STATE  PESTICIDE  REGULATORS  ARE  CONSIDERING  NEW  REGULATIONS  FOR  CHLOROPICRIN  (KLOR- o-PICK-rin).     THE  PROPOSED  CHANGES  ARE  BASED  ON  THE RESULTS  OF  A  STUDY  BY  REGULATORS.     THE  FUMIGANT  IS  WIDELY  USED  IN  THE STRAWBERRY  INDUSTRY (PRIOR  TO  PLANTING,  BECAUSE  IT  KILLS  ANY  DISEASES  OR  PESTS  THAT  MIGHT  HARM  THE  PLANTS).      THE  DEPARTMENT  OF PESTICIDE  REGULATION  WILL  ACCEPT  PUBLIC  COMMENTS  UNTIL  JULY  31^ST.  

 A  MEETINGS  (IN  WHICH  THE  NEWLY  PROPOSED  RULES  ARE  SCHEDULED  TO  BE  DISCUSSED)  IS  SCHEDULED  TO  TAKE  PLACE  JUNE  10^TH…..FROM  10  A-M  UNTIL  NOON  AT  THE  AGRICULTURAL  CENTER  CONFERENCE  ROOM  ON  ABBOTT  STREET  IN  SALINAS. 

A BIG-RIG HIT AN AMTRAK TRAIN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE AROMAS AREA.   THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AS THE BIG RIG DRIVER MADE A RIGHT-HAND TURN  ONTO A PRIVATE ROAD NEAR QUARRY ROAD. NONE OF THE 246 PEOPLE ON THE TRAIN WERE INJURED IN THE CRASH, HOWEVER THE DRIVER OF THE BIG-RIG SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, AND THE TRAILER HE WAS TRANSPORTING WAS REPORTEDLY DESTROYED.

A MOUNTAIN LION WAS TRAPPED IN DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ THIS MORNING.   AT AROUND 7:30 A-M WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE ANIMAL STUCK IN AN AQUEDUCT NEAR MAY AVENUE AND OCEAN STREET.   WILDLIFE EXPERTS WERE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE SHORTLY 7:30 AND ASSESS THE SITUATION.   AT THIS TIME IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE MOUNTAIN LION IS PART OF THE “PUMA PROJECT” AT U.C.S.C. THAT STUDIES HOW ANIMALS RESPOND TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.

VOLUNTEERS ARE SOUGHT TO ASSIST IN PUTTING UP AND TAKING DOWN AMERICAN FLAGS ON MEMORIAL DAY IN SALINAS.    AMERICAN LEGION POST 31 IS CARRYING ON A NATIONAL TRADITION RECOGNIZING VETERANS OF THE PAST BY RAISING FLAGS AND TAKING THEM DOWN ON MEMORIAL DAY AT THE GARDEN OF MEMORIES CEMETERY.   JUICE, DONUTS AND COFFEE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR VOLUNTEERS.   INTERESTED PARTIES CAN CONTACT ANITA LOPEZ AT 831-905-7810.