A 2-ALARM BLAZE CAUSED THE CLOSURE OF A SALINAS STORE FOR MOST OF THE DAY YESTERDAY. THE FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 5 A.M., IN A WAL-MART STORAGE ROOM AT THE BACK OF THE STORE. ABOUT 20 EMPLOYEES WERE EVACUATED, AND FIRE INVESTIGATORS INSPECTED THE AREA. THE STORE REPORTEDLY RE-OPENED ABOUT 8 P.M. LAST NIGHT.

A STRIKE SLATED FOR FEBRUARY 11TH WON?T BE HAPPENING, NOW THAT UNION EMPLOYEES (AND MANAGEMENT OF A LOCAL HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY) HAVE AGREED ON A NEW CONTRACT. COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS PROVIDES BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE, COUNSELING, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND RAPE CRISIS SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH SANTA CLARA AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES. THE AGENCY HAS 3 OFFICES IN MORGAN HILL, AND 1 IN GILROY. LAST YEAR, COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS SERVED 13 THOUSAND 500 CLIENTS.

A 26 YEAR-OLD SEASIDE MAN WAS SENTENCED TO SPEND 18 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TRYING TO KILL HIS BABY?S MOTHER. 26 YEAR-OLD EMMANUEL BELL STABBED THE WOMAN MULTIPLE TIMES IN HER CHEST, ARMS, NECK, AND STOMACH. THE BABY, WHO WAS 3 WEEKS OLD AT THE TIME, WAS UNINJURED IN THE INCIDENT.

A 20 YEAR-OLD SALINAS WOMAN, WHO WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN HER CAR ON HECKER PASS ROAD LAST WEEK, WAS REPORTEDLY THE WIFE OF A TOP MEMBER OF THE NUESTRA FAMILIA PRISON GANG. SOMETIME IN THE PAST YEAR-AND-A-HALF, CRYSTAL ANN MORADO APPARENTLY MARRIED 57 YEAR-OLD JAMES ?TIBBS? MORADO, WHILE HE AWAITED A FEDERAL TRIAL ON CRIMINAL RACKETEERING CHARGES. JAMES MORADO IS AN ADMITTED MEMBER OF THE GANG?S ?MESA? (OR GOVERNING BOARD) OF SEVERAL ?GENERALS?.