A GREASE FIRE CAUSED ABOUT 15 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE TO A LOCAL RESTAURANT YESTERDAY. THAT AFTER FIRE INVESTIGATORS SAID AN OVEN AT THE CHINA STAR RESTAURANT (ON NORTH DAVIS ROAD) WAS NOT PROPERLY MONITORED. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE 11:39 A.M. BLAZE.

COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS (PLACED TOO CLOSE TO A FURNACE) CAUSED A FIRE THAT DID SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A CASTROVILLE HOME OVER THE WEEKEND. THE 3:13 A.M. FIRE, AT THE SANDBUR PLACE HOME, CAUSED 25 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE SATURDAY BLAZE.

A 33 YEAR-OLD MONTEREY COUNTY MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE HELD A WOMAN AT KNIFEPOINT, AND FORCED HER TO DRINK A PLUMBING CHEMICAL (MIXED WITH VODKA). DAVID GUZMAN WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, AND KIDNAPPING. HIS VICTIM (WHO IS THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD) WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.

2 MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE LODGED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JUVENILE HALL, AFTER THEY WERE FOUND WITH A BUTTERFLY KNIFE ON THE GAVILAN SCHOOL CAMPUS. THAT AFTER A 13 YEAR-OLD PASSED THE KNIFE TO ANOTHER STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL BATHROOM. THE FACE CHARGES OF BEING IN POSSESSION OF AN ILLEGAL KNIFE, AND POSSESSION OF A KNIFE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.