A KSCO EMPLOYEE'S QUICK ACTION RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF A VANDAL WHO DID A LOT OF DAMAGE SATURDAY NIGHT. KSCO BOARD OPERATOR RYAN ROBERTS SAID HE FIRST THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WHEN HE HEARD LOUD NOISES COMING FROM THE KSCO PARKING LOT, ON PORTOLA DRIVE. HE WENT OUTSIDE SATURDAY NIGHT TO FIND SEVERAL CARS WITH SMASHED IN WINDOWS. HE HEARD THE SOUND OF MORE DESTRUCTION DOWN THE STREET, AND CONFRONTED THE VANDAL TAKING AWAY HIS SKATEBOARD. RYAN TOLD HIM HE WOULD GET IT BACK IF HE CAME WITH HIM. ONCE INSIDE THE KSCO STUDIOS, HE CALLED POLICE AND AVERTED SEVERAL ESCAPE ATTEMPTS, UNTIL POLICE TOOK THE VANDAL INTO CUSTODY. KSCO HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SIMILAR VANDALISM IN THE AREA.

AUTHORITIES STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE ALLEGED KIDNAP VICTIM EBONY CARTER IS, WHILE HER SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER APPEARS IN COURT TODAY. 29-YEAR-OLD BENJAMIN TEUTSCH WAS ARRAIGNED TODAY ON ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING FOR TRYING TO ABDUCT A 40-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN ANOTHER CASE. SINCE THE INVESTIGATION INTO 16-YEAR-OLD CARTER'S DISAPPEARANCE IS NOT COMPLETE, HE HAS NOT BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED IN THAT CASE. POLICE LAST HEARD FROM CARTER LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN SHE CALLED HER SISTER, CLAIMING SHE HAD ESCAPED FROM TEUTSCH. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION AS TO EBONY CARTER'S WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CONTACT GILROY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE SPCA OF MONTEREY COUNTY HAS JUST RECEIVED SHIPMENT OF THEIR 2005 SUPERSTAR PET CALENDARS. EACH MONTH FEATURES A BEAUTIFULLY PHOTOGRAPHED LOCAL PET. THE DONOR-SUPPORTED NON-PROFIT HAS THE CALENDARS AVAILABLE FOR $10 AT THEIR DONOR SHOPS OR AT THEIR MAIN OFFICE ON HIGHWAY 69, ACROSS FROM LAGUNA SECA. AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE ALSO ACCEPTING ENTRIES FOR THEIR 2006 ISSUE.

A LONG FORGOTTEN COIN COLLECTION WORTH $10,000 WILL BE GOING TO GEORGIA SOON. FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS THE COINS WERE IN A METAL BOX UNDER TWO SAFES IN A COMERICA BANK VAULT ON SOQUEL AVENUE. THE EASTSIDE SANTA CRUZ BANK MANAGER FOUND THE TREASURE IN OCTOBER, AS SHE PREPARED FOR REMODELING. THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED LOOKING FOR THE RIGHTFUL OWNER OLIVER B COMBS. RESEARCH REVEALED HE DIED OVER 30 YEARS AGO, SO THE COINS WILL BE SENT TO HIS 73-YEAR-OLD SON, WHO NOW LIVES IN GEORGIA.