THE CLEAN-UP ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY, THAT HAS HAD A GAS STATION LOCATED ON IT SINCE 1936, COULD TAKE YEARS, BUT AT LEAST IT?S EXPECTED TO BEGIN SOON THANKS TO A 160 THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT. THAT MONEY COMES FROM THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK CLEAN UP FUND. TOXIC SEEPAGE HAS BEEN FOUND UNDER THE ABANDONED GAS STATION, LOCATED AT PORTER DRIVE AND SALINAS ROAD IN PAJARO. THE LEAKED GASOLINE CONTAINS CARCINOGENIC CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS. THE SEEPAGE IS REPORTEDLY NOT NEAR DRINKING WATER SOURCES. STARTING IN SEPTEMBER, A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM IS EXPECTED TO START PULLING UP THE OLD TANKS, AND EXCAVATING THE CONTAMINATED SOIL.

A 33 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT, WHILE HE WAS SITTING IN HIS CAR FRIDAY NIGHT. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE 400 BLOCK OF KENNETH STREET IN SALINAS. THE 3 MALE HISPANIC SUSPECTS TOOK HIS MONEY (AND CELL PHONE), BEFORE FLEEING IN A LATE MODEL TAN HONDA PRELUDE (WITH NO FRONT BUMPER). ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NO ONE WAS INJURED WHEN ROUNDS WERE FIRED INTO A SALINAS HOME (AND A NEARBY CAR) EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE SHOOTING OCCURRED AT ABOUT QUARTER-TO-2 IN THE MORNING IN THE 200 BLOCK OF PALOMA DRIVE. NO SUSPECTS (OR VEHICLES) WERE SEEN LEAVING THE AREA, AFTER THE INCIDENT.

A 24 YEAR-OLD SEASIDE MAN WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. JOSEPH DEON HORNE WAS GIVEN A SENTENCE OF 4 LIFE TERMS BY A JUDGE WHO CALLED HIM A MENACE ON THE STREETS. THAT AFTER HORNE WAS CONVICTED OF 7 FELONIES INCLUDING THE MURDER OF 20 YEAR-OLD JASON EWING IN 2002. THE OTHER CHARGES INCLUDED ATTEMPTED MURDER, DRIVE-BY SHOOTING AND DRUG SALES ON BEHALF OF A VIOLENT GANG KNOWN AS THE SEASIDE MOB.