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The Monterey County Coroner's Office now has a 53-foot refrigeration trailer to hold COVID-19 bodies.
The Monterey sheriff’s office says the trailer is a precaution that comes as the coroner sees more COVID-19 deaths in the county. As of Tuesday morning, Monterey County has reported 247 deaths from COVID-19 since March of 2020 with nearly 20% of those deaths happening in the past 12 days.
A bunch of what were originally reported to be 100 dollar bills were seen in the traffic lane on the Jolon Road on-ramp to northbound Highway 101 this morning. The report came in about quarter to 11, but the paper was found to not be money.
There are scheduled to be intermittent ramp closures this week on Highway 1 in Santa Cruz county. Cal-Trans say workers will be installing thermoplastic pavement markings between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day this week. The on and off-ramps involved are State Park Drive, Park Avenue, Bay/Porter, 41st Avenue, Soquel Avenue, and Morrissey Boulevard.
The 2nd deadly shooting in Watsonville in 3 days is being investigated. That after a 19 year-old died of gunshot wound Saturday night. The shooting reportedly took place near the Pajaro River Levee....at the dead end of Walker Street. That was just days after a 30 year-old man was fatally shot while driving on South Green Valley Road. Anyone with information about either shooting is encouraged to contact the Watsonville Police Department.
A man, who led law enforcement officers in Santa Cruz county on a chase from south county into the Santa Cruz Mountains yesterday, was driving a stolen vehicle at the time. 30 year-old Felipe Albarran started the chase by passing cars by using the shoulder of highway 1 where the traffic was stopped because of the cows on the road......and he didn’t stop until he led officers, in a slow-speed chase to Boulder Creek where he was arrested on suspicion of auto theft, D.U.I. evading, and driving without a license.