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LIVE WIRES ON ESPINOSA S.S.

A 30 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS AIRLIFTED TO STANFORD MEDICAL CENTER, AFTER HE WAS ELECTROCUTED BY A LIVE POWER LINE IN THE CASTROVILLE AREA LAST NIGHT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE MAN WAS DRIVING ON ESPINOSA ROAD WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE, AND HIT A POWER POLE. A HIGH VOLTAGE LINE DROPPED DOWN NEAR THE GROUND, AND WHEN THE MAN GOT OUT OF HIS VEHICLE HE WALKED INTO THE LIVE LINE. HE SUFFERED BURNS TO ABOUT 16 PERCENT OF HIS BODY IN THE 6:45 P.M. INCIDENT, THAT CLOSED ESPINOSA ROAD UNTIL AFTER 9 P.M. AREA RESIDENTS (WHO LOST THEIR POWER, AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT), HAD THEIR POWER RESTORED BY ABOUT 10 P.M. LAST NIGHT.
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SAL H S STUDENTS CITED S.S.

A NUMBER OF SALINAS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL. THAT AFTER 6 OF THEM HACKED INTO THE SCHOOL?S COMPUTER SYSTEM, IN AN ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THEIR GRADES. ALTHOUGH THE KIDS MANAGED TO HACK INTO SOME OF THE SCHOOL?S FILES, THEY APPARENTLY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET INTO THE DISTRICT?S MAIN SYSTEM. THE 6 WERE CITED ON CHARGES INCLUDING VANDALISM, AND THE THEFT OF SCHOOL PROPERTY. THE STUDENTS WERE SUSPENDED FOR 5 DAYS, PENDING THEIR POSSIBLE EXPULSION FROM THE SCHOOL.
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STOLEN CAR RING S.S.

A MAN WAS ARRESTED IN SALINAS THIS WEEK, AFTER HE ELUDED OFFICERS FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS. 28 YEAR-OLD VICTOR CABRERA REPORTEDLY FLED TO MEXICO, AFTER BEING ARRESTED IN 1999, ON CHARGES THAT HE WAS PART OF A MEXICO-TO CALIFORNIA STOLEN CAR RING. HE NOW FACES 17 COUNTS OF FORGERY RELATED TO ALLEGEDLY FALSIFYING MOTOR VEHICLE DOCUMENTS.
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LANDMARK LEGISLATION S.S.

LANDMARK LEGISLATION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO THE CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY. CALIFORNIA?S COMPASSIONATE CHOICES ACT IS MODELED AFTER OREGON?S SUCCESSFUL DEATH WITH DIGNITY ACT; AND IT WOULD ALLOW MENTALLY CAPABLE CALIFORNIA ADULTS (WHO HAVE LESS THAN 6 MONTHS TO LIVE) TO CHOOSE TO END THEIR OWN LIVES. AB-654 CARRIES SEVERAL STRINGENT RESTRICTIONS, INCLUDING THAT THE PERSON MUST MAKE 2 ORAL REQUESTS (AND A WRITTEN REQUEST) FOR LIFE-ENDING MEDICATION, AND THAT PERSON MUST BE ABLE TO SELF-ADMINISTER THE MEDICATION.
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GAMMA RAY FLASHES S.S.

NEW SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OF TERRESTRIAL GAMMA RAY FLASHES ARE FASCINATING SCIENTISTS. U.C.S.C. PHYSICS PROFESSOR DAVID SMITH, SAID IT?S REALLY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO STUDY SOMETHING THIS NEW.
ALTHOUGH PILOTS (AND OCCASIONALLY PEOPLE ON THE GROUND) HAD APPARENTLY SEEN THEM FOR YEARS, TERRESTRIAL GAMMA-RAY FLASHES (KNOWN AS T.F.G.?S) WERE FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1994, BY THE BURST AND TRANSIENT SOURCE EXPERIMENTS ON THE COMPTON GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORY.
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