A  MAN,   ACCUSED  OF  THREATENING  AN  ELDERLY  COUPLE   LAST  WEEK,    BEFORE  HE  TOOK  THEIR  TRUCK  AND  LEAD  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICERS  ON  A  HIGH-SPEED  CHASE  IN  SANTA  CRUZ, W AS  ARRAIGNED YESTERDAY  (TUESDAY).     DAVID  ROBERT  MASON FACES  5  FELONY  COUNTS.     BECAUSE  HE  IS  ALREADY  A  3-STRIKES  OFFENDER,   MASON COULD  FACE  A  POSSIBLE  SENTENCE  OF  25  YEARS  TO  LIFE  IN  PRISON.       MASON  IS  DUE  BACK  IN  A  SANTA  CRUZ  COUNTY  COURT  ROOM  FOR  HIS  PRELIMINARY  HEARING   JUNE  3^RD.

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.

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 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.