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A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sergeant was arrested on charges of domestic violence and false imprisonment yesterday. 30-year old Erasmo Sanchez Jr., was booked into Monterey County jail on suspicion of pushing his wife, and causing injury to her back and finger, along with preventing her from leaving the garage where the incident occurred.
A King City man is behind bars after shots were fired at a mobile home last night. The 11:40 p.m. shooting took place on the 51,000 block of Pine Canyon in King City. A traffic stop was conducted on a blue Acura parked with it’s lights turned off after 2 men were seen running from the area. An investigation revealed that the driver of the car, 19-year old Joseph Pineda, had a firearm that was used in the shooting. He was arrested on attempted murder charges and conspiracy to commit a felony.
About a million pounds of frozen ground beef patties and bulk ground beef is being recalled due to possible E. Coli contamination. The products were produced out of the Modesto-based Valley Meat Company between October 2 of 2009 through January 12th, 2010, and were distributed to retail outlets and institutional foodservice providers in California, Texas, Oregon, Arizona and internationally. The products under recall have the establishment number “EST.82-68” inside the U.S. Department of Agriculture mark of inspection as well as a production code of 2-5-7-0-9 through 0-1-2-1-0.
A bond measure was agreed to be added to the November ballot this week to help improve school conditions in Monterey. The new measure, according to the Superintendent for the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, would help provide funding for improving classrooms, school sites, along with providing more appropriate learning and teaching environments. If the 110-million dollar bond is approved by residents, school improvements may begin as early as January.
An environmental studies researcher at U.C. Santa Cruz is slated to appear on National Public Radio today. Winifred Frick, a UCSC graduate, who is now a post-doctoral researcher, is conducting a new study which predicts a regional extinction of the common little brown myotis bat, in the Northeastern United States, is due to a newly discovered infectious fungus that causes hibernating bats to awaken early, lose fat reserves and die. Frick is set to be interviewed on a local NPR station at noon today during the program “Science Friday”.