SERVICES WILL BE TOMORROW FOR A BOULDER CREEK MAN WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF AN AUTOMOBILE CRASH ON HIGHWAY 9 LAST WEEKEND. 39 YEAR-OLD DOCTOR LINWOOD THOMAS EARLY IS SURVIVED BY HIS PARTNER, AS WELL AS HIS MOTHER, STEP-MOTHER, AND GRANDPARENTS. A CELEBRATION OF EARLY?S LIFE IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD TOMORROW AT 4 P.M., ON THE MUSIC CENTER PATIO AT U.C.S.C.

A MONTEREY COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE WILL BE DECIDING THE FATE OF GRANITE CONSTRUCTION?S HANDLEY RANCH QUARRY PROJECT. THE 330-ACRE QUARRY, NEAR CHUALAR, WOULD PROVIDE GRANITE WITH ABOUT 200 MILLION TONS OF GRANITE, A ROCK THE COMPANY SAYS IS CURRENTLY IN SHORT SUPPLY IN MONTEREY COUNTY. THE ROCK WOULD BE USED FOR PROJECTS RANGING FROM PAVING STREETS, TO BUILDING HOMES. THE JUDGE WILL DECIDE IF THERE MUST FIRST BE A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT DONE.

A 19 YEAR-OLD NEBRASKA MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ANNOYING (OR MOLESTING) A CHILD YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS-OLD. THAT AFTER JAMES DOYAK ANTHONY ALLEGEDLY ASKED A TEENAGE GIRL FOR SEXUAL FAVORS, WHILE HE WAS SOLICITING RESIDENTS DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLING CLEANING SUPPLIES. THE INCIDENT WITH THE 15 YEAR-OLD GIRL TOOK PLACE ON ROSANNA STREET IN GILROY THIS WEEK.

THE 23RD ANNUAL CLAM CHOWDER COOK-OFF IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE TOMORROW, AT THE SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK. ALTHOUGH THE ADMISSION IS FREE, TASTING KITS WILL COST 7 DOLLARS EACH THIS YEAR. THE MONEY RAISED BY THOSE SALES WILL BENEFIT THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ PARKS AND RECREATION?S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS. THE KITS GO ON SALE AT 10 A.M., AND THE TASTING WILL BEGIN AT 1 P.M.