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A 39 YEAR-OLD MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A SUNDAY NIGHT ACCIDENT . RENATO SANCHEZ JIMINEZ IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE DRIVER IN A HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT, THAT TOOK PLACE SUNDAY NIGHT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HILL AVENUE AND CALIFORNIA STREET IN SANTA CRUZ.
JIMINEZ HAS REPORTEDLY BEEN ARRESTED 3 TIMES FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE…AND HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED WHEN SUNDAY NIGHT’S ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
THE FAMOUS “PAINTER OF LIGHT”, THOMAS KINKADE, IS SCHEDULED TO BE ARRAIGNED IN A MONTEREY COUNTY COURT ROOM THIS MORNING. THE 52 YEAR-OLD FACES CHARGES OF DRIVING DRUNK IN CARMEL JUNE 11TH.
THE MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM IS LOOKING FOR A MOUNTAIN VIEW COUPLE, WHO DID NOT RETURN FROM A HIKING AND CAMPING TRIP INTO THE LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST THIS PAST WEEKEND. BRANDON AND AMANDA BOERS, WHO ARE BOTH IN THEIR 20’S, PLANNED TO START AND END THEIR TRIP (WITH THEIR AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD) AT CHINA CAMP….WHICH IS A PUBLIC DRIVE-IN CAMPGROUND ON CHEWS RIDGE, THAT IS ALSO THE EASTERN TRAILHEAD OF THE PINE RIDGE TRAIL. AN AERIAL SEARCH WAS DONE YESTERDAY, AND SEARCHERS HAVE GONE IN ON FOOT TODAY.
NO ONE WAS INJURED WHEN A FIRE BROKE OUT ON TOP OF A STOVE IN THE LIVE OAK AREA OF SANTA CRUZ YESTERDAY MORNING. THE RENTER (OF THE APARTMENT) SAID HE SET A PAN ON THE STOVE, AND THEN APPARENTLY FELL ASLEEP WHILE WAITING FOR IT TO HEAT UP. FANS WERE USED TO CLEAR THE SMOKE AFTER THE STOVETOP FIRE.
A 21 YEAR-OLD PRUNEDALE MAN IS DEAD. THAT AFTER HE GOT INTO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION WITH HIS 75 YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER. THE OLDER MAN FLED, AND THE 21 YEAR-OLD WENT HOME TO HIS MERIDIAN ROAD MOBILE HOME. THE 21 YEAR-OLD, WHO TOLD POLICE OFFICERS HE WOULD PEACEFULLY SURRENDER HIMSELF AFTER EATING DINNER, INSTEAD SET HIS MOBILE HOME ON FIRE AND THEN FATALLY SHOT HIMSELF. THAT HOUSE FIRE SPARKED A BRUSHFIRE THAT FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO KEEP DOWN TO JUST A COUPLE OF ACRES.