A TACO WAGON IN SALINAS WAS ROBBED LATE LAST NIGHT, ALONG WITH 1 OF ITS PATRONS. THE ARMED ROBBERY TOOK PLACE JUST BEFORE 11 P.M., IN THE 700 BLOCK OF EAST MARKET STREET. THE SUSPECT WAS REPORTEDLY IN HIS 20?S. HE HAD BLACK HAIR AND WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING ABOUT 5 FEET 4 INCHES TALL, AND WEIGHING ABOUT 120 POUNDS. HE WAS WEARING A BLUE WINDBREAKER, AND BEIGE PANTS AT THE TIME OF THE ROBBERY OF THE LA PERLA MARISCO?S TACO WAGON. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS ROBBERY IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

2 TEENAGERS WERE SHOT AT WHILE SITTING IN A CAR ON WILLIAMS ROAD IN SALINAS FRIDAY NIGHT. REPORTEDLY A MALE APPROACHED THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, AND SHOT THE 17 YEAR-OLD PASSENGER. THE BULLET STRUCK THE BOY IN THE UPPER RIGHT ARM, TRAVERSED HIS ARM AND THEN ENTERED (AND EXITED) HIS CHEST. AFTER LEAVING THE BOY?S CHEST IT HIT THE 19 YEAR-OLD DRIVER?S RIGHT ARM, BUT DID NOT PENETRATE. THE DRIVER DROVE HIMSELF AND HIS PASSENGER TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. THE 17 YEAR-OLD?S INJURIES, ALTHOUGH SERIOUS, WERE NOT LISTED AS LIFE-THREATENING.

A 17 YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED IN SALINAS FRIDAY NIGHT, AFTER HE AND AN ACCOMPLICE ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE ACCOSTED A COUPLE (WHO WERE WALKING ON SOUTH HEBBRON AVENUE, NEAR JOHN STREET). A YARD-TO-YARD SEARCH FAILED TO REVEAL THE SECOND SUSPECT, BUT DID TURN UP A 9 MILLIMETER HANDGUN (THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE ONE USED IN THE 8 P.M. INCIDENT). ALTHOUGH NO SHOTS WERE FIRED IN THE INCIDENT, AND NO ONE WAS INJURED, THE 17 YEAR-OLD WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JUVENILE HALL FOR THE ASSAULT CHARGES, AND A VIOLATION OF HIS PROBATION.

PACIFIC GROVE?S FLU SHOT CLINIC GAVE OUT MONTEREY COUNTY?S FIRST FLU SHOTS FOR THE YEAR ON FRIDAY. THERE WERE ONLY 250 SHOTS AVAILABLE, BUT MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT THE SALLY GRIFFIN CENTER IN PACIFIC GROVE. EVEN THOUGH THE GROUP ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE SHOTS WAS LIMITED TO THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 65 WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS, PEOPLE STOOD IN LINE FOR HOURS. THE CLINICS WILL ALSO BE HELD THIS WEEK IN SEASIDE TODAY (MONDAY), CASTROVILLE ON TUESDAY, CARMEL ON WEDNESDAY AND MARINA ON THURSDAY. THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE CLINICS ARE RUN BY LOTTERY AND NOT ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE BASIS.