2 GIRLS, WHO WERE REPORTED MISSING, ARE NOW HOME. THAT AFTER THE 11 AND 14 YEAR-OLDS WALKED INTO THE SHERIFF?S COMMAND POST NEAR THE TORO SHOPPING CENTER THIS MORNING. THE SAID THEY HAD DECIDED TO RUN AWAY, AND SO HAD SPENT THE NIGHT HIDING IN THE BUSHES, WHILE RESCUERS WERE SEARCHING FOR THEM. A WOMAN SPOTTED THE 2 GIRLS THIS MORNING, AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO TURN THEMSELVES IN, EVEN GOING SO FAR TO WALK WITH THEM TO THE COMMAND POST.

THE SAUSALITO-BASED MARINE MAMMAL CENTER WILL BE WORKING WITH U.C. - SANTA CRUZ ON A STUDY OF DOMOIC ACID POISONING OF SEA MAMMALS. THE CENTER RECEIVED A 430 THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION. DOMOIC ACID IS CAUSED BY NATURALLY OCCURRING ALGAE BLOOMS. THE STUDY WILL LOOK AT SOME OF THE LESS-THAN-LETHAL EFFECTS ON THE ANIMALS.

A 17 YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY, AFTER HE ATTACKED A 15 YEAR-OLD STUDENT AT HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL IN SANTA CRUZ. ALTHOUGH THE ATTACKER REPORTEDLY HAD A KNIFE, THE VICTIM SAID HE DID NOT USE IT. THE 17 YEAR-OLD SUSPECT (WHO IS NOT A HARBOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT) WAS TAKEN TO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JUVENILE HALL.

A GAS STATION IN THE 200 BLOCK OF EAST ALISAL STREET WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:42 P.M. THE SUSPECT IN THAT ROBBERY WAS LAST SEEN RUNNING TOWARDS CALIFORNIA ALLEY. JUST 7 MINUTES LATER, EMPLOYEES OF A BURGER KING, IN THE 900 BLOCK OF SOUTH MAIN STREET, CALLED SALINAS POLICE TO SAY THE RESTAURANT HAD JUST BEEN ROBBED, AND THE SUSPECT HAD GOTTEN INTO A TAXICAB. 42 YEAR-OLD ROBERT GREATHOUSE JUNIOR WAS CAUGHT A SHORT TIME LATER (AFTER HE HAD THE DRIVER OF THE CAB DROP HIM OFF AT THE END OF A DEAD-END STREET). ALTHOUGH GREATHOUSE TRIED TO FLEE FROM OFFICERS THERE, HE WAS STOPPED AND ARRESTED. HE WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF ROBBERY AND KIDNAPPING. A SHORT TIME AFTER THAT ROBBERY A 23 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ROBBED WHILE WALKING ON WEST ALISAL STREET (NEAR CAYUGA). THE SUSPECT GOT AWAY WITH A WALLET IN THAT INCIDENT.