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A 24- hour nurses strike began this morning at Watsonville Community Hospital, and is expected to end tomorrow morning at 6:45 a.m.. Nurses have said they hope this action will help expedite lagging contract negotiations….which are not about wages, but are about staffing and patient care.
GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED SAYS IT WILL LAY OFF ABOUT 13 PERCENT OF IT’S SALARIED WORKFORCE. THAT MEANS THAT 227 EMPLOYEES WILL BE LAID-OFF. GRANITE CONSTRUCTION SAYS IT WILL PAY THOSE WORKERS MORE THAN 10 MILLION DOLLARS IN SEVERANCE AND BENEFITS-RELATED COSTS.
AS PART OF ITS ENTERPRISE IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE COMPANY IS ALSO REVIEWING CERTAIN UNDERPERFORMING ASSETS (AND INVESTMENTS), FOR POSSIBLE CLOSURE AND/OR DIVESTITURE.
AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A 13 YEAR-OLD GIRL, WHO IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED OUT OF VICTORVILLE CALIFORNIA (BY A SUSPECTED SEX OFFENDER). MIRANDA HEMPHILL MAY HAVE MET 22 YEAR-OLD IVAN LOPEZ OVER THE INTERNET. SHE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED AROUND 2 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING.
LOPEZ IS DESCRIBED AS A 5 FOOT 7 INCH TALL HISPANIC MAN WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES. HE MAY BE DRIVING A “PRIMER GRAY” AND WHITE 1973 CHEVY VAN WITH CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE:
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ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE SAN BERNADINO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE….OR THE AMBER ALERT HOTLINE AT 1 866-345-7632
A MAN WAS NOT INJURED WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED AT HIM AS HE SAT IN HIS CAR IN SALINAS TONIGHT. THE INCIDENT, WHICH OCCURRED AROUND 8:30 P.M. ON THE 400 BLOCK OF NORTH MADEIRA AVENUE, IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED. THE VICTIM SAID THE SHOOTER WAS 1 OF 3 MEN THAT WERE IN A DARK GREEN HONDA, THAT PULLED UP NEXT TO HIS VEHICLE. SEVERAL ROUNDS WERE FIRED, AND ALTHOUGH THE VICTIM HIMSELF WAS NOT HIT, 2 NEARBY PARKED VEHICLES WERE.
THE SUSPECT VEHICLE (WHICH WAS STOLEN) WAS ABANDONED IN THE 500 BLOCK OF SAINT EDWARDS, AND THE 3 SUSPECTS THEN FLED ON FOOT.
ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THIS SHOOTING, OR THE SUSPECTS INVOLVED, IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE SALINAS POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CALL 1-800-78-CRIME.
A 33 YEAR-OLD MAN, HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO A 10 YEAR-OLD SALINAS ROBBERY AND MURDER. JOHNNY ANGEL MARTINEZ IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 23 YEAR-OLD JAVIER TOVAR, AFTER MARTINEZ AND ANOTHER MAN ROBBED TOVAR NEAR MIDNIGHT ON MAY 29TH OF 2000. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE 300 BLOCK OF WILLIAMS ROAD. MARTINEZ IS DUE BACK IN A MONTEREY COUNTY COURTROOM NOVEMBER 4TH FOR HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING.