HIGHWAY 1 NEAR MOSS LANDING IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT THIS TIME, DUE TO A FATAL ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AROUND 3 O?CLOCK THIS MORNING. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN A WOMAN (WHO WAS REPORTEDLY BEING CHASED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES) LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE AND IT HIT A BIG-RIG. C.H.P. OFFICERS ARE INVESTIGATING THIS CRASH AND THERE IS NO CURRENT ESTIMATE ON WHEN THE ROADWAY WILL BE RE-OPENED. NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS BEING TAKEN OFF HIGHWAY 1 AT DOLAN ROAD, WHILE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC IS BEING DETOURED ONTO SALINAS ROAD.

THE WOMAN, WHO WAS FOUND MURDERED IN HER CAR ON HECKER PASS HIGHWAY MONDAY, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. 20 YEAR-OLD SALINAS RESIDENT CRYSTAL ANN MORADO WAS FOUND SLUMPED OVER THE WHEEL OF HER CAR ON HIGHWAY 152, NEAR POLE LINE ROAD, (NOT FAR FROM THE COUNTY LINE). THAT MURDER IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED.

A SPECAIL CEREMONY IN PACIFIC GROVE TUESDAY MARKED 150 YEARS OF OPERATION AT THE POINT PINOS LIGHTHOUSE. THE LANDMARK HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION LONGER THAN ANY OTHER LIGHTHOUSE. IT ALSO WAS THE 1ST TO HAVE A WOMAN KEEPER. THE HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE BEGAN SHINING ITS GUIDING LIGHT ON FEBRUARY 1ST IN 1855.

A FATAL ACCIDENT CAUSED THE CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 1 EARLY THIS MORNING. THE 3 A.M. ACCIDENT REPORTEDLY OCCURRED WHEN A WOMAN WAS BEING PURSUED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES, ON HIGHWAY 1 IN THE MOSS LANDING AREA. SHE APPARENTLY LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE AND IT HIT A BIG RIG. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, AND AN INVESTIGATION ENSUED. HIGHWAY 1 REOPENED AROUND 6:15 THIS MORNING.