A HOLLISTER MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE HELD A STEAK-KNIFE TO HIS FATHER?S THROAT. 40 YEAR-OLD MARTIN HERNANDEZ WAS BOOKED INTO SAN BENITO COUNTY JAIL, FOR ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, THREATENING TO KILL HIS 74 YEAR-OLD FATHER, AND RESISTING ARREST. HERNANDEZ HAD REPORTEDLY GOTTEN UPSET WITH HIS FAMILY, BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THEY WERE LAUGHING AT HIM.

AN 18 YEAR-OLD MAN SUFFERED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE LEG IN SALINAS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE VICTIM SAID HE WAS WALKING HOME WITH A FEMALE COMPANION WHEN A CAR APPROACHED THEM FROM BEHIND, AND HE HEARD A SINGLE SHOT. THE SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS DESCRIBED AS A DARK-COLOURED SEDAN. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON TODAY?S 1 A.M. INCIDENT ON BEECH STREET (AT MACHADO) IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR A NEW WAL-MART SUPERSTORE IN GILROY. PLANS CALL FOR IT TO BE A 220 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY, LOCATED ON A 20-ACRE LOT ACROSS FROM THE COSTCO AND LOWE?S HOME IMPROVEMENT STORES, OFF HIGHWAYS 101 AND 152. THE PACHECO PASS CENTER STORE IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN JULY OF NEXT YEAR.

A PROMINENT SANTA CRUZ ATTORNEY, WHO BECAME SANTA CRUZ COUNTY?S DISTRICT ATTORNEY AT THE AGE OF 28, HAS DIED. 67 YEAR-OLD PETER CHANG, WAS SURROUNDED BY FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN HE PASSED AWAY AT DOMINICAN HOSPITAL OVER THE WEEKEND. HE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER 2 MONTHS AGO.

CHANG WAS A NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED JAZZ TRUMPETER, WHO PERFORMED WITH LOUIS ARMSTRONG AT THE AGE OF 13.

HE WAS SURROUNDED BY FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN HE DIED ON SATURDAY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS FATHER, CURRENT PARTNER (ANNE MITCHELL), EX-WIFE (MAYBELLE KAGY), AND SISTER (BEULAH CHANG)??.AS WELL AS HIS 3 CHILDREN. SERVICES ARE PLANNED FOR LATER THIS MONTH.