A SHOOTING TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON NEAR NORTH SALINAS HIGH SCHOOL. THE 18 YEAR-OLD STUDENT, WHO WAS SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE INCIDENT, WAS AIR-LIFTED TO A SAN JOSE HOSPITAL. POLICE SAID THE STUDENT WAS CONFRONTED BY AT LEAST 2 MEN, WHO THEN FLED THE SCENE IN WHAT WITNESSES SAID WAS A SMALL RED CAR THAT LOOKED LIKE A MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THE 3:30 P.M. SHOOTING IS ASKED TO CONTACT THEIR LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

ANOTHER JUROR IN THE SCOTT PETERSON TRIAL WAS DISMISSED TODAY (WEDNESDAY). FOR THE 3RD TIME THE JURY MUST START THEIR DELIBERATIONS FROM SCRATCH. THE NEWLY OUSTED JUROR, REMAINS UNDER A COURT-IMPOSED GAG ORDER, AND THERE IS ONLY SPECULATION AS TO WHY HE WAS CUT. HE HAD BOTH A LAW DEGREE AND MEDICAL LICENSE. THE MAN WHO REPLACES HIM IS A FIREFIGHTER FROM HALF MOON BAY, WHO NOW TAKES OVER AS THE JURY FOREMAN. THERE ARE ONLY 3 ALTERNATE JURORS REMAINING.

THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES WILL TAKE OVER THE WATSONVILLE ANIMAL SHELTER MONDAY. THE WATSONVILLE CITY COUNCIL AND THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTED ON THE ARRANGEMENT IN SEPTEMBER, GIVING ANIMAL SERVICES 2 MONTHS TO MAKE THE TRANSITION. THIS AGREEMENT WILL HAVE THE ANIMAL SERVICES AUTHORITY RUNNING THE ANIMAL SHELTERS IN BOTH WATSONVILLE (AT 580 AIRPORT BOULEVARD), AND SCOTTS VALLEY (AT 27 JANIS WAY), AS WELL AS CONDUCTING ANIMAL CONTROL FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CAPITOLA.

A SALINAS PIZZA PLACE WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT MONDAY NIGHT. 2 MEN, (ONE ARMED WITH A SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN, AND THE OTHER WITH A HANDGUN) ROBBED THE MOUNTAIN MIKE?S ON ALISAL STREET, JUST BEFORE 9 P.M. ALONG WITH THE CASH FROM THE REGISTER, THE SKI-MASK WEARING ROBBERS TOOK PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM ABOUT A HALF DOZEN CUSTOMERS. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ARMED ROBBERY IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.