WHAT  WAS  INITIALLY  REPORTED  AS  A  STABBING  ON  DUFOUR  STREET  YESTERDAY  (TUESDAY)  IN  SANTA  CRUZ,  TURNED  OUT   NOT  TO  HAVE  INVOLVED A  STABBING  AT  ALL.    A  WOMAN,  WHO  SAW  BLOOD  ON HER  NEIGHBOR’S  HAND  AND  NECK,  THOUGHT  HE  HAD  BEEN STABBED,  BUT  IT  TURNED  OUT  HE  INJURED  HIS  HAND  ON  A SHELF,  AND  THE  BLOOD  GOT  ON  HIS  NECK WHEN  HE  TOUCHED  IT  WITH  HIS  BLOODIED  HAND.

THE SOQUEL CREEK WATER DISTRICT IS MAKING PLANS, TO BUILD A NEW PUMP STATION, ON MACGREGOR DRIVE IN CAPITOLA.     THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET TO DISCUSS THE SALE OF THE LAND, ON THURSDAY AT 7 P-M AT CITY HALL LOCATED AT 420 CAPITOLA AVENUE.    THE SOQUEL CREEK WATER DISTRICT, HAS BEEN TALKING TO THE CITY OF CAPITOLA FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, WITH REGARDS TO THE PROPERTY AND A NEW PUMP STATION.    THE MACGREGOR SITE, IS PART OF A LARGER PARCEL AT THE CITY LIMIT.

A  29  YEAR-OLD  WATSONVILLE  MAN  WAS  ARRESTED  EARLY  THIS  MORNING  IN  CAPITOLA.  JOSE SANCHEZ WAS  ARRESTED  AFTER HE  LED  CAPITOLA  POLICE  OFFICERS  ON  A  HIGH  SPEED  CHASE  FROM  38^TH AND BROMMER,   TO  WHERE  HE  CRASHED  THE  LATE  1990’S  CHEVY  SILVERADO NEAR  THE INTERSECTION  OF  15^TH AND  EAST  CLIFF.      SANCHEZ WAS  AIR-LIFTED  TO  A  BAY AREA  TRAUMA  CENTER  FOR  THE  TREATMENT  OF  INJURIES  HE  SUSTAINED  IN  THAT CRASH.      HE  FACES  CHARGES  THAT COULD  INCLUDE….HIT-AND-RUN,  POSSESSION  OF  NARCOTICS,  AND  PROBATION  VIOLATION.

THE APTOS LA-SELVA FIRE DEPARTMENT, RESPONDED TO A HOUSE FIRE IN APTOS MONDAY AFTERNOON.     NEIGHBORS FIRST REPORTED THE FIRE AROUND 4:05 P-M, AND ONCE ON SCENE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD THE BLAZE UNDER CONTROL IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES, AND OUT COMPLETELY WITHIN 30 MINUTES.   NO ONE WAS AT HOME AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, AND IT WAS MOSTLY CONTAINED TO THE LIVING ROOM, AND DINING ROOM OF THE HOME.   THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT APPEARS TO BE ACCIDENTAL ACCORDING TO THE APTOS LA SELVA FIRE DEPT.