A MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WAS IN A HIGH SPEED CHASE FRIDAY NIGHT.   THE DEPUTY WAS PATROLLING HIGHWAY 101  WHEN  ABOUT 11 P-M THE DEPUTY PULLED OVER A VEHICLE  THAT HAD BEEN REPORTED STOLEN.   WHEN THE DEPUTY ASKED THE DRIVER TO STEP OUT OF THE CAR, HE SPED OFF REACHING SPEEDS OF 120 M-P-H.  THE DEPUTY GAVE CHASE FOR 22 MILES UNTIL HE WAS ABLE TO DISABLE THE FLEEING CAR BY BUMPING IT.  31 YEAR OLD RUSSELL ANTHONY VENEZIO, FROM PHEONIX ARIZONA, WAS ARRESTED ON THE 800 BLOCK OF EL CAMINO REALIN GREENFIELD.  HE WAS BOOKED INTO COUNTY JAIL.

THIS SATURDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE OLDTOWN FARMERS MARKET WAS HELD, AT ITS NEW LOCATION ON GABILAN STREETS.    THE NEW LOCATION CAN ONLY EXTENDS FROM MAIN TO SALINAS STREETS, BECAUSE OF CALTRANS REGULATIONS.  THIS LEAVES THE STORES BETWEEN MONTEREY AND MAIN STREETS LEFT OUT OF THE ACTIVE MARKET PLACE.     HOWEVER MOST OF THE BUSINESSES, IN THE OLDTOWN DISTRICT, SAW A BOOST IN BUSINESS, FROM THE 25 HUNDRED SHOPPERS THAT ATTENDED SATURDAY’S FARMERS MARKET.

THERE WERE DOZENS OF KITES TAKING PART IN CAPITOLA VILLAGES KITE FESTIVAL.  THE ANNUAL EVENT IS KNOWN AS THE CAPITOLA KITE CLASSIC AND HAD SEVERAL CATEGORIES OF KITES RANGING FROM ACROBATIC OR TRICK KITES TO HOMEMADE BOX KITES ALTHOUGH THE EVENT WAS FREE ORGANIZERS WERE ACCEPTING DONATIONS FOR THE CAPITOLA FLOOD RELIEF FUND.

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