A SALINAS MAN IS IN STABLE CONDITION AT A BAY AREA HOSPITAL AFTER AN ATTEMPTED MURDER LAST (SUN) NIGHT. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF A SHOOTING VICTIM SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. POLICE ARRIVED NEAR NORTH SANBORN ROAD AND KIMMEL STREET TO FIND A MAN WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND TO HIS FACE. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO NATIVIDAD MEDICAL CENTER AND THEN LIFE-FLIGHTED TO A BAY AREA HOSPITAL. THE CASE IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS GANG RELATED.