AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN A FATALITY TOOK PLACE IN AROMAS MONDAY EVENING.   A MAN ALLEGEDLY DROVE HIS CAR INTO A HOME NEAR SAN JUAN ROAD AND DUNBARTON BEFORE DRIVING IT INTO A CREEK AT APPROXIMATELY 9:55 P.M.     THE VEHICLE REPORTEDLY FLEW 100 FEET THROUGH THE AIR AND BURNED TO BITS.      THE HOME SUFFERED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN THE CRASH.    THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL.

A  47  YEAR-OLD  STABBING  VICTIM  IS  REPORTEDLY  IN  STABLE  CONDITION  IN  A  BAY  AREA  TRAUMA  CENTER;     WHILE  HIS  ATTACKER  IS  THOUGHT  TO  HAVE  HEADED  TOWARD  SACRAMENTO  AFTER  THE  2:20  A-M  INCIDENT  THIS  MORNING.     The  suspect  in  this  case  was  identified  as  31  year-old  hector  luis  martinez,  who  turned  himself  in  at the  paso robles  police  department tonight.   detectived  from  the  salinas  police  department  went  down  to  pick  him  up  and  bring him  back  to  salinas.

CUSTOMERS  OF  THE  SALINAS  VALLEY SOLID WASTE  AUTHORITY WILL BE  PAYING A  NEW  FEE  SOON.     IT  IS  HOPED  THAT  THE   NEW  FEE,   WHICH  IS  DESIGNED TO SUPPORT  WASTE  REDUCTION AND  INCREASED  RECYCLING  PROGRAMS,    WILL  ALLOW  THE  COMPANY TO  COMPLY  WITH  THE  STATE’S  MANDATES.   THE  NEW  FEE  ONLY  APPLIES  TO  CURBSIDE  TRASH  PICK-UP….NOT  TO  THE  PER-TON CHARGE  LEVIED  AT THE  LANDFILL  AND  TRANSFER  STATIONS.

MORE  THAN   50  PEOPLE  GATHERED  IN  SCOTTS  VALLEY  OVER  THE  WEEKEND TO PAINT  A  MURAL  IN  HONOR  OF  THE ORIGINAL  KINGS  MARKET.      THE PROJECT,  KNOWN  AS  “MURAL-IN-A-DAY”  WAS  ORGANIZED  BY  THE  PEOPLE  IN  THE  REGIONAL  ARTISANS  ASSOCIATION.    THAT’S  THE SAME  GROUP  THAT  SPEAR-HEADED  THE  MURAL OUTSIDE  THE  CINELUX  SCOTTS  VALLEY  CINEMA.    THE MURAL (COMPLETED  OVER THE  WEEKEND  IN  THE  KINGS  VILLAGE  SHOPPING  CENTER)  DEPICTS  THE  EVOLUTION  OF  KINGS  MARKET,  FROM  A  DAIRY  FARM TO  THE  CURRENT  MARKET.