SIX COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS HOSTED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF MONTEREY BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS WERE HELD IN HOLLISTER TUESDAY.   THE WORKSHOPS STARTED AT 6 P-M AT THE HOLLISTER COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATED ON 300 WEST STREET.   DIALOGUES ON FUTURE GROWTH AND HOW TO PRIORITIZE FUTURE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS WERE FEATURED.

A  60 YEAR-OLD  WOMAN  HAS  BEEN  ARRESTED  FOR  CAUSING  A  MONDAY  NIGHT  CRASH  ON  FREEDOM  BOULEVARD NEAR  BOWKER  ROAD.       ISABEL  B  ALVARADO WAS  REPORTEDLY  DRIVING  UNDER  THE  INFLUENCE WHEN  HER  LEXUS  HIT  A  MAZDA…SENDING  IT  INTO  THE  YARD OF  A  FREEDOM  BOULEVARD HOME.       THE  53  YEAR-OLD  WATSONVILLE  MAN  DRIVING  THE MAZDA  SUFFERED  MAJOR  INJURIES,   AND  HIS  PASSENGER  SUFFERED  MINOR  INJURIES.      ALVARADO AND  HER  PASSENGER  BOTH  SUFFERED  MODERATE  INJURIES  IN  THE  9:15  P-M  CRASH.

AFTER  BEING  EVALUATED  FOR  D.U.I.,  TREATED,   AND  RELEASED,  ALVARADO WAS  BOOKED  INTO  SANTA CRUZ  COUNTY  JAIL ON  SUSPICION  OF  FELONY  D.U.I.

DIMITRI  STORM, WHO  FACES  FELONY  CHARGES  IN  SEVERAL  CALIFORNIA   COUNTIES  HAS  PLEADED  “NOT  GUILTY”  TO  9  CHARGES  IN  AN  ALAMEDA  COUNTY COURT  ROOM.      STORM IS  SCHEDULED  TO  RETURN  TO  COURT  FOR  A  PRE-TRIAL HEARING  MONDAY.     HE  ALSO  FACES  CHARGES  RELATED  TO  A  STRING  OF  AUTO  THEFTS  IN  SANTA  CRUZ AND  MONTEREY  COUNTIES.    STORM  IS  CURRENTLY  BEING  HELD  IN  SANTA  RITA  JAIL IN  DUBLIN.

3  TEENAGERS  (WITH  GANG  TIES)  WERE  ARRESTED  IN  SALINAS  MONDAY  NIGHT,   FOR  STEALING  BEER  FROM A  GROCERY STORE,  AND  MAKING  THREATS  TO  THEIR  ARRESTING  OFFICERS.    2  OTHERS  REPORTEDLY  GOT  AWAY.   THE  TEENS  WHO  WERE  ARRESTED  WERE  A  15  YEAR-OLD  BOY, A  16  YEAR-OLD  GIRL, AND  A  17  YEAR-OLD  BOY.