THE  WATSONVILLE  CITY  COUNCIL  APPROVED  A  CONTROVERSIAL  PLAN  TO  ALLOW  A  NEW  7-11  STORE  TO  BE  BUILT  ON  FREEDOM  BOULEVARD.   BEER  AND  WINE WILL  BE  ALLOWED  TO  BE  SOLD  AT  THE  NEW  STORE,  WHICH  IS  LOCATED  AT  THE  CORNER  OF ALTA  VISTA.  THE  OWNER  SAYS  HE  HOPES TO  HAVE  THE  STORE  OPEN  WITHIN  JUST  A  COUPLE  MONTHS.

TENSION BETWEEN ALISAL UNION SCHOOL BOARD, AND MONTEREY COUNTY SUPERVISOR FERNANDO ARMENTA, HAS CREATED ENOUGH DRAMA, THAT THE POLICE ARE TAKING NOTE AND INVESTIGATING.       BOARD MEMBER, JOSE CASTENEDA, HAS ACCUSED SUPERVISOR ARMENTA, OF MAKING VERBAL THREATS TO HIM AND INTERRUPTING A CLOSED DOOR MEETING.      AT WEDNESDAY NIGHTS BOARD MEETING, TEACHERS PARENTS AND UNION LEADERS, WERE RALLYING AGAINST A FAILED CONTRACT NEGOTIATION.

SANTA CRUZ POLICE CHIEF KEVIN VOGEL WANTS ALL OFFICERS TO REMEMBER SERGEANT BUTCH BAKER AND DETECTIVE ELIZABETH BUTLER.     CHIEF VOGEL COMMISSIONED A BLACK PIN BEARING THE BADGE NUMBERS OF THE FALLEN OFFICERS 105 AND 172 AND DATE THEY WERE KILLED.     THE PIN WILL BE WORN BY ALL OFFICERS ON DUTY.      OFFICERS THAT WERE EMPLOYED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WILL ALSO HAVE A SILVER STAR ON THE RIBBON WHILE FUTURE OFFICERS WILL NOT.

AN ADOLESCENT MOUNTAIN LION, THAT WANDERED DOWN WATER STREET IN SANTA CRUZ THIS MORNING, WAS TRANQUILIZED AROUND 12:30 THIS AFTERNOON SO HE COULD BE SAFELY RELOCATED. SANTA CRUZ POLICE OFFICERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUMA PROJECT AT U.C.S.C. AND WildRescue IN MOSS LANDING, AS WELL AS STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICIALS WORKED TOGETHER TO KEEP THE MOUNTAIN LION IN THE AQUEDUCT (NEAR MAY AVENUE) AFTER HE JUMPED INTO IT THIS MORNING.