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NEW OUTBREAK OF INFECTIONS LINKED TO SALONS VS

INFECTIONS THAT ARE BEING LINKED TO A NUMBER OF SAN JOSE NAIL SALONS ARE MORE WIDESPREAD THAT PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. SO FAR AT LEAST 30 PEDICURE CUSTOMERS HAVE ALLEGEDLY DEVELOPED SKIN INFECTIONS AFTER SALON VISITS. THE STATE BOARD OF BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY DEVELOPED A NEW SET OF GUIDELINES AFTER AN OUTBREAK IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY IN OCTOBER OF 2000. THE IMPROPER DISINFECTION OF WHIRLPOOL FOOTBATHS IS THOUGHT TO BE THE PROBLEM. THE 3 MOST MENTIONED SALONS BY INFECTED CUSTOMERS ARE: SILVER NAILS II ON BLOSSOM HILL ROAD, NAILS NATIONAL ON SNELL AVENUE, AND KATHY NAILS ON THE ALMADEN EXPRESSWAY. THERE IS MORE INFORMATION ON THE WEB AT
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SAN BENITO COUNTY SUED S.S.

A 70 YEAR-OLD HOLLISTER MAN IS SUING THE COUNTY OF SAN BENITO. JOSE JIMINEZ CLAIMS HIS CIVIL RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED WHEN HE WAS BEATEN BY 2 SHERIFF?S DEPUTIES LAST APRIL. JIMINEZ SAYS THEY BROKE HIS RIBS WHILE BEATING HIM WITH A FLASHLIGHT, AND THEN THE DEPUTIES BOOKED HIM INTO SAN BENITO COUNTY JAIL, WITHOUT FIRST TAKING HIM TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. THE DEPUTIES REPORTED THAT JIMINEZ WAS RESISTING ARREST, AND THREATENING THEM WITH PHYSICAL HARM, WHEN THEY SUBDUED AND ARRESTED HIM.

MCO SAYS NO TO CASINO S.S.

THE MONTEREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS VOTED TO SEND A LETTER OPPOSING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CASINO IN EITHER SANTA CLARA OR SAN BENITO COUNTY. THAT?S BECAUSE SUPERVISORS SAY THAT A CASINO COULD CONTRIBUTE TO CRIME IN MONTEREY COUNTY, AND COULD ALSO CAUSE INCREASED TRAFFIC BETWEEN MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES.

McPHERSON HONORED S.S.

BRUCE McPHERSON WILL BE HONORED WITH AN AWARD TOMORROW. THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION WILL PRESENT McPHERSON WITH THE ALBERT S. RODDA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. THE PRESENTATION IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE AT THE ASSOCIATION?S LEGISLATIVE NETWORK LUNCHEON, FROM 12:15 UNTIL 1:30, IN THE MARRIOT HOTEL IN SAN FRANCISCO.

QUAKES NW OF PINNACLES S.S.

A MAGNITUDE 3.0 EARTHQUAKE SHOOK THE AREA NEAR PINNACLES AT 3:49 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AND SEVERAL AFTERSHOCKS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THEN. THE LARGEST OF THOSE WAS A 3.3 AT 1 MINUTE TO 9 P.M. LAST NIGHT. THERE WERE 2 SMALLER QUAKES BETWEEN THOSE 2, AND THERE HAVE BEEN 5 SMALLER ONES SINCE LAST NIGHT?S 3.3 EVENT. ALL OF THESE SEISMIC EVENTS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT IN SOUTH MONTEREY COUNTY.

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