A WOMAN WAS INJURED LAST NIGHT, WHEN SHE WAS ATTACKED BY 4 PEOPLE WHILE SHE WAS AT WORK. REPORTEDLY 2 HISPANIC MALES (AND 2 HISPANIC FEMALES), BETWEEN THE AGES OF 20 AND 30 YEARS-OLD, ATTACKED THE 42 YEAR-OLD WOMAN JUST BEFORE 9 P.M., AT PRESTIGE SALON ON FREEDOM BOULEVARD. THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF HEAD INJURIES SHE SUSTAINED DURING THE ATTACK. THE 4 PEOPLE FLED IN A BLACK FORD TAURUS, TAKING WITH THEM SOME MONEY AND PROPERTY FROM THE SALON. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE WATSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

2 PEOPLE WERE AIR-LIFTED TO STANFORD MEDICAL CENTER, AS THE RESULT OF A 3-VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN WATSONVILLE THIS MORNING. A 21 YEAR-OLD DRIVER SUFFERED MULTIPLE FRACTURES, WHILE THE 74 YEAR-OLD DRIVER (OF THE VEHICLE HE HIT HEAD-ON) WAS ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED IN THE 3 VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON AMESTI ROAD, (NEAR GREEN VALLEY ROAD) THAT TOOK PLACE SHORTLY BEFORE 7 A.M. AMESTI ROAD RE-OPENED AROUND 9 A.M. THIS MORNING.

A PIONEER OF SANTA CRUZ FISHING WAS BURIED TODAY. VICTOR GHIO JOINED THE FAMILY FISHING PROFESSION IN 1935 ON THE MONTEREY BAY, JUST AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. THE TOUGH AND WIRY VETERAN FISHERMAN WAS A LOCAL LEGEND, AS PART OF THE AREA?S ITALIAN FISHING COLONY. THE LIFELONG BACHELOR, AND NOTORIOUS FLIRT, CONTINUED TO GO FISHING EACH DAY ON HIS BOAT THE CATHERINA G, NAMED AFTER HIS MOTHER. HE DIED THURSDAY AT THE AGE OF 88. VICTOR GHIO IS SURVIVED BY HIS BROTHER, JOHNNIE M. GHIO OF SANTA CRUZ; SISTERS VICTORIA GEMIGNANI, MARY MARSALISI AND GLORIA DELLA MORA, ALL OF SANTA CRUZ; AS WELL AS MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, GRANDNIECES AND GRANDNEPHEWS.

SALINAS POLICE OFFICERS ARE ASKING WITNESSES (TO A FRIDAY NIGHT SHOOTING) TO CONTACT THEM WITH DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT. 19 YEAR-OLD LUCAS FLORES DIED AS THE RESULT OF BEING SHOT IN THE FACE AROUND 9:15 P.M. THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE IN THE 800 BLOCK OF EAST STREET. THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT?S ANONYMOUS TIP LINE NUMBER IS:
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