A BOULDER CREEK WOMAN DIED FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER BEING PINNED UNDER HER CAR TRYING TO SAVE HER SON. WHEN 33 YEAR-OLD CAT MUNSON-RING?S CAR BEGAN ROLLING DOWN HER DRIVEWAY TOWARD A CLIFF WITH HER 6 YEAR-OLD SON INSIDE, SHE THREW HERSELF BEHIND THE CAR TO STOP IT. AFTER THE CAR STOPPED, HER UNINJURED SON, WENT TO A NEIGHBOR?S HOUSE FOR HELP. BOULDER CREEK FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED AND FOUND MUNSON-RING UNCONSCIOUSNESS, PINNED UNDER THE CAR. SHE WAS TAKEN TO DOMINICAN HOSPITAL (WHERE SHE WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION) UNTIL HER DEATH FRIDAY NIGHT. AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, AND THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. A FUND HAS BEEN SET UP FOR MUNSON-RING?S SON, CARTER, AT LIBERTY BANK IN BOULDER CREEK. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 831-336-6477.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY HEAD START WORKERS WILL BE JOINING THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 415. 51 EMPLOYEES OF PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS RUN BY THE SANTA CRUZ COMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTER VOTED LAST WEEK TO JOIN THE UNION. SEIU REPRESENTATIVES WILL BEGIN BARGAINING ON BEHALF OF THE EMPLOYEES IN EARLY JANUARY.

FIVE LAWSUITS BROUGHT BY THE GROUP, SAVE THE HABITAT, AGAINST THE CITY OF CAPITOLA ARE STILL PENDING. THE LAWSUITS CONCERN DEVELOPMENT AND HABITAT PRESERVATION ALONG SOQUEL CREEK. AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST WEEK, CAPITOLA CITY ATTORNEY JOHN BARISONE SAID HE THINKS SETTLEMENTS CAN STILL BE REACHED.

AN APTOS WOMAN WAS SENTENCED FRIDAY FOR STEALING 900 THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM AN ELDERLY CLIENT AT A CARE FACILITY IN FREEDOM. 45 YEAR OLD CHERYL RAVAGO WAS SENTENCED TO A ONE YEAR SUSPENDED JAIL TERM. THE SENTENCE WAS SUSPENDED PENDING RAVAGO?S COMPLETION OF SIX MONTHS FULL TIME COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SIX MONTHS WITH A HOME ELECTRONIC MONITOR. SHE ALSO RECEIVED 3 YEARS OF PROBABTION AND IS PROHIBITED FROM FIANNCIAL DEALINGS WITH SENIOR CITIZENS.