Webcast 3.20.15

reaching out before it’s too late. today, seaside police officers stepped off the streets and into the classroom to talk about the consequences of gang violence. good evening, i’m spencer washburn. and i’m amanda gomez. consequences the students got to see first hand today. news channel 5’s erika mahoney spoke with students who said today was more than eye opening. *trt:outcue::*susie banks/lost son in stabbing 15 – 18 erika mahoney/seaside 29 – 32 sgt. nick borges/ seaside police dept 41 – 43 44 – 47jose robles/ shooting victim 1:02 – 1:05andrew jakubowski/seaside high school 1:13 – 1:15pkg: seaside high senior andrew jakubowski sat in this front row, focused.–andrew jakubowski/seaside high school–“it’s hard, just reminiscing…”for andrew, listening to this woman talk about the night her son was stabbed to death last year, hits close to home. susie banks is andrew’s aunt. — susie banks/lost son in stabbing–“i don’t know if it was gang related, but if it is, they don’t know what they’ve done to our family.” affecting not only her and andrew, but victim andre jacobs’ young son. stup:– reporter erika mahoney– “officers walked around with this picture of andre jacobs… saying this is the only way jacobs’ son will ever know him.”banks was one of many speakers seaside police asked to talk to more than 200 today seaside police referred to the recent violence in the city as an emergency. they pleaded with the high school students to help them change that now… so they don’t have to reach out to even younger students in the future. as local cities like salinas… start to break ties with monterey county’s dispatch services.. santa cruz regional 911 is preparing for any scenario. they’ve been asked to conduct a study to see if their facility could house more 911 services. santa cruz’s dispatch center already took over services for san benito county and hollister back in 2011. but that was a small transition compared to what *could happen in two years.. if cities in monterey county decide to consolidate here. officials will conduct a feasibility study to see if it’s even possible.. they look at the agencies interested in moving.. the costs.. and whether the current 911 center could support more. *”we didn’t have to redesign this room. we had empty consoles that they just plugged right into. that is not the case for moco. moco would require a much bigger operation so the transition for san benito county was much easier.* the feasibility study will be completed in june. the results will be made public within a month. and last night, the city of seaside was supposed to decide whether or not to cut ties with the monterey county 9-1-1 center. but the meeting was canceled after a councilmember had a medical emergency. according to a staff report… the city has had problems with the way the center is run… as well as technology issues. the city could decide to send a letter of intent to withdraw from the dispatch center.. in a special meeting later on. scotts valley detectives say they found pipe bombs inside a home on willis road during a routine probation search thursday. officers arrested this man.. michael malloy… after finding the explosive devices. police say malloy was under the influence of drugs when they confronted him. after searching the home, officers say they found meth, marijuana and a box with 7 pipe bombs. everyone inside the home was told to leave.. including two children. the santa cruz sheriff’s office bomb squad was called in.. and safely took care of them. malloy faces several charges including child endangerment. police say they arrested one man and two teens for a car burglary spree in watsonville. officers say this man.. jose villafana.. along with a 15 and 14 year old.. broke into 8 cars in watsonville last night. it all started when police got a call.. saying that a resident had stopped three suspects from breaking into a car along spruce circle. officers caught one suspect inside a car.. and the two others nearby. the two teens were released to their parents. villafana was booked into santa cruz county jail. three people were arrested in marina.. after officers came across a suspicious car that smelled like marijuana. the suspects… alexander quintrell, aaron colon and celia ure.. now face multiple drug charges. officers say they called in a k-9 unit to check out the car. the k-9 managed to find drugs hidden in several concealed places around the car. eventually officers located meth, cocaine, marijuana and hydro-codone pills. a traffic stop ended in a gun and gang bust. early this morning, marina officers pulled over a car that was speeding.. and ran a stop sign. police say the driver didn’t have a license and was carrying marijuana. according to officers, one of his passengers.. jose almanza nieto.. was an admitted gang member who was carrying a loaded gun. while another passenger.. tracy rhodes.. had a felony no bail warrant out of santa cruz county for illegally carrying ammunition. nieto and rhodes were booked into jail. king city police say they’re looking for the man who robbed a payless shoe store last night. the suspect walked into the canal street store around 6 o’clock… pulled out a gun.. and demanded that the clerk hand over money. he managed to grab some cash, before running away. anyone with information is urged to call police. and salinas police say they’re looking for a man.. caught on camera holding up a store. officers released surveillance photos of