A VACANT HOUSE ON 9TH STREET CAUGHT FIRE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TWO OFFICERS WENT INTO THE HOME AND

VERIFIED NO ONE WAS INSIDE THE BUILDING. THE OFFICERS   WERE TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION AT THE SCENE. NO

CAUSE FOR THE FIRE HAS BEEN DETERMINED AS OF YET.

40 DOMINICAN HOSPITAL REHABILITATION EMPLOYEES WILL  LOSE THEIR JOBS ON WEDNESDAY. THE STATE AGENCY

OVERSEEING HOSPITAL FACILITIES HAS PUSHED TO INVEST IN  UPGRADES FOR THE 610 FREDRICK STREET ADDRESS TO COMPLY

WITH THE SEISMIC SAFETY STANDARDS OR SHUT THE DOORS.  THE $8.2 MILLION COST TO UPGRADE DID NOT MAKE ECONOMIC

SENSE TO THE HOSPITAL. DOMINICAN ALERTED 80 EMPLOYEES ABOUT POSSIBLE LAYOFFS, BUT MANY TRANSFERRED TO

OTHER ASSIGNMENTS.

A 21 HUNDRED-MILE ROWING RACE, FROM CALIFORNIA TO  HAWAII, IN JUNE, WILL BEGIN IN MONTEREY. THE CONTEST,

WHICH COULD TAKE FOUR-PERSON CREWS 30 DAYS OR MORE, AND INDIVIDUALS, UP TO 100 DAYS TO FINISH, WILL OFFER

STREAMING VIDEOS, AND ON-LINE TRACKING OF VESSELS.  AS OF THIS TIME, 15 CREWS MADE UP OF 38 PARTICIPANTS,

HAVE SIGNED UP. CREWS FROM, NEW ZEALAND, IRELAND,  FRANCE, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES PLUS

MANY OTHERS WILL MAKE UP THE FIELD. MONTEREY WAS  CHOSEN BECAUSE OF AVAILABLE FACILITIES, LOCAL SUPPORT

AND WEATHER.

A SANTA CRUZ SAILING CREW RESCUED A GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE JUMPER ON MONDAY. 38 YEAR-OLD SCOTT WALECKA

WAS PREPARING FOR THE SPINNAKER CUP WHEN HIS DAUGHTER NOTICED SOMEONE JUMP FROM THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

SHORTLY BEFORE 2 P-M. WALECKA SAILED TOWARDS THE FLOATING MAN AND PULLED HIM FROM THE WATER. THE

31 YEAR-OLD HOMELESS MAN TOLD THE SAILORS HE WAS FROM ALABAMA BUT DID NOT SAY MUCH MORE. ONCE PULLED INTO

THE BOAT THE CREW NOTICED THE JUMPER APPEARED TO HAVE A BROKEN LEG. WALECKA AND HIS CREW STILL PLAN ON

PARTICIPATING IN THE RACE.