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2 FATAL SHOOTINGS IN MCO WED. - 11/10/10 06:00 S.S.

2  MEN  SUFFERED  FATAL  GUNSHOT  WOUNDS  LAST  NIGHT  IN  MONTEREY  COUNTY.      IN  THE  FIRST  SHOOTING,   A  MAN  IN  A  WHEELCHAIR  WAS  SHOT  AND  KILLED  AROUND  9:15 P.M.,   WHILE  HE  WAS  NEAR  THE  INTERSECTION  OF  DEL  MONTE  AND  ORCHARD IN  SALINAS.    IN  the  2ND SHOOTING,   26  YEAR-OLD  MARINA  RESIDENT  DWAYNE  CHOATES  JUNIOR WAS  SHOT  MULTIPLE  TIMES  AROUND  9:20  P.M.,   WHILE  HE  WAS  BETWEEN  BUILDINGS  AT  the  DEL  MONTE  MANOR  APARTMENTS IN  SEASIDE.    ANYONE  WITH  ANY  INFORMATION  ABOUT  EITHER  SHOOTING  IS  ENCOURAGED  TO  CALL  THE  WE  TIP  ANONYMOUS  CRIME TIP  LINE  AT  1-800-78-CRIME.

CHOATES WAS THE  NEPHEW  OF  FORMER  LONG-TIME  SEASIDE  CITY  COUNCILMAN  DARRYL  CHOATES.

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WENSY SANCHEZ PLEADS NG 11/10/10 18:30 RB

A 38 YEAR-OLD SANTA CRUZ LOCAL, WENSY SANCHEZ, PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO MURDER CHARGES TODAY. WENSY IS ACCUSED OF STABBING TO DEATH HIS GIRLFRIEND, 41 YEAR-OLD JULI ENTWISTLE, IN A MORISSEY BOULEVARD APARTMENT JULY 24TH. SANCHEZ, WHO IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL, HAS WAIVED HIS RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL AND IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO A SANTA CRUZ COUNTY COURT ROOM JANUARY 24TH, SO A TRIAL DATE CAN BE SET.

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POLICE SEARCH FOR MYLES LERNER - 11/10/10 18:25 RB

POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR MYLES GOLDMAN LERNER IN CONNECTION WITH AN ACCIDENT THAT OCCURED IN BIG SUR ON HIGHWAY 1, SHORTLY ARFTER MIDNIGHT NOVEMBER FIRST. LERNER WAS DRIVING A 2005 TOYOTA 4-RUNNER WHEN HE HIT AN EMBANKMENT, LEAVING PASSENGER RACHAEL SHORT OF CARMEL SEVERELY INJURED. LERNER FLED AFTER THE WRECK AND SHORT IS CURRENTLY IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT A BAY AREA HOSPITAL. PEOPLE WITH INFORMATION RELATING TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF MYLES GOLDMAN LERNER, OR THE SIGHTING OF HIS DAMAGED TOYOTA 4-RUNNER, ARE ENCOURAGED TO NOTIFY THE C.H.P.

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S.E.I.U. LOCAL 1000 RATIFIES NEW CONTRACT - 11/10/10 18:15 S.S.

Members  of  S.E.I.U.  Local  1000 have  ratified  a  new  labor  agreement,   that  cuts  state  pension  costsreduces  workers  number  of  paid  holiday  days and  accepts  unpaid  days  off.     There  are  95,000  workers  that  will  be  impacted  by  the  new  agreement,  which  took  effect  today  (immediately upon  ratification).

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BRUSH FIRE ALONG HIGHWAY 1 - 11/10/10 16:00 S.S.

A  BRUSH  FIRE,   THAT  BROKE  OUT  AROUND  3  P.M.  THIS  AFTERNOON  ALONG  THE  SIDE  OF  NORTHBOUND  HIGHWAY  1, HAS  BEEN  PUT  OUT.      THE  SLOW  LANE,  WHICH  HAD  BEEN  CLOSED  TO  LET  FIREFIGHTERS  DO  THEIR  JOB,   RE-OPENED  AROUND  3:45  P.M.

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