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WOMEN OF COURAGE S.S.

5 LOCAL WOMEN WILL BE HONORED FOR ? HELPING OTHERS ? THIS WEEKEND. SANDY SILVER, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SECTION OF THE WOMEN?S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM, SAID IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PICK ONLY 5 IN THIS GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, WHERE WOMEN ARE SO ACTIVE. THIS YEAR?S ?WOMEN OF COURAGE? ARE?: VERONICA LOPEZ-DURAN, KATHLEEN HUGHES, TOPSY SMALLEY, JEAN PIRAINO, AND HILDA WHITEHEAD. EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND SUNDAY?S CELEBRATION AT 2 P.M. IN THE DE-ANZA MOBILE ESTATES CLUBHOUSE LOCATED AT 2395 DELAWARE STREET IN SANTA CRUZ.

BILL BY LAIRD AND SALINAS S.S.

A BILL, CO-AUTHORED BY LOCAL ASSEMBLYMEN JOHN LAIRD AND SIMON SALINAS, HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO THE ASSEMBLY. LAIRD SAYS
AB 1421 WOULD SPECIFY THAT A STATE AGENCY (WITH REGULATORY OR GRANT AUTHORITY) SHALL NOT APPROVE (OR GIVE GRANT FUNDS TO) A PROJECT THAT WOULD PROVIDE WATER WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, UNLESS AT LEAST 750 ACRE-FEET OF WATER IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR AFFORDABLE, WORKFORCE HOUSING.

SALINAS LIBRARY FUND GROWING vs

MORE THAN $176,000 HAS BEEN RAISED TO SAVE THE SALINAS LIBRARY SYSTEM SO FAR. MAYOR ANNA CABALLERO INITIATED THE FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN ON FEBRUARY 3RD, AND SINCE THEN OVER 340 DONATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THE GOAL OF THE CAMPAIGN IS TO RAISE $500,000, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE LIBRARIES TO REMAIN OPEN 1 DAY A WEEK. THE SALINAS CITY COUNCIL VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TUESDAY TO RESCIND EARLIER PLANS TO SHUT THE LIBRARIES DOWN, PROVIDED THE FUND-RAISING GOAL IS MET BY THE END OF JUNE.

COURT SESSION HELD IN HOSPITAL vs

THE JUDGE MOVED A MONTEREY COUNTY COURT SESSION TO THE SALINAS VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WEDNESDAY. THEY WERE THERE TO GET TESTIMONY FROM A FAMILY FRIEND, WHICH COULD BE USED LATER IN COURT IF THE WITNESS IS UNABLE TO APPEAR. SHINJI AND ANGELA GRUBBS, ARE ACCUSED OF STARVING HIS BROTHER JUNJI GRUBBS TO DEATH. THE 33-YEAR-OLD DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED MAN WEIGHED ONLY 68 POUNDS, AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MID-MARCH.

SUSPECT ID?d S.S.

A SUSPECT IN A RECENT HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE SUSPECT (WHO WAS DRIVING A CAR, THAT STRUCK AND KILLED A MAN AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST ALISAL AND TOWT STREETS) IS BELIEVED TO BE 20 YEAR-OLD SOLEDAD RESIDENT ENRIQUE ESTANILO CEJA. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON HIS WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT; SO OFFICERS CAN ARREST CEJA ON CHARGES OF FELONY HIT-AND-RUN AND VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER.

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