Lieberman Show

News

TEENAGER RAISES MONEY FOR HIS UNIT vs

A MORGAN HILL TEENAGE ARMY RESERVIST TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO RAISE MONEY ON HIS OWN, FOR HIS MILITARY UNIT. SEAN FLYNN RAISED ALMOST $3,000 IN A SPORTS MEMORABILIA AUCTION. HIS PLAN WAS TO BUY EQUIPMENT FOR HIS UNIT, BUT WITH THE MILITARY CRITICIZED FOR NOT ADEQUATELY SUPPLYING SOME TROOPS , HIS UNIT RESPONDED BY SAYING ITS MEMBERS HAD ALL THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEEDED. FLYNN'S 10-DAY EBAY AUCTION ENDED LAST WEEK AND INCLUDED 10 ITEMS. 4 OF THEM BELONGED TO THE 18-YEAR-OLD, AND THE REST WERE DONATED. HALF THE MONEY WILL GO TO SUPPORT MOTHERS OF MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS, WHILE THE OTHER HALF WILL BUY EXTRA ITEMS SUCH AS A LAPTOP COMPUTER OR SATELLITE PHONE FOR FLYNN'S 445TH CIVIL AFFAIRS BATTALION.




TUNNEL SYSTEM TO PREVENT FLOODING vs

FLOODING WORRIES ARE BEING CALMED BY A NEW UNDERGROUND TUNNEL BEING BUILT IN SAN JOSE. DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS USED TO WORRY ABOUT FLOODING FROM THE NEARBY GUADALUPE RIVER, BUT A NEW FLOOD PREVENTION SYSTEM IS GIVING THEM SOME PEACE OF MIND. THE TUNNEL IS 60-FEET IN DIAMETER AND IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF WATER EVERY MINUTE. EVEN THOUGH THE NEW TUNNEL IS STILL BEING BUILT, OFFICIALS SAY AT THIS POINT IT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR USE IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY. SAN JOSE RAINFALL IS ALREADY ABOUT 33 PERCENT ABOVE NORMAL.

CASTROVILLE GROWTH PLAN JG

A SOUTHERN MONTEREY COUNTY COMMUNITY WILL PRESENT A DRAFT OF A COMMUNITY GROWTH PLAN TO MONTEREY COUNTY SUPERVISORS ON TUESDAY. RESIDENTS AND COUNTY OFFICIALS OF CASTROVILLE DEVELOPED THE GROWTH PLAN OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. WHEN PRESENTING THE PLAN TO SUPERVISORS, THEY WILL ASK FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ON IT. THE PLAN CALLS FOR DEVELOPING ROADS AND 1 THOUSAND 6 HUNDRED NEW HOMES AND APARTMENTS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

MORGAN HILL MAN ARRESTED JG

A MORGAN HILL MAN - THE SUBJECT OF A YEAR LONG INVESTIGATION FOR PASSING COUNTERFEIT BILLS - WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK. 23 YEAR OLD JASON LEE GALLARDO WAS ARRESTED ON 23 CHARGES BY HOLLISTER POLICE. THE CHARGES INCLUDED FELONY COUNTERFEITING, BURGLARY AND POSSESSION OF CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE FOR SALE. GALLARDO WAS FOUND ON A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA AT THE HOLLISTER K-MART BUYING MERCHANDISE WITH 3 FAKE 20 DOLLAR BILLS IN NOVEMBER 2003. HE WAS NOT ARRESTED UNTIL LAST WEEK BECAUSE HOLLISTER POLICE ONLY RECEIVED NEEDED EVIDENCE FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LAST WEEK. THE OTHER CHARGES STEMMED FROM VARIOUS INCIDENTS, INCLUDING A SHORT CHASE THE SUSPECT LED THE POLICE ON WHILE BEING ARRESTED.

WATER HEARING IN SALINAS JG

A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD IN SALINAS BY A WATER FIRM CONCERNING A PROPOSED RATE INCREASE. THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION WILL HOLD THE MEETING WEDNESDAY FROM 4:30 TO 7 P.M. IN THE RODEO ROOM AT THE SALINAS SPORTS COMPLEX LOCATED ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN SALINAS. THE RATE INCREASE IS SOUGHT BY THE CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE COMPANY FOR ITS SALINAS DISTRICT.

Sign Up for the Weekly Newsletter

Your mail*
Your name*


Podcasts

Advertising

Local News

2300 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz, CA