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A 38 YEAR-OLD SALINAS MAN, WHO WORKED AS A PRISON GUARD IN SOLEDAD, WAS ARRESTED THIS WEEK IN GILROY. SERGIO JAVIER NOGUERA IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SMUGGLED DRUGS AND CELL PHONES INTO SALINAS VALLEY STATE PRISON. HE WAS BOOKED INTO SANTA CLARA COUNTY JAIL, AFTER MEETING WITH SOME UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES IN GILROY.
SCIENTISTS, WHO ARE WORKING TO ELIMINATE A FUNGUS (THAT INFECTS VARIOUS MONTEREY COUNTY CROPS), HAVE RECEIVED A 4-YEAR, 1.5 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT. THE MONEY COMES FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. REPORTEDLY IMPORTED SPINACH SEEDS HAVE CARRIED THE FUNGUS TO VARIOUS KINDS OF LETTUCES AND STRAWBERRIES.
THE SALINAS CALIFORNIAN NEWSPAPER SAYS THAT DUE TO TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THIS MORNING, THEIR DELIVERY TRUCK WAS DELAYED A COUPLE OF HOURS. THEY SAY THAT PAPERS WILL BE DELIVERED TO HOMES “IN TOWN” BY 8 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING, AND BY 9 A.M. TO THOSE HOMES THEY DELIVER TO THAT ARE “OUT OF TOWN”.
With the number of “foreclosure” and “loan modification” scams on the rise, the Watsonville Law Center plans to hold a free legal clinic on such subjects this weekend. Although appointments are still available for this saturday afternoon, they are filling up quickly. The phone number to call (for an appointment between 1 and 3:30 p.m.) is (831) 722 – 2845.
The Watsonville Law Center is located at 315 Main Street in Watsonville.
2 men were injured in a late night shooting on San Juan Grade Road last night. The 11 p.m. incident occurred in the parking lot of a restaurant after a fight broke out. Both men, who suffered leg wounds, are expected to survive.