A WOMAN WAS SHOT AT, AS SHE DROVE AWAY FROM AN ARGUMENT IN SALINAS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WOMAN WAS UNINJURED, IN THE 10:15 P.M. INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON EAST MARKET STREET (NEAR PAJARO STREET). THAT SHOOTING IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED.

A COUPLE OF PROJECTS AT U.C. - SANTA CRUZ HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING. A GRANT OF NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS WILL GO TOWARDS CEMENTING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY, AND THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ. THE BRIDGING MULTIPLE WORLDS ALLIANCE AND THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE, TOLERANCE, AND COMMUNITY ARE CONSIDERED MODELS OF A TOWN-AND-GOWN COLLABORATION, THAT IS DESIGNED TO BRING TOGETHER FAMILIES, SCHOOLS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS (TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS THAT OPEN ACADEMICS TO YOUTHS WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE CONSIDER COLLEGE).

A SALINAS PIZZARIA WAS ROBBED SATURDAY NIGHT. THE ARMED SUSPECT FLED FROM THE MOUNTAIN MIKE?S PIZZA PLACE (ON WEST ALISAL STREET) AROUND 9:30 P.M. THE SUSPECT WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING A 5 FOOT 10 INCH TALL HISPANIC MAN, IN HIS 20?S, WHO WEIGHED ABOUT 160 POUNDS. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

FRIDAY?S ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 17 SNARLED THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. THAT AFTER A 38 YEAR-OLD FEMALE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE NEAR UPPER GLENWOOD CUT-OFF, AND KNOCKED DOWN A UTILITY POLE. THAT DROPPED POWER LINES ACROSS ALL THE LANES AROUND QUARTER TO 4 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE DRIVER SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES IN THE INCIDENT, THAT CLOSED THE HIGHWAY COMPLETELY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF. P. G. & E. WORKERS HAD TO PUT UP A WHOLE NEW POLE, AND STRING NEW WIRE ACROSS THE ROAD BEFORE POWER WAS RESTORED IN THE AREA.