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GROUNDWATER PLUME S.S.

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SIZE OF A TOXIC GROUNDWATER PLUME (BETWEEN ARMSTRONG RANCH AND THE FORMER FORT ORD) IS BEING EXPANDED. THAT AFTER TRI-CHLORO-ETHENE CONTAMINATION WAS FOUND IN SHALLOW TEST WELLS FURTHER OUT THAN WAS EXPECTED. THAT HAS LED SCIENTISTS TO BELIEVE THAT THE CONTAMINATION IS MIGRATING WEST. THE ARMY, AND THE COMPANY CONTRACTED TO CLEAN-UP THE SITE, HAVE SCHEDULED A PUBLIC MEETING FOR TOMORROW TO INFORM AREA RESIDENTS OF THEIR FINDINGS. THAT MEETING IS SLATED TO BE HELD FROM 6:30 UNTIL 8:30 P.M., IN THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ON SEASIDE COURT IN MARINA.

FORMER KSBW REPORTER DEAD S.S.

A FORMER K.S.B.W. REPORTER WAS KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY. HER 2 YOUNG DAUGHTERS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, AFTER POLLY GONZALEZ?S VEHICLE RAN OFF HIGHWAY 127, 15 MILES NORTH OF BAKER. SHE HAD BEEN A NEWS ANCHOR AND REPORTER WITH CHANNEL 8 EYEWITNESS NEWS IN LAS VEGAS SINCE 1994, AND ALSO WORKED WITH K.C.B.A. FOX 35, BEFORE MOVING TO LAS VEGAS (WHERE SHE WORKED AS AN ANCHOR AT K.L.A.S. - T.V.

7 POUNDS OF CRYSTAL METH S.S.

A 28 YEAR-OLD LOS BANOS MAN WAS ARRESTED IN HOLLISTER YESTERDAY, AFTER HE WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF 7 POUNDS OF CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE. CEREFINO ORTIZ JUNIOR WAS FOUND IN FRONT OF HIS PARENTS? HOME WITH THE 7 POUNDS OF METH WRAPPED IN HIS JACKET. ANOTHER HALF POUND WAS FOUND IN HIS HOME, AS WERE 6 GROWING MARIJUANA PLANTS. SCALES, PACKAGING MATERIAL, AND 26 HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH WERE FOUND IN THE HOME AS WELL. ORTIZ IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN A SAN BENITO COUNTY COURTROOM APRIL 19TH.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA RULING (wv) S.S.

ALTHOUGH INITIALLY A SUPREME COURT RULING ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA WAS THOUGHT TO BE IMMINENT, THE CASE KNOWN AS RAICH VS. ASHCROFT COULD BE DECIDED BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ANYTIME BETWEEN NOW, AND THE END OF JUNE. THE DIRECTOR OF DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS, DAN ABRAHAMS, SAID IF THE DECISION COMES DOWN BADLY FOR RAICH, THE SANTA CRUZ-BASED WOMEN?S ALLIANCE FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA, (WHICH FOR YEARS HAS GIVEN TERMINALLY (AND CHRONICALLY) ILL PATIENTS IN THIS AREA ACCESS TO THE HERBAL MEDICATION), WILL GO BACK TO COURT ON SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES.

BILL TO SEGREGATE PREDATORS VS

A CENTRAL COAST SENATOR HAS INTRODUCED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD SEGREGATE CALIFORNIA'S SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS. STATE SENATOR JEFF DENHAM IS SPONSORING SB 722 THAT WOULD KEEP THE MOST VIOLENT SEX OFFENDERS TOGETHER IN A REMOTE AND ISOLATED LOCATION, AFTER THEIR RELEASE. WASHINGTON STATE ALREADY HAS A PROGRAM, WHERE PREDATORS ARE HOUSED IN A FACILITY LOCATED ON AN ISLAND JUST OFF THE COAST. THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO ESTABLISH A "SECURE AND REMOTE" FACILITY THAT IS FAR AWAY FROM COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.

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