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National Trails Day

Date(s) - Saturday, June 1, 2013
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location
Pajaro River Trail

 

Help Restore the Pajaro River Habitat

All Ages Welcome

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Watsonville Community Hospital Guard Accused of Sexually Assaulting Young Patient

WATSONVILLE, Calif. -- Alberto Martinez Maldonado is behind bars for sexually assaulting a hospital patient. Police say this all happened while he was working as a security guard at Watsonville Community Hospital. Maldonado worked for a security company the hospital contracts to guard hospital grounds.

This all happened over the weekend, and Wednesday the Santa Cruz County District Attorney's office announced they will be prosecuting him with several felony charges. One of those will include child molestation charges. 23-year-old Maldonado is accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile patient.

The D.A.'s office says Maldonado was tasked with watching high risk patients.

Statistics Give Perspective on Wartime Veterans

Statistics Give Perspective on Wartime Veterans

The United States Census Bureau, along with the Department of Defense, have put together information on wartime veterans from the Civil War until today. To see the statistics, click on the picture to enlarge, or visit: http://www.census.gov/how/pdf/memorial_day.pdf

Local NWS Storm Chaser Talks About New Technology

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif.-  The heartland disaster in Oklahoma is prompting us to take a closer look at storm chasers.  These men and women have said they play a vital role in trying to put out warnings before the disaster strikes.  Now changes in technology are giving these brave people better tools work with.

There's interactive radar maps online, that storm trackers and even media outlets can use to see where other storm trackers are located (http://www.reporternews.com/weather/).  We sat down with one of our local National Weather Service meteorologists to find out how technology like this is changing the way storm chasers do their research.

"Of course it's exciting, but at the same time you know you learn a lot and then you also gain a respect for these storms and you realize these things do change people's lives," said Monterey-based NWS Warning Coordina

New Santa Cruz Co. Sheriff's Office Facebook Page

New Santa Cruz Co. Sheriff's Office Facebook Page

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. -- The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office announced they have created a new Facebook page to encourage communication between community members during search missions.

The Search and Rescue Team is planning to use the Facebook to provide updates to the media, family members and the community about active search missions, said sheriff's deputies.

The Facebook page will also have links, pictures and stories posted about the history and future of the SAR team.

Super Bowl is Coming to California in 2016

SANTA CLARA, Calf- The NFL has announced that the Super Bowl will be coming to the bay area in 2016 to the new San Francisco 49ers stadium. 

California beat out Miami to host the game.

WATSONVILLE OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 3 REACHES DEAL WITH CITY: EMPLOYEES CONTINUE 10% CONCESSIONS

The City of Watsonville announced it reached a Tentative Agreement with the Operating Engineers Local 3 which represents employees in the Public Works unit. Employees have agreed to pay concessions that will avoid significant layoffs and help the City address an overall $3.1 million City budget deficit. $2.1 million of this deficit is in the General Fund.

The two year agreement provides for compensation reductions in the form of continuing a 10% reduction of the workweek with the majority of employees in the unit working a reduced work week consisting of four 9-hour days.  In addition to the 10% reductions, the agreement calls for limits to step increases and additional contributions by employees toward the cost of retirement obligation. Employees agreed to pay 4% of retirement costs in exchange for a one-time salary adjustment of 3.5%.