the robbery today. they say a suspect went up to a cash register with several items. that’s when he showed off a handgun.. and forced the cashier to hand over cash. the suspect was last seen taking off in a white toyota camry. if you recognize the suspect, call salinas police. you can remain anonymous. santa cruz county deputies are asking for helping finding a missing man.. who may be in the santa cruz area. family members say they lost contact with matthew callaghan earlier this week after he failed to pick up cash that was wired to him. callaghan is a handyman.. who was on his way to santa cruz from oregon. anyone with information on his whereabouts.. is urged to contact the sheriff’s department. the feds are ordering a monterey restaurant to hand over 36-thousand dollars in unpaid wages to 11 employees. agents with the u-s labor department say taqueria pa chano’s failed to pay overtime.. when employees worked more than 40 hours a week. they also say the restaurant failed to keep accurate records of hours worked. the king city police officer’s association is saying thank you to residents.. for supporting local officers. the group sent out a letter today… about a week after the city voted not to outsource police services to the monterey county sheriff’s department. while organization leaders thanked the sheriff’s department for its support, they said they’re thankful that king city residents still had faith in the department. the letter says in part, quote: “the community’s trust and support has also deeply touched your officers of the king city police department.” “thi community support has encouraged your officers to continue to rebuild your police department, and has shown your officers their hard work and dedication through these difficult times has not been in vain.” you can read the full letter on our website. progress is being made on nelson road in scott’s valley.. a roadway decimated by a landslide four years ago. this was the scene back in march 2011 when a mountain of rocks came spilling onto the scott’s valley street… stranding some 30 homes on the other side. after constructing a bypass road, crews have been busy clearing the mess. a new road was built just north of what was destroyed. that still needs to be paved. a retaing wall was also installed.. to prevent the road from being destroyed again in the future. *this wall is massive and it will keep that hillside contained so it won’t come down the road anymore we will probably do some follow up work later on but it’s a pretty good wall and should be there a long time* county leaders say the project should be wrapped up in the next six weeks. they’ll hold a soft opening, with plans for a grand opening. a big reminder for marina residents. crews will demolish two radio towers starting tomorrow. city officials say one tower will be brought down each day this weekend. as a precaution, crews will close down locke paddon community park from saturday through sunday. parts of reservation road and several nearby streets will also be closed between 7 am to 9 am on both days as well. two central coast colleges are celebrating some great news today. csumb and hartnell college will receive 5 million dollars… as part of a statewide education contest. earlier this month we told you that dozens of universities and colleges entered a contest to get a piece of 50 million dollars in state funding. today, state and university officials announced that a program created by csumb and hartnell college was one of only 14 chosen. the program.. lets students earn a computer science degree in just 3 years. csumb officials say this one-of-a-kind program.. could soon make its way to other schools. *i think what the governor is looking for programs that have the potentional of being caled and adopted as best practices by other universities as well * and csumb will also receive an additional 3 million dollars.. for a second program that gives new students a jump start at college math. officials tell us nearly half the students who take part in the program.. become math majors. a state agency says california’s unemployment rate has fallen again.. down to 6-point-7 percent. the last time it was so low was back in june 2008. the state’s employment development department says california added more than 29-thousand jobs in february. leisure and hospitality saw the biggest job gains last month. meanwhile, the national unemployement also dropped to 5-point-5 percent. state water officials are preparing for complaints about water wasters now that there are new rules in place. earlier this week the state water board announced tougher restrictions because of the ongoing drought. people who don’t follow the rules will be fined 500 dollars a day. if local water agencies don’t enforce the rules, they could face stiff fines too. *katheryn landau/state water board”the state water board does have the authority to charge a ten thousand dollar a day fine to the local water agencies if they are not effectively enforcing the local instructions under the emergency regulation.” * state water officials are urging you to call your local water agency if you see someone in violation. the tighter restrictions will go into effect by april. we’ve made it to friday! and after a great central coast day.. what can we expect tonight.. and this weekend? for more on that.. let’s turn things over to our chief meteorologist dann cianca. where better to install a new earthquake sensor.. than in