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?.

A 34 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN PRISON, FOR RAPING AND INJURING AN 18 YEAR-OLD MONTEREY PENINSULA COLLEGE STUDENT. JOSEPH GAGLIA WAS CONVICTED OF 2 COUNTS OF RAPE, AND THE CORPORAL INJURY OF A COHABITANT. HE ATTACKED HIS PARTNER IN MONTEREY, SANTA BARBARA, AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES, AFTER MEETING THE TEENAGER IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR.

?WIRES DOWN? IN RIO DEL MAR IS THE CAUSE OF 2300 P. G. & E. CUSTOMERS BEING WITHOUT POWER RIGHT NOW AROUND APTOS. P.G. & E. CREWS ARE HEADING TO THE SCENE, BUT IT MAY BE 3-4 P.M. BEFORE THEY GET THOSE WIRES RE-STRUNG (AT RIO DEL MAR BOULEVARD AT DORSEY AVENUE). PEOPLE WHO HAVE HOMES, AWAY FROM THE EPICENTER, SHOULD HAVE THEIR POWER RESTORED SHORTLY, AS P. G. & E. IS RE-ROUTING POWER TO THOSE CUSTOMERS

THE ORACLE CORPORATION HAS DONATED ANOTHER $50,000 TO UCSC'S PREDATORY BIRD RESEARCH GROUP THE REDWOOD CITY-BASED SOFTWARE GIANT HAS NOW DONATED A TOTAL OF $200,000 TO THE PEREGRINE-FALCON OUTREACH PROGRAM. BESIDES RESEARCH, THE GROUP SAYS PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR MISSION. THEIR EDUCATION PROGRAM HAS BEEN FUNDED MOSTLY BY ORACLE, BUT THE MONEY WILL ALSO HELP THEM RECRUIT AND TRAIN INTERNS, COORDINATE VOLUNTEERS AND MAINTAIN ITS WEB SITE.