A 34 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON, FOR RAPING AND INJURING AN 18 YEAR-OLD MONTEREY PENINSULA COLLEGE STUDENT. JOSEPH GAGLIA WAS CONVICTED OF 2 COUNTS OF RAPE, AND THE CORPORAL INJURY OF A COHABITANT. HE ATTACKED HIS PARTNER IN MONTEREY, SANTA BARBARA, AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES, AFTER MEETING THE TEENAGER IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR.

THE ORACLE CORPORATION HAS DONATED ANOTHER $50,000 TO UCSC'S PREDATORY BIRD RESEARCH GROUP THE REDWOOD CITY-BASED SOFTWARE GIANT HAS NOW DONATED A TOTAL OF $200,000 TO THE PEREGRINE-FALCON OUTREACH PROGRAM. BESIDES RESEARCH, THE GROUP SAYS PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR MISSION. THEIR EDUCATION PROGRAM HAS BEEN FUNDED MOSTLY BY ORACLE, BUT THE MONEY WILL ALSO HELP THEM RECRUIT AND TRAIN INTERNS, COORDINATE VOLUNTEERS AND MAINTAIN ITS WEB SITE.

?WIRES DOWN? IN RIO DEL MAR IS THE CAUSE OF 2300 P. G. & E. CUSTOMERS BEING WITHOUT POWER RIGHT NOW AROUND APTOS. P.G. & E. CREWS ARE HEADING TO THE SCENE, BUT IT MAY BE 3-4 P.M. BEFORE THEY GET THOSE WIRES RE-STRUNG (AT RIO DEL MAR BOULEVARD AT DORSEY AVENUE). PEOPLE WHO HAVE HOMES, AWAY FROM THE EPICENTER, SHOULD HAVE THEIR POWER RESTORED SHORTLY, AS P. G. & E. IS RE-ROUTING POWER TO THOSE CUSTOMERS

SALINAS POLICE OFFICERS STOPPED A VEHICLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON BECAUSE A PASSENGER WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT, AND WOUND UP WITH A WEAPONS AND DRUG ARREST. AFTER BEING STOPPED, THOMAS MARTINEZ WAS ASKED IF HE HAD ANY WEAPONS. THE 24-YEAR-OLD INFORMED THE OFFICER HE HAD A KNIFE ON HIS BELT. THE KNIFE TURNED OUT TO BE AN ILLEGAL DAGGER AND HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. AFTER A SEARCH OFFICERS DISCOVERED TWO BINDLES OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND THREE BAGGIES OF MARIJUANA , AS WELL AS A SET OF BRASS KNUCKLES. MARTINEZ WAS CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL WEAPONS AND DRUG POSSESSION, WHILE THE 16-YEAR-OLD PASSENGER WAS CITED FOR THE SEAT BELT VIOLATION, AS WELL AS VIOLATING HIS PROBATION BY ASSOCIATING WITH A PERSON HAVING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.