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Santa Cruz musician Joe Ferrara has been chosen to sing the national anthem before the Giants-Rockies baseball game tomorrow(Tues.) This will mark the 28th year in a row the local entertainer has sung the anthem for the Giants. Ferrara performs on Friday nights, at Capitola's Shadowbrook restaurant. The anthem is scheduled for 7 pm, and the game starts at 7:15.
Lawyers for former SK-Foods C.E.O. Scott Salyer have again requested that bail be reduced for the former Pebble Beach resident. Salyer is facing several federal charges relating to an alleged price-fixing and bribery campaign he engaged in. Prosecutors have alleged he is a flight risk, and therefore bail has been set at 6-million dollars in property bond, as well as 3-hundred-thousand dollars cash bond. Salyer has requested that his sister's and 2-friends' properties be allowed as bond, they are valued at 1.75-million dollars. Prosecutors filed papers last week opposing the lowered-rate. No hearing date has been set for the bail motion.
2-Teenagers were shot in Salinas on Saturday morning, and no suspects have been located. Officers responded to reports at 8:32 a.m., of victims shot at North Sanborn Road and Antigua Drive. They found two 16-year-olds suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victims were unable to provide many details about their attackers, before being taken to a local hospital, and then air-lifted to San Jose for medical treatment.
Scientists are trying to figure out what's been causing a recent string of Salmon sharks being stranded on beaches. 6-sharks have been reported stranded on Monterey Bay-area beaches in the last 10 days. Researchers believe the young Salmon sharks might suffer from a bacterial infection that makes them confused. Between 20 and 30 juvenile Salmon sharks are reported stranded in California each year. Researchers plan to dissect 2 of the sharks, to see if they have the bacterial infection.
Santa Cruz County Parks officials are looking for artists that are interested in painting local traffic-control boxes. Officials are seeking to expand a program already underway in Santa Cruz and Capitola, which has residents decorate the light-green boxes that accompany traffic signals. Proposals for the "Outside the Box Program" are being accepted until 5 p.m. on Friday, September 17th. More information can be found online at www.scparks.com.