Monterey County has highest youth homicide rate in state

to eat some of her popular crab dishes.”maybe we’ll take the crab off the menu maybe we’ll just continue to buy from washington and oregon we’ll have to see what the impact is actually.” the commercial crabbing season is slated to open november 15th… however state officials say they’re not sure when a possible delay will be announced. in moss landing maya holmes news channel five your central coast news source we broke this story on our news channel 5 app. if you want to be up to date with local and national news.. you can download it for free. homicide is the second leading cause of death for california youth and young adults ages 10 to 24. that’s according to the violence policy center in washinton d-c. and for the 4th time in five years, monterey county takes the top spot in california. for more news channel 5’s jake reiner joins us now. spencer for full discolosure, these numbers are from 2013 because that’s the most recent data available the violence policy center started studying the information in 2009. in 2013, 22 young people ages 10 to 24 were murdered in monterey county… that’s a homicide rate of a little more than 23 for every 100,000 people. 82 percent were hispanic… 91 percent of victims were killed with a gun.. but despite taking the top spot in the state…. the violence policy center says there is some good news… “although monterey county has been at the top of the list 4 of the last five years. what we have is that the actual rate per 100,00, the victimization rate for homicide has dropped 25%” while san benito