A RECKLESS DRIVER KNOCKED OUT POWER FOR PARTS OF KING CITY LATE MONDAY NIGHT.    THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CASS AND EL DORADO STREETS WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT THE POWER POLE.     BOTH STREETS WERE SHUT DOWN WHILE THE ROAD WAS CLEANED UP.   PG+E WAS CALLED OUT TO RESTORE POWER.    THE DRIVER, WHO SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITA LFOR TREATMENT.

THE PAJARO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE’S BUSINESS EXPO IS COMING TO THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS ON THURSDAY.   THE EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND ALLOWS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MEET WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES.    AS OF MONDAY,  AROUND 70 BUSINESSES HAD CONFIRMED THEY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE EXPO THAT WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 4 TO 7:30 P-M IN THE HARVEST BUILDING AT THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS.

A SANTA CRUZ MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH AN AUGUST 2012 ROBBERY OF A 76 GAS STATION INTHE  LIVE OAK AREA OF SANTA CRUZ.       22-YEAR-OLD GLEN CLARK IS ACCUSED OF USING A CAN OF PEPPER SPRAY TO HOLD- UP A CLERK,  BEFORE TAKING AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH (WHILE WEARING A MOTORCYCLE HELMET).     AN INVESTIGATION DETERMINED CLARK PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT THE GAS STATION,  AND KNEW HOW IT OPERATED.  HE WAS BOOKED INTO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL.

55  THOUSAND  PEOPLE TURNED  OUT  TO  WATCH  95  HUNDRED  ATHLETES,   WHO  TOOK  PART   IN  THIS  YEAR’S  SEA  OTTER  CLASSIC IN  MONTEREY  COUNTY.    350  VENDORS  WERE  ON  HAND  AS  WELL.