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GANGSTER GETS LIFE VS

A SALINAS GANGSTER WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON ON WEDNESDAY FOR HIS PART IN THE NUESTRA FAMILIA PRISON GANG. GANG MEMBER RICO GARCIA WAS CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT FROM EVIDENCE DEVELOPED IN OPERATION BLACK WIDOW. HIS OFFENSES INCLUDE HOMICIDE, AND CRIMINAL RACKETEERING. OPERATION BLACK WIDOW WAS A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION OF THE NUESTRA FAMILIA GANG, AND ITS STREET OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AT LEAST 75 PEOPLE WERE PROSECUTED AS PART OF OPERATION BLACK WIDOW, INCLUDING SPIN-OFF STATE AND FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS.
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EARTHQUAKE RESEARCHERS SAY PATTERN IS FOUND vs

RESEARCHERS, USING DATA COLLECTED FROM PARKFIELD CALIFORNIA, SAY THEY DISCOVERED A PATTERN IN THE TREMORS. THE 2 SCIENTISTS ARE ROBERT NADEAU AND DAVID DOLENC FROM U.C. BERKELEY. OVER A HUNDRED TREMORS WERE RECORDED BY PARK FIELD'S HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC NETWORK, WHICH IS CENTERED 20 MILES UNDERGROUND. IT IS HOPED THE PATTERN OF THE EARTHQUAKES FOUND IN THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT DATA, MAY SOMEDAY AIDE IN UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF EARTHQUAKES.

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STRUCTURE FIRE UPDATE VS

A 2 ALARM FIRE BROKE OUT WITH AN EXPLOSION AT ABOUT 9 A.M. TODAY (YESTERDAY), ACCORDING TO BRANCIFORTE FIREFIGHTERS . THE HOME WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES WITHIN 5 MINUTES. THE STRUCTURE WAS ON MILL ROAD, NEAR GLEN CANYON ROAD IN SANTA CRUZ. MUTUAL AIDE WAS REQUESTED AND CENTRAL, SCOTTS VALLEY AND SANTA CRUZ CITY FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED. THE FAMILY PET (A DOG) DIED IN THE FIRE, AND A RESIDENT RECEIVED ONLY A MINOR INJURY.
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WRONGFUL DEATH LAW SUIT SETTLED VS

A CORRALITOS MAN HAS SETTLED A LAWSUIT OVER THE 2002 DEATH OF HIS SON. 17-YEAR-OLD, JUSTIN BLACK DIED AFTER A DRUNK FRIEND HIT HIM WITH A BASEBALL BAT. HIS FATHER NORMAN BLACK SETTLED HIS CASE FOR $95,000. HE PLANS TO BUILD A MEMORIAL FOR HIS SON AT APTOS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, AND GIVE $5,000 TO BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, $10,000 TO APTOS JUNIOR HIGH AND $5,000 TO APTOS HIGH.

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NO NEW BILLBOARD FOR HIGHWAY 68 VS

MONTEREY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSIONERS VOTED AGAINST PUTTING A LIGHTED BILLBOARD ON HIGHWAY 68, AT WEDNESDAY'S MEETING. THE PLAN WAS TO PLACE THE 35-FOOT-HIGH AD, JUST SOUTH OF SALINAS, ON A COMMERCIAL LOT AT HITCHCOCK ROAD AND HIGHWAY 68. IT TOOK A COMPUTER SIMULATION OF THE BILLBOARD TO CONVINCE COMMISSIONERS THE BILLBOARD WOULD BE AN EYESORE. THE LAST TIME A NEW BILLBOARD WAS ALLOWED IN SALINAS WAS IN THE 1970'S.

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