MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN SALINAS, CARMEL, AND THE ROYAL OAKS AREA OF NORTH MONTEREY COUNTY, AND VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED IN SAN BENITO COUNTY. THE BOLSA KNOLLS NEIGHBORHOOD IN SALINAS WAS EVACUATED THIS MORNING; AND THE CARMEL RIVER CRESTED ITS BANKS AROUND 3 P-M, LEADING TO BOTH AN EVACUATION THERE, AND THE OPENING OF AN EVACUATION CENTER AT CARMEL MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 4389 CARMEL VALLEY ROAD. THE S-P-C-A OF MONTEREY COUNTY WILL ASSIST WITH THE EVACUATIONS OF LARGE ANIMALS.