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2 SUSPECTS ARE BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH A SANTA CRUZ STABBING THAT OCCURRED EARLY YESTERDAY. THE REPORTEDLY GANG-RELATED INCIDENT TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE A BEACH STREET LIQUOR STORE. THE SUSPECTS FLED THE SCENE BEFORE POLICE OFFICERS ARRIVED, AND THE VICTIM (WHO WAS STABBED IN THE FACE DURING THE ALTERCATION) IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN “UNCOOPERATIVE WITH POLICE”.
A 5-ALARM BLAZE, THAT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIS MORNING, IS CONSIDERED TO BE “SUSPICIOUS”. THAT’S BECAUSE FIREFIGHTERS SAY IT STARTED IN MULTIPLE PLACES IN MERRITT TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE FIRE, WHICH DESTROYED THE MAIN BUILDING (THAT HOUSED 19 CLASSROOMS, AND THE SCHOOL’S LIBRARY), WAS CALLED IN AROUND 4:15 THIS MORNING. THE SCHOOL, (WHICH SPECIALIZES IN VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS), IS LOCATED ON DANA AVENUE, IN THE ROSE GARDEN AREA OF SAN JOSE.
In hopes of saving money by offsetting a 5-million drop in revenue last year, Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital is offering a buyout to 138 non-union hospital employees. With a July 16th deadline approaching for responses, hospital officials hope the voluntary offers generate 4-million dollars in savings. Recipients affected are those primarily in management and support services. The hospital is working with Wellspring consulting firm on an organizational redesign to cut costs along with other cost savings measures such as renegotiation of vendor contracts.
Hollister city council members are expected to consider a new budget plan this week. City officials tomorrow will discuss adopting a budget with a 12.5-percent cut to the general fund, along with reducing it’s staff and services. Consideration to adopt a budget with a total of 39.3 million dollars, including 14-million in spending from the general fund, is also on the meeting’s agenda. The council is slated to meet a t 6:30 p.m. at Hollister City Hall located at 375 5th Street.
One man and 3 juveniles were arrested over the weekend in Salinas after several shots were fired during a party. Neighbors reported that someone walked out of a garage while a party was taking place on the 1800 block of Cherokee Drive around 11 p.m., and fired 4 shots into the air, and then went back to the party. Officers arrived to find several juveniles inside the home along with 21-year old Rigoberto Zavala, whom they arrested on probation violations along with resisting arrest. No gun or evidence of a shooting at the scene was discovered.