3 SUSPECTS REPORTEDLY ROBBED A 44 YEAR-OLD MAN IN SALINAS LAST NIGHT. ONE ALLEGEDLY HELD THE VICTIM FROM BEHIND, WHILE A 2ND WENT THROUGH HIS POCKETS. THE 3RD SUSPECT APPARENTLY STOOD BY WITH HIS HAND ON HIS WAISTBAND AS IF HE HAD A WEAPON, ALTHOUGH NO WEAPON WAS SEEN. ALL 3 MALE SUSPECTS FLED SOUTHBOUND ON SANBORN ROAD. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS 8:50 P.M. INCIDENT IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE CHP BLAMES DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND EXCESSIVE SPEED FOR THE DEATH OF 19 PEOPLE ON A SECTION OF HIGHWAY 101 SO FAR THIS YEAR. THIS MONTH ALREADY 4 PEOPLE HAVE DIED ON THE STRETCH OF ROAD BETWEEN SOLEDAD AND SALINAS.

A HOLLISTER MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE HELD A STEAK-KNIFE TO HIS FATHER?S THROAT. 40 YEAR-OLD MARTIN HERNANDEZ WAS BOOKED INTO SAN BENITO COUNTY JAIL, FOR ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, THREATENING TO KILL HIS 74 YEAR-OLD FATHER, AND RESISTING ARREST. HERNANDEZ HAD REPORTEDLY GOTTEN UPSET WITH HIS FAMILY, BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THEY WERE LAUGHING AT HIM.

THE GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR A NEW WAL-MART SUPERSTORE IN GILROY. PLANS CALL FOR IT TO BE A 220 THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT FACILITY, LOCATED ON A 20-ACRE LOT ACROSS FROM THE COSTCO AND LOWE?S HOME IMPROVEMENT STORES, OFF HIGHWAYS 101 AND 152. THE PACHECO PASS CENTER STORE IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN JULY OF NEXT YEAR.