A PACIFIC GROVE BRANCH OF A CREDIT UNION WAS ROBBED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE SUSPECT, WHO WAS ONLY DESCRIBED AS A MAN IN HIS 30?S, REPORTEDLY FLED ON FOOT CARRYING A BANK BAG., (AFTER USING A NOTE TO GET THE CASH) FROM THE MONTEREY CREDIT UNION, AT ON FOUNTAIN AVENUE. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS SUSPECT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE PACIFIC GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ACCORDING TO NEW POPULATION ESTIMATES (FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE), MONTEREY COUNTY IS ONE OF THE SLOWEST GROWING PLACES IN CALIFORNIA. THE STATE AGENCY HAS CALCULATED THAT THE COUNTY GREW LESS THAN 1 PERCENT. ALTHOUGH BIRTHS IN THE COUNTY OUTWEIGHED DEATHS, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY OUTNUMBERED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO MOVED IN?..BY NEARLY 1 THOUSAND PEOPLE.

THE SLOWEST GROWTH AREAS CONTINUE TO BE ALONG THE COAST, WHILE THE INLAND VALLEYS (AND THE SIERRA NEVADA) CONTINUE BEING THE FASTEST GROWTH AREAS.

ALTHOUGH VIGILS WILL BE HELD THURSDAY EVENING, SERVICES FOR 2 OF THE 5 TEENS, WHO DIED IN SATURDAY?S EARLY MORNING CRASH, WILL BE HELD THIS FRIDAY MORNING. THE DRIVER, 17 YEAR-OLD TOMACINA ?TAMMY? URESTI WILL BE LAID TO REST IN THE FAMILY PLOT IN PIONEER CEMETERY IN WATSONVILLE. THE MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL WILL BEGIN AT 9 A.M. IN SAINT PATRICK?S CHURCH ON MAIN STREET IN WATSONVILLE., SERVICES FOR 18 YEAR-OLD MATTHEW ESCAMILLA, WILL BE HELD AT 10 A.M. FRIDAY, AT BENITO AND AZZARO PACIFIC GARDENS CHAPEL ON CAYUGA STREET IN SANTA CRUZ.

A MAN WOUND UP IN JAIL AFTER MAKING THREATS WHILE HE WAS ALLEGEDLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE. SALINAS POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO AN APARTMENT IN THE 200 BLOCK OF SOLEDAD STREET THIS MORNING, TO REPORTS THAT 40-YEAR-OLD JOSEPH POTTS WAS ARMED WITH A KNIFE AND HAD THREATENED A FRIEND, A FAMILY MEMBER, AND HAD CUT THEIR PHONE LINES. POTTS WAS TAKEN TO COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, BRANDISHING A DEADLY WEAPON, MAKING THREATS AND BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE.