A 70-YEAR OLD ANTIQUES DEALER FROM SANTA CRUZ WAS REPORTED MISSING ON SATURDAY AFTER SHE DID NOT ARRIVE AT HER NIECE’S HOME IN SAN DIEGO.     DEANNA BROOKS PLANNED TO DRIVE TO A BIRTHDAY IN SAN DIEGO, BUT DID NOT SHOW UP AND AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED.    BROOKS WAS LAST HEARD FROM AT APPROXIMATELY 11 A.M. FRIDAY.

BROOKS IS ABOUT 5 FEET 3 INCHES TALL AND DRIVES A GOLD 2003 4-DOOR CHRYSLER PT CRUISER THAT IS DAMAGED ON BOTH SIDES.      anyone with information IS ENCOURAGED to call SANTA CRUZ POLICE DEPARTMENT OF Investigations at (831) 420-5820

POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT WHO ROBBED A BUSINESS IN WATSONVILLE AT GUNPOINT TUESDAY.   IT HAPPENED ON LAKE AVENUE, JUST BEFORE 5 P.M.

THE SUSPECT WENT INTO THE BUSINESS, BRANDISHED A SEMI-AUTOMATIC HANDGUN AT THE CLERK AND DEMANDED MONEY.     WITNESSES DESCRIBE THE SUSPECT AS A HISPANIC MALE, BETWEEN 17 AND 18 YEARS OLD WEARING A BASEBALL CAP, HOODED SWEATSHIRT AND BLUE JEANS.      THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND ANYONE WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THE INCIDENT IS encouraged to call the Watsonville Police Department Investigations Division at 768-3350, or the Watsonville Police Department tipline at 768-3544

THE MAN FOUND DEAD ON THE ROCKS NEAR WEST CLIFF DRIVE AND STOCKTON AVENUE WAS KILLED BY A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND.     BRAD ANTHONY GARGAS, (NICKNAMED BRANDY), WAS 43.    POLICE SPOKESMAN ZACH FRIEND SAID AN AUTOPSY IN RECENT DAYS DETERMINED HIS CAUSE OF DEATH.        HE WAS FOUND AT ABOUT 11:30 A.M. AUGUST 19^th AND FIREFIGHTERS USED A CRANE TO LIFT HIM FROM THE BEACH.

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Isaac was downgraded to a trropical storm again this afternoon.