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MENTAL ILLNESS DEEMED NO EXCUSE VS

MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARRESTED A PRUNEDALE MAN ON SUSPICION OF TRYING TO RUN DOWN A MAN HE THOUGHT WAS HIS BROTHER. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN AUTHORITIES SAY WAYNE KNIGHT ARGUED WITH HIS BROTHER, THEN FIRED A SHOTGUN AT HIM AND TRIED TO RUN HIM OVER. BUT ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES, HE MISTAKENLY DROVE HIS TRUCK AT A STATE CORRECTIONS OFFICER, THINKING IT WAS HIS BROTHER. THE OFFICER AVOIDED BEING RUN DOWN AND CAPTURED KNIGHT, HOLDING HIM AT GUNPOINT UNTIL SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARRIVED. REPORTEDLY KNIGHT SUFFERS FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, BUT THAT DID NOT KEEP KNIGHT FROM BEING BOOKED ON 2 CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, CARRYING A LOADED FIREARM AND VANDALISM.

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STABBING IN WATSONVILLE EIB

A 28 YEAR OLD MALE DRIFTER WAS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION ON TUESDAY, AFTER RECEIVING A LARGE STAB WOUND TO HIS UPPER ARM, IN WATSONVILLE. THE INCIDENT MAY HAVE OCCURRED ON THE PAJARO RIVER LEVEE, AFTER A FIGHT INVOLVING KNIVES ERUPTED BETWEEN SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS, TWO OF WHICH HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING AN ONGOING DISPUTE. SEVERAL SUSPECTS WERE BEING HELD, BUT THE MAIN OFFENDER IS STILL BEING SOUGHT OUT.
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SANTA CRUZ TOURISM REBOUNDING VS

THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY CONFERENCE AND VISITORS COUNCIL REPORTS THAT TOURISM LEVELS IN THE COUNTY ARE RETURNING TO PRE 9/11 NUMBERS. THERE HAS BEEN AN ALMOST 60 PERCENT HOTEL OCCUPANCY LEVEL THROUGH NOVEMBER, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN ANY YEAR SINCE 2000.
THAT WAS WHEN AVERAGE OCCUPANCY REACHED OVER 67 PERCENT. THE COAST SANTA CRUZ HOTEL NUMBERS AVERAGED ABOUT 25 PERCENT HIGHER THIS NOVEMBER THAN LAST YEAR. THE COUNTY ALSO DOCUMENTED REVENUE INCREASES IN THE HOTEL BED TAX FOR THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, ENDING IN JUNE.

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PDALE MAN ARRESTED S.S.

A PRUNEDALE MAN WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT AFTER HE SHPT HIS BROTHER AND THREATENED AN OFF DUTY C.D.C. OFFICER. WAYNE KNIGHT WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER. A LOADED SHOTGUN WAS RECOVERED FROM THE VEHICLE, IN WHICH HE FLED THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING.
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CANNERY ROW DESAL PLANT S.S.

THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION HAS APPROVED THE FORMATION OF A GOVERNMENT ENTITY, TO MANAGE A DESALINATION PLANT FOR THE PROPOSED OCEAN VIEW PLAZA PROJECT PLANNED FOR MONTEREY?S CANNERY ROW. L.A.F.-CO VOTED 7 TO 1 LAST NIGHT TO APPROVE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT?AND THAT?S A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD FOR THE 190 THOUSAND SQUARE-FOOT RETAIL AND CONDOMINIUM CANNERY ROW DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WILL NEXT GO BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION.
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