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ORTEGA DEFENDS OFFICERS VS

SALINAS POLICE CHIEF DAN ORTEGA HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY, IN WHICH HE DEFENDED THE USE OF TASORS IN RELATION TO THE DEATH OF 40-YEAR-OLD ROBERT CLARK HESTON. HESTON WAS TASERD 10 TIMES. SOME OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE DARTS WERE REPORTEDLY NOT FUNCTIONING. ORTEGA SAID HE BELIEVED HESTON WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS, AND THAT WAS THE MAIN FACTOR CAUSING THE INCIDENT. THE CORONOR'S OFFICE STILL MUST CONFIRM THAT TO BE TRUE. ORTEGA SAID THE TASER WAS A VALUABLE TOOL IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND HAS ACTUALY REDUCED PROBLEMS WITH VIOLENCE . THE CHIEF QUOTED STATISTICS TO SUPPORT HIS CASE.

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NEW TASER LEGESLATION VS

NEW LEGESLATION WAS INTRODUCED THIS WEEK, IN REACTION TO THE ALARMING NUMBER OF DEATHS RELATED TO TASER USE. ASSEMBLYMAN MARK LENO OF SAN FRANCISCO INTRODUCED AB 1237, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE OFFICERS THAT HAVE USED TASERS, TO FILE A REPORT ON A MONTHLY BASIS. IT ALSO WOULD DENY PRIVATE CITIZENS THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE THEIR OWN TASERS. OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AT LEAST 7 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER BEING SHOT WITH A TASER.


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LEIDIG TRIAL VS

CARMEL VALLEY RESIDENT ILONA LEIDIG TOOK THE WITNESS STAND WEDNESDAY, IN HER TRIAL FOR THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF HER MILLIONAIRE HUSBAND. SHE TESTIFIED ABOUT HER DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD, WITH AN ALCOHOLIC FATHER. SHE COVERED THE HISTORY OF MARRYING BUSINESSMAN TED LEIDIG BEFORE HE CAME INTO MOST OF HIS WEALTH, AND THEIR MOVE TO CARMEL. SHE SAID THEIR MARRIAGE DETERIORIATED ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO WHEN TED BEGAN SEEING A MUCH YOUNGER WOMAN. THE DEFENSE ARGUES THAT ILONA SHOT TED IN SELF-DEFENSE. THE DEFENDANT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME HER TESTIMONY ON FRIDAY, AND DESCRIBE THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING.

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BERKLEY PARALLELS SANTA CRUZ VS

THE CITY OF BERKELY, FACING MANY OF THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE CITY OF SANT CRUZ, FILED A LAW SUIT WEDNESDAY AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF CALLIFORNIA. THEY CONTEND THAT UC BERKELEY'S PLAN TO EXPAND ITS CAMPUS OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS, IS WITHOUT THE PROPER ACCOUNTABILITY. SANTA CRUZ LEADERS AND CITIZENS ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE U.C.S.C. PROPOSITION TO EXPAND THEIR CAMPUS. THE CONERN IS THAT THE IMPACTS OF GROWTH HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. ALTHOUGH UCSC OFFICIALS SAY THE PLANNING PROCESS IS OPEN TO EVERYONE, SANTA CRUZ CITY LEADERS SAY PROBLEMS BROUGHT FORWARD HAVE NOT BEEN SOLVED.

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MOBILE HOME CO-OP ESTABLISHED IN APTOS VS

SOME APTOS MOBILE HOME RESIDENTS ARE NOW LANDOWNERS. MORE THAN 60 RESIDENTS OF THE APTOS KNOLL MOBILE HOME PARK CLOSED ESCROW ON A DEAL TO BUY THE 13 ACRES ON WHICH THEIR HOMES SIT. IT COST THE 76- HOME COMMUNITY $3.9 MILLION, AFTER YEARS OF TRYING. A 1998 DEAL FELL THROUGH, BUT THEY DIDN'T GIVE UP. THE LAND IS OWNED NOW BY A CO-OP ASSOCIALTION MADE UP OF MEMBER OWNERS.

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