A MONTEREY COUNTY JUDGE HAS RULED THAT A 17 YEAR-OLD SALINAS GIRL, ACCUSED OF KILLING 2 PEOPLE WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING DRUNK, WILL BE TRIED AS A JUVENILE. THE TEEN, WHO WAS DRIVING A BORROWED S.U.V. A HIGH SPEED WHEN SHE SLAMMED INTO A MINIVAN NEAR LAKE SAN ANTONIO LAST MAY, WILL FACE MURDER CHARGES. 2 HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HER BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS MEASURED AT 2.1.?TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT FOR ADULTS. SHE COULD BE SENTENCED TO SERVE UP TO 7 YEARS BEHIND BARS.

A WATSONVILLE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF ALLEGEDLY MOLESTING SEVERAL TEENAGE GIRLS. FORMER APTOS HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR?S AIDE, STEVEN MONTEZ MARTINEZ IS BELIEVED TO HAVE MOLESTED THE GIRLS IN THE EARLY TO MID 1990?S, WHEN THEY WERE BETWEEN 13 AND 16 YEARS-OLD. MARTINEZ ALSO REPORTEDLY WORKED AS A PASTOR AT THE NOW-DEFUNCT NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH IN WATSONVILLE. THE INVESTIGATION OF HIS PAST BEGAN AFTER 2 YOUNG WOMEN TOLD POLICE THEY HAD BEEN MOLESTED YEARS EARLIER.

MARTINEZ, WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE PAJARO VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, WORKED FOR THE PAJARO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM OCTOBER 1989, UNTIL JULY OF THIS YEAR.

A MEMORIAL THAT HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN SALINAS, AND MONTEREY, IS NOW ON THE U.C.S.C. CAMPUS. 850 OF THE 1 THOUSAND 33 MARKERS (THAT ED LEEPER CREATED (A FEW MONTHS AGO) TO HONOR THE SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DIED IN IRAQ, ARE NOW SET UP ON THE GRASSY KNOLL AT THE CENTER OF COLLEGES 9 AND 10. THE PHOTOS AND STORIES OF THE WAR DEAD ARE ATTACHED TO STAKES IN THE GROUND, AND ARE LINED UP LIKE HEADSTONES. THE MEMORIAL MARKERS HAVE BEEN ON DISPLAY ON THE U.C.S.C. CAMPUS SINCE THE DAY AFTER ELECTION DAY, AND WILL ONLY BE THERE UNTIL TOMORROW.

A TEENAGE SKATEBOARDER, WHO WASN?T WEARING HIS HELMET AT THE NEW SCOTTS VALLEY SKATE PARK IS FACING A HEFTY FINE. 16 YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER WELTY RECEIVED A TICKET, FOR NOT WEARING HIS HELMET AT THE PARK. HE WAS REPORTEDLY TOLD AT THAT TIME, THAT THE FINE WOULD BE 100 DOLLARS, BUT WHEN THE BAIL STATEMENT ARRIVED AT HIS HOME, IT INDICATED 360 DOLLARS WAS DUE.