SEVERAL NEW MAYORS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. FOR THE 4TH TIME, MIKE ROTKIN WILL LEAD THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ. BRUCE ARTHUR, WHO HAS SERVED ON THE CAPITOLA CITY COUNCIL FOR 6 YEARS, WAS ELECTED TO THE TOP SEAT IN CAPITOLA YESTERDAY??.AND ANA VENTURA PHARES MADE HISTORY LAST NIGHT, BY BECOMING WATSONVILLE?S FIRST LATINA MAYOR.

THE 20TH ANNUAL THANKSGIVING MEAL WILL BE SERVED AT THE BILL MOTTO V.F.W. POST ON FRONT STREET IN SANTA CRUZ TOMORROW, BUT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, LINDA BERKENPAS SAYS THEY STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS TO COME HELP CHOP UP FOOD, AND DECORATE THE HALL. VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED ALL DAY TODAY, AND THEN AGAIN STARTING AT 7:30 TOMORROW MORNING. THE MEAL IS SCHEDULED TO BE SERVED FROM NOON UNTIL 3 P.M. TOMORROW??AND THEN MORE VOLUNTEERS WILL BE NEEDED TO HELP CLEAN UP.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL THE POST AT (831) 429 - 8345.

SINCE 3:57 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THERE HAVE BEEN 37 EARTHQUAKES IN THE AREA 6 - 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT IN MONTEREY COUNTY. 5 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN OF A MAGNITUDE 3.0 OR GREATER. THE LARGEST OF THOSE WAS A 4.4, AND IT SHOOK THE AREA AT 6:06 LAST NIGHT. THE MOST RECENT QUAKE WAS AT 9:22 THIS MORNING, AND IT REGISTERED A .9 ON THE RICHTER SCALE.

RIPPLING RIVER ACTIVIST MERRI BILEK IS EXPECTED TO BE APPOINTED TO THE MONTEREY COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY'S BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON DECEMBER 8TH. BILEK WAS EXPECTING APPOINTMENT AT THE NOVEMBER 9TH MEETING (OF THE MONTEREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS), BUT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OBJECTED, SAYING IT WAS STILL SCREENING APPLICANTS. BILEK SAYS SHE IS OPTIMISTIC THAT THE SLOW PROCESS OF REHABILITATING RIPPLING RIVER CAN BE MADE FASTER BY IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS.