IN THE SHOOTING. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

A CONCERT, THAT WAS TO HAVE OPENED THE ARTS AND LECTURES SEASON AT U.C.S.C. TONIGHT, HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THAT?S BECAUSE THE 7-MEMBER FOLK MUSIC ENSEMBLE (FROM THE CELTIC REGION OF SPAIN), KNOWN AS LLAN DE CUBEL, DIDN?T RECEIVE ITS? VISAS. PEOPLE WHO HAD TICKETS TO THE CELTIC MUSIC CONCERT CAN EXCHANGE THEM FOR PIANIST CHRISTOPHER O?RILEY?S SUNDAY SHOW AT U.C.S.C.?S RECITAL HALL.

A MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY OPENED YESTERDAY IN SANTA CRUZ. THE HARVEY WEST PARK FACILITY, CALLED GREENWAY COMPASSIONATE RELIEF INCORPORATED, IS THE FIRST SUCH DISPENSARY TO OPEN IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. THE OPENING OF THE DUBOIS STREET SHOP, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO SERVE AN ESTIMATED 3 THOUSAND PEOPLE, MEANS THAT AREA RESIDENTS WILL NO LONGER NEED TO GO TO SAN FRANCISCO, OAKLAND, OR HAYWARD FOR THEIR MEDICAL MARIJUANA.

A TRIAL BEGAN YESTERDAY IN SANTA CRUZ. 47 YEAR-OLD SANTA CRUZ RESIDENT WILLIAM MICHAEL ALLEN IS ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING, RAPING, ROBBING AND ASSAULTING A WOMAN 3 YEARS AGO. SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SHERIFF?S DEPUTIES SAY ALLEN INITIALLY ACCOSTED HIS 44 YEAR-OLD VICTIM ALONG PORTER GULCH ROAD, AS SHE RESTED IN HER STATION WAGON WITH HER SLEEPING 3 YEAR-OLD CHILD. THE CHARGES AGAINST ALLEN CARRY A POTENTIAL LIFE SENTENCE.