WITH JUST 3 WEEKS TO GO UNTIL THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION, THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IS COMING UP FAST. 17 MILLION CALIFORNIANS ARE ALREADY REGISTERED, BUT ANOTHER 6.5 MILLION ARE ELIGIBLE. ANYONE, WHO IS NOT YET REGISTERED, AND WHO WISHES TO VOTE IN the UPCOMING ELECTION, NEEDS TO REGISTER BY THE END OF NEXT MONDAY….OCTOBER 18TH.
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The Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission is expected to sign off on an overdue plan for tourist trains tomorrow. The special session is being held so commission members can sign and finalize the contract for train service on the North Coast. The train service is required of Santa Cruz County to qualify for the state-funding needed to buy the 32-mile coastal Union Pacific rail-line between Davenport and Watsonville.
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Santa Cruz City Council members rejected a claim yesterday filed by the mother of a UC Santa Cruz student alleging police are responsible for her son's death. Beverly Quaye filed a 2-million dollar claim against the city after her son, 21-year old Benjamin Quaye fell and hit his head near railroad tracks in February. Quaye’s claim alleges that the officers who responded to a fight her son was involved in after drinking at a pub near the tracks, should have followed him on foot after noticing that he was “unsteady” on his feet. Councilman, Ryan Coonerty said the city did not counter the claim, and would fight any lawsuit if the case is pursued.
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A Salinas teen is expected to be charged as an adult after he and another man were arraigned yesterday on murder and attempted murder charges for a fatal shooting in Salinas. 15-year old Ricardo Villanueva and 19-year old Jesse Estrada Diaz both face charges in the October 1st killing of 20-year old Seaside resident Jaime Esteban Guerrero. Another 21-year old was shot and is currently hospitalized. If convicted, Villanueva and Diaz face 40-years to life in prison.
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