A TODDLER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL, AFTER SHE WAS DISCOVERED FACE DOWN IN HER FAMILY?S HOT TUB. THE 18 MONTH-OLD GILROY GIRL?S PARENTS WERE HOME AT THE TIME, AND THEY TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO RESUSCITATE THEIR DAUGHTER. A SERGEANT WITH THE GILROY POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT DUE TO PROTOCOL THE DETAILS OF THE LITTLE GIRL?S DEATH ARE UNAVAILABLE, BUT AT THIS POINT THE INCIDENT APPEARS TO BE JUST BE A TRAGIC ACCIDENT.

ABOUT 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF VEHICULAR VANDALISM HAS BEEN PERPETRATED IN SOUTH MONTEREY COUNTY. SHERIFF?S DEPUTIES SAY THAT ABOUT 40 VEHICLES IN CHUALAR AND SPRECKELS SUFFERED PUNCTURED TIRES AND SHATTERED WINDOWS. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THESE INCIDENTS ARE ASKED TO CONTACT THE MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFF?S DEPARTMENT.

A MORGAN HILL MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF PASSING COUNTERFEIT BILLS. 23 YEAR-OLD JASON LEE GALLARDO FACES 23 CHARGES INCLUDING FELONY COUNTERFEITING, BURGLARY, AND POSSESSION OF CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE FOR SALE. GALLARDO WAS BOOKED INTO SAN BENITO COUNTY JAIL.

A 15 YEAR-OLD BOY HAS BEEN CITED FOR CRUETY TO ANIMALS. THAT AFTER WITNESSES SAID THEY SAW HIM THROWING HIS SMALL BROWN DOG AGAINST THE ROCKS AT HOOPER BEACH IN CAPITOLA. THEY ALSO SAID HE PUNCHED THE DOG AND THREW IT UP IN THE AIR, WHILE HIS 3 FRIENDS APPEARED TO SPIT ON IT.