A 17-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS TAKEN TO DOMINICAN HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT SATURDAY, AFTER POLICE DISCOVERED HIM ACTING ERRATICALLY. THE TEEN WAS REPORTEDLY BEING SUBDUED BY HIS FRIENDS WHEN POLICE ARRIVED AT THE END OF 12TH AVENUE IN MID-SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. THE BOY ADMITTED TAKING THREE HITS OF ACID. HE WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF OTHER INTOXICANTS. AFTER BEING TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL, THE BOY WAS BOOKED INTO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JUVENILE HALL.

THE NEW CALIFORNIA QUARTER WAS RELEASED AT 11 A.M.TODAY AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY IN SACRAMENTO. 1ST LADY MARIA SHRIVER SPOKE OF THE COIN'S HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE. GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, ALSO SPOKE OF THE ENVIRONMENTALIST JOHN MUIR WHO IS DEPICTED ON THE COIN. SEVERAL OF MUIR'S DESCENDANTS WERE PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY. THE GOVERNOR ALSO ENCOURAGED EVERYONE WHO GETS ONE OF THE NEW QUARTERS, TO BE SURE AND SPEND IT IN CALIFORNIA, HE SAID THE STATE ECONOMY NEEDS IT.

THE HOSTS OF A PARTY IN WATSONVILLE REFUSED TO ALLOW 15 TO 20 GANG MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE FESTIVITIES FRIDAY NIGHT. ANGRY THAT THEY WERE TURNED AWAY FROM THE PARTY ON ARROYO DRIVE, THE GROUP REPORTEDLY VANDALIZED VEHICLES DRIVEN BY INVITED GUESTS. NUMEROUS PARTYGOERS REPORTED THEIR TIRES WERE SLASHED AND THEIR CAR WINDOWS SMASHED. THE CASE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THE SANTA CRUZ GRAND JURY, AN ADVISORY AGENCY, RELEASED THEIR REPORT FOR 2003-2004. JURY FOREPERSON EARL KIESER SAID THE GRAND JURY IS MADE UP OF 19 MEMBERS, TAKEN FROM THE VOTER ROLL, IN A STANDARD JURY PROCESS. THEY HAVE NO POWER TO PHYSICALLY MAKE CHANGES, BUT ADVISE THE COUNTY D.A. IF THEY SEE WRONGDOING. THEY ALSO NOTIFY INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES OF PROBLEMS. IN THE CASE OF INDIGENT CARE, ONE LOCAL HOSPITAL HAS NOT MET THEIR OBLIGATION. WHILE DOMINICAN AND WATSONVILLE HOSPITAL HAVE AS AGREED PUT 7% OF THEIR DOLLARS BACK INTO INDIGENT CARE, THE JURY FOUND THAT SUTTER HAS NOT. AND SAID KEISER, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE HEALTH SERVICES AGENCY IS DOING AN ADEQUATE JOB OF AUDITING TO MAKE SURE SUTTER IS PERFORMING.