ACCORDING TO SANTA CRUZ POLICE A MAN HIS 40s ATTEMPTED TO KIDNAP AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY TODAY. AT APPROXIMATELY 4:10 P.M. THE MAN DROVE UP TO THE BOY ON THE 800 BLOCK OF WALNUT STREET BEFORE ALLEGEDLY YELLING AT THE BOY, STATING HE SHOULD GET IN HIS CAR. THE BOY FLED THE AREA, AND NOW AUTHORITIES ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO FIND THE SUSPECT. THE MAN WAS REPORTED DRIVING A GRAY 2000 TOYOTA TUNDRA PICKUP WITH AN OPEN BED, AND IS DESCRIBED TO BE IN HIS 40s WITH A MUSTACHE.

ACCORDING TO CAL FIRE, NO HOMES OR STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN THREATENED IN A QUARTER ACRE FIRE. CAL FIRE CREWS HAVE HALTED A QUARTER-ACRE VEGETATION FIRE FROM GROWING ON MONHOLLAN AND OLMSTED ROAD IN MONTEREY. CREWS ARE STILL WORKING TO FULLY CONTAIN THE BLAZE.

A TEEN INVOLVED IN THE THURSDAY ARMED ROBBERY OF A RESTAURANT ON NORTH SANBORN ROAD IN SALINAS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. JOSE ANTONIO CEJA IS ONE OF THE TWO SUSPECTS INJURED BY A “GOOD SAMARITAN” IN THE ROBBERY, AND IS CURRENTLY IN STABLE CONDITION. THE OTHER SUSPECT DIED AT THE HOSPITAL, AFTER SUSTAINING FATAL INJURIES. WHEN CEJA IS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL HE WILL BE CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ROBBERY.

A CRASH ON HIGHWAY 1 IN APTOS RESULTED IN THE CLOSURE OF ONE NORTHBOUND LANE AND THREE PASSENGERS SUFFERING MINOR INJURIES. AT 1 P.M. TODAY A SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE DRIFTED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND CRASHED INTO A CENTER GUARD RAIL BEFORE FLIPPING SEVERAL TIMES AND ENDING UP ON A GRASS MEDIAN SEPARATING NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC NEAR LARKIN VALLEY ROAD AND SAN ANDREAS ROAD IN SOUTH APTOS. THREE PASSENGERS THAT OCCUPIED THE S.U.V. SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP PAST THE MAR MONTE AVENUE EXIT UNTIL 2 P.M.