Gilroy residents voiced their concerns when they met this week to discuss a proposed high-speed rail route. Plans for the 220 mile-per-hour bullet train include a route through downtown Gilroy or one through residential property in unincorporated areas of Gilroy and San Martin. Area residents expressed their concerns over decreases in property values, noise levels, increased congestion, ruined farm-land and possible costs to local taxpayers. Officials with California High-Speed Rail Authority claim that the 45-billion dollar project is a significant economic and environmental gain, while also creating 600,000 jobs state-wide.
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A Salinas business woman, who was charged with tax evasion and assisting in preparing false tax returns, was sentenced Monday to spend 15 months in prison. Lydia Hernandez of Lydia Hernandez Tax Services was also ordered to pay $35,4-33 in restitution. Hernandez is charged with preparing 39 income tax returns for 13 clients for the 2002 through 2005 tax years. Hernandez was also sentenced to 3 years of supervised release. She is expected to begin her sentence on September 27th.
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Santa Cruz city leaders are slated to discuss the existence of illegal housing units during it’s City Council meeting this evening. The city is considering a Rental Inspection Program which would prohibit “unsafe” housing units that have turned into a health threat. The Rental Inspection Program would apply to ALL rental units and would be paid for by a fee of $6 per month. During the first 3 years of the program, the city would inspect units with known violations, while everyone else would self-certify their property. After 3 years, the city would start inspecting units that had been previously self-certified, ongoing inspections would take place every 5 years following the 1st inspection.
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A Soquel woman was air-lifted to an out-of-county trauma center today after being struck by a vehicle, who drove into oncoming traffic. The Soquel San Jose Road accident occurred when a Toyota Highlander, driven by a 23-year old man from England, turned into the wrong lane from Terrace Grove Lane and hit the woman and her husband who were traveling northbound in their Toyota Sequoia. The woman’s injuries are unknown at this time, meanwhile, a CHP officer says that different driving habits of European countries and our country, may have been a factor to the English man’s confusion when he entered the wrong lane.
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