3 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN SOUTH MONTEREY COUNTY SATURDAY. THAT AFTER 1 OF THEM ALLEGEDLY SHOT AT A VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY 101 NEAR GONZALES. YUBA CITY RESIDENTS BRENT BALDWIN, MICHELLE HORTON, AND JESSICA MERCADO WERE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DRIVE-BY SHOOTING. ALL 3 WERE BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.

FORMER SENATOR BRUCE McPHERSON COULD BECOME THE 29TH SECRETARY OF STATE THIS WEEK. BEFORE IT?S SPRING BREAK, THE SENATE APPROVED THE GOVERNOR?S NOMINATION. NOW IT?S UP TO THE ASSEMBLY AS TO WHETHER THE SANTA CRUZ REPUBLICAN WILL TAKE OVER THE POST, FROM WHICH KEVIN SHELLEY RECENTLY RESIGNED. THE ASSEMBLY RULES COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED TO VOTE ON HIS POTENTIAL APPOINTMENT TOMORROW, AND MANY EXPECT THE FULL ASSEMBLY TO VOTE THURSDAY.

A MEMORIAL FUND HAS BEEN SET UP IN HONOR OF A GILROY TEEN, WHO WAS KILLED IN A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT IN MEXICO RECENTLY. DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE JR MEMORIAL FUND, AT THE BRANCH OF COMMUNITY BANK OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, (THAT IS LOCATED AT 761 FIRST STREET IN GILROY). WELL-KNOWN GILROY RESIDENT, AND VALLEY CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STANDOUT, LOVELL KEITH ?JR? ADAMS WAS KILLED MARCH 18TH, WHILE VACATIONING WITH HIS FATHER IN CANCUN. THIS IS VALLEY CHRISTIAN?S 2ND STUDENT DEATH IN 4 WEEKS, AND 4TH OVER THE PAST YEAR.

17 YEAR-OLD SENIOR ?JR? ADAMS WAS KNOWN AS AN OUTSTANDING FOOTBALL PLAYER, AND TEAM CAPTAIN. HE WAS VOTED THE TEAM?S MOST VALUABLE PLAYER, AND SELECTED TO PLAY IN AN ALL-STAR GAME IN JULY. THE 6-FOOT, 180-POUND HALFBACK LED THE WEST CATHOLIC ATHLETIC LEAGUE WITH 17 TOUCHDOWNS THIS YEAR, AND WAS ONE OF THE LEADING RUSHERS, AVERAGING 6.51 YARDS PER ATTEMPT DURING THE REGULAR SEASON. HE WAS SELECTED AS A FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE PLAYER THIS YEAR.

A MONTEREY COUNTY INMATE DIED AT NATIVIDAD MEDICAL CENTER WHILE IN CUSTODY. 39-YEAR-OLD ESTEBAN BOJORQUEZ DIED SUNDAY MORNING AFTER GOING INTO CARDIAC ARREST. HE HAD BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL SINCE FEBRUARY, AND WAS BEING TREATED FOR A NUMBER OF AILMENTS. BOJORQUEZ WAS IN CUSTODY AWAITING TRAIL FOR 5 COUNTS OF LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS ACTS UPON A CHILD, AND 3 COUNTS OF FELONY SEX OFFENCES. THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH WAS IDENTIFIED AS NATURAL CAUSES, BUT THE MONTEREY COUNTY CORONERS DIVISION WILL BE CONDUCTING AN AUTOPSY.