THE SANTA CRUZ SCHOOL BOARD ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF PACIFIC COLLEGIATE SCHOOL?S PRINCIPAL LAST WEEK. PRINCIPAL JAN KEATING IS LEAVING TO COMPLETE WORK ON A DOCTORATE AT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY. KEATING HAS BEEN AT THE SCHOOL SINCE 2002. SHE WILL LEAVE AT THE END OF JUNE OR SOONER IF A REPLACEMENT IS FOUND. BEFORE HER TIME ENDS, KEATING HAS STATED SHE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT AN HONOR CODE FOR STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL.

MORE THAN TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE AS LAST YEAR, HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. MEMBERS OF THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SHERIFF?S DEPARTMENT, HAVE ARRESTED 52 PEOPLE SO FAR, AND ONLY 1 ALCOHOL-RELATED INJURY CRASH HAS OCCURRED. THE ?AVOID THE 9? CAMPAIGN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL JANUARY 2ND.

5 PLASTIC BAGS, CONTAINING MARIJUANA STEMS AND GROWING EQUIPMENT, WERE REPORTEDLY FOUND ON CARPENTERIA ROAD IN AROMAS RECENTLY. THEY WERE FOUND BY A LOCAL HOME OWNER, WHO CALLED THE MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFF?S DEPARTMENT. DEPUTIES COLLECTED THE BAGS (AND DESTROYED THE CONTENTS), BUT THE BAGS THEMSELVES WERE TAKEN TO A CRIME LAB, TO CHECK FOR FINGERPRINTS.

26 RABBITS WERE RESCUED, AFTER THEY WERE FOUND LIVING IN WHAT S.P.C.A. MEMBERS CALLED ?DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS? OUTSIDE A GONZALES HOME. THE RABBITS WERE FOUND IN AN 8-BY- 8 HUTCH. THEY HAD BEEN LIVING IN FECES AND URINE, THAT WAS A FOOT-AND-A HALF DEEP. THE OWNERS (WHO SAID THEY WERE RAISING THE RABBITS FOR FOOD) VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED THE CREATURES TO THE S.P.C.A. OF MONTEREY COUNTY. THE RABBITS (THAT ARE MEDICALLY EVALUATED, AND FOUND TO BE HEALTHY) ARE EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION SOON.