A SOPHISTICATED NEW BANK SCAM IS TAKING PLACE IN CALIFORNIA. A RECENT ATM USER IS OUT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AS A RESULT. SAN FRANCISCO POLICE REPORT WHEN SHE WENT TO GET CASH, FROM HER WASHINGTON MUTUAL ATM MACHINE, SHE SLIPPED IN HER CARD AND ENTERED HER PIN NUMBER 3 TIMES AS IT ASKED. THEN A MESSAGE ON THE MACHINE ASKED HER TO CALL HER BANK FOR HELP AND KEPT HER CARD. THE SUSPECT CAME TO THE MACHINE AFTER SHE LEFT AND WITHDREW HER CASH. THE POLICE FRAUD UNIT WARNS ATM CUSTOMERS TO NOT USE ANY MACHINE THAT LOOKS SUSPICIOUS, OR HAS ANYONE SUSPICIOUS NEARBY, INSTEAD THEY SUGGEST YOU CALL THE POLICE.

A WHEELCHAIR-BOUND MAN WAS THE VICTIM OF A HIT AND RUN TODAY IN SALINAS. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT AROUND 10:30 A.M. AT THE INTERSECTION OF MARKET AND SHERWOOD. POLICE SAY A LARGE WHITE TRUCK WITH RED LETTERING ON THE SIDE HIT THE MAN, STOPPED FOR A MINUTE, THEN DROVE OFF. THE DISABLED MAN SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL. ANYONE THAT CAN AIDE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS CASE IS ASKED TO CALL THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE SANTA CRUZ CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD A SPECIAL CLOSED SESSION ON TUESDAY. MAYOR ROTKIN WILL OPEN THE MEETING AT 3 P.M.ONLY TO ANNOUNCE THE AGENDA, THEN CLOSE THE MEETING. THE LISTED AGENDA IS THE EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER. AFTER THE CLOSED SESSION, THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL REPORT ON IT TO THE PUBLIC.

A DEFENDANT HAD TO BE SUBDUED TODAY IN A MONTEREY COUNTY COURTROOM WITH A TASER. 28-YEAR-OLD MILES TURCOTTE BECAME DEFIANT, SO THE BAILIFF CALLED FOR HELP TO REMOVE HIM FROM THE COURTROOM. TURCOTTE RESISTED AND HEAD-BUTTED A DEPUTY WHILE TRYING TO GRAB A WEAPON. A TASER WAS DEPLOYED TO STOP HIS RESISTANCE, AND TAKE HIM BACK TO JAIL.