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3 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED IN APTOS OVER THE WEEKEND. BENJAMIN SANCHEZ, FRANK MACHADO AND ELSIE LOPEZ WERE BOOKED INTO SANTA CRUZ COUNTY JAIL ON DRUG-RELATED CHARGES, AFTER THEY WERE FOUND SITTING IN SANCHEZ’ CAR ON FREEDOM BOULEVARD . SANCHEZ HAD METHAMPHETAMINE, AND MACHADO AND LOPEZ ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN UNDER ITS INFLUENCE.
The carcass of a PREGNANT whale washed ashore on Bean Hollow State Beach over the weekend. Authorities say the carcass is so badly decomposed they could not initially determine if it is that of a blue or a humpback whale. The whale (and it’s fetus) will be examined to determine the cause of death.
FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING TO PUT OUT A FIRE AT A CARMEL HOME. THE BLAZE, ON THE 500 BLOCK OF VIEJO STREET, WAS REPORTED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THE CAUSE D OF THAT FIRE HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.
1 PERSON WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF D.U.I. THIS AFTERNOON. THAT AFTER LEADING OFFICERS ON A LOW SPEED CHASE DOWN HIGHWAY 1 FROM LARKIN VALLEY ROAD. . THE DRIVER BECAME STUCK IN TRAFFIC NEAR MOSS LANDING HARBOR, AND C.H.P. OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE ARREST.
A unanimous decision was reached today in The California Supreme Court to uphold the Governor’s order to furlough state workers. Today’s ruling is said to validate Governor Schwarzenegger’s furlough program, which state employee unions have been challenging ever since a 2-days-a-month furlough, which later turned into 3-days-a-month, was implemented last February for over 200,000 state workers in an effort to save the state money. The move reportedly gave a 14% pay cut to government employees.