W’ville Bank Cards 11/21/19 6a Ci

Beware! You may be the target of a bank card scam in Watsonville… especially if you purchased gas at the “east lake” gas station earlier this month.

Watsonville police and the secret service are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men who are suspected of using cloned bank cards to withdraw  thousands of dollars.

Investigators discovered credit card skimmers at the east lake gas station and believe there are more than 50-victims who have lost over 20-thousand dollars.

Anyone with information on the suspects are asked to call detective Tyler Wildey at Watsonville p-d.

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Crab Delayed 11/22/19 6a Ci

Crab lovers are out of luck for the Thanksgiving holiday. In an effort to save the whales… the state department of fish and wildlife has postponed the crab fishing season until December 15.

Fish and wildlife has sighted whales feeding off point reyes and half moon bay and says it doesn’t want to take the chance of whales getting caught in crab fishing lines.

For now, fishing boats sit idle at local harbors until state officials give the go ahead.

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Phone Back Up 11/22/19 6:30a Ci

State utility regulators are grilling phone companies and internet providers as to their lack of power back up in the event of an emergency.

 During recent public safety power shut off’s many people were without phone service to call emergency services or receive emergency notifications  because cellular phones and landlines had no power. This was especially true in the San Lorenzo Valley where large swaths of residents were isolated.

So far cell service and internet  providers have resisted providing back up power and instead proposed workshops to set standards for a back up power supply. The  companies have  agreed to voluntarily disclose data about what cell towers are down.

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Google Ads 11/21/19 8a Ci

In business news… Google has new restrictions on political ads released this week.

The search giant will no longer allow political ads based on a voter’s political ties or affiliation…  and instead will let advertisers use only a person’s age, gender and location.

The restrictions will apply to ads shown on Google’s search engine, youtube and display ads the company sells that show up on other websites.

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