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Beginning this week, the Walnut Avenue Women’s Center in Santa Cruz will now expand it’s services due to help from the state. The restored funding for domestic violence services will now allow the center, which is located at 303 Walnut Avenue, to re-open on Wednesdays again. The funding also allows increased hours for youth development, teen dating violence prevention and childcare during support groups and peer counseling appointments.
2 men were arrested after a mason jar filled with marijuana was found at Pacific Grove High School yesterday. The 2 men were detained after they were seen searching for something in the same area where the marijuana was found earlier in the day. 27-year old Sean Paul Kilpatrick, who was found with 50-grams of methamphetamine taped to his body, was booked into Monterey County Jail on a parole violation, and 24-year old Cory Wayne Peters was booked on suspicion of trespassing on school property.
Police in Santa Cruz announced today that in an effort to help maintain a safe shopping environment in the downtown area this holiday season, private security officers will extend their hours. Security officers with First Alarm will work another 5 hours beginning November 26th running through December 24th. Officers in the downtown area now work from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., their new shifts will run from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
A lock down that involved 3 Salinas schools this afternoon, ended after a man, who barricaded himself inside a nearby home, was detained. Frank Paul and Cesar Chavez Elementary Schools along with La Paz Middle School were placed on lock down for about 3 hours after a suspicious man was seen going door to door on the 900 block of La Mancha Way, when he broke into one of the homes and locked himself inside after officers arrived at 11 a.m. The unarmed man was forced out of the home after a K-9 unit found him hiding in an attic. Streets in the neighborhood were reopened by 2 p.m., the man was taken to Monterey County Jail after being treated at an area hospital.
A FAMILY OF 4 AND THEIR 2 DOGS WERE ABLE TO GET OUTSIDE, AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT IN THEIR CHUALAR HOME THIS MORNING. THE BLAZE WAS FIRST REPORTED AROUND 9 A.M., AT A HOUSE IN THE 25 THOUSAND 600 BLOCK OF MAIN STREET. FIREFIGHTERS ALSO EVACUATED SEVERAL NEARBY HOMES, IN CASE THE FIRE SPREAD, BEFORE THEY COULD KNOCK IT DOWN.