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An Alisal Union School District bus driver was arrested today after he finished his morning route and was found to be under the influence of alcohol, police said.

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When police arrived they found a 23-year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound to the left leg and hand.

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Another violent weekend in Salinas left one woman dead and a man in critical condition.

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A young woman was fatally shot in a Salinas parking lot on Orchard Avenue Saturday night in what police believe was a gang-motivated homicide, police reported today.

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A 22-year-old man has been arrested in the stabbing of a fellow resident at a Salinas Valley migrant labor camp.

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The history of Salinas can be tracked through its police department and, unfortunately, its history of violence.

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The daughter of a Mongol motorcycle club member, who died after a being zapped with Tasers during a naked, drug-fueled struggle with San Jose police in a motel room a year ago, has sued Police Chief Rob Davis, ...

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Now, the work comes to him. Supervising lettuce pickers in central Mexico, Martinez earns just half of the $1,100 a week he made in the U.S. But the job has its advantages, including working without fear of ...

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Two suspects were arrested and police are seeking a third today in connection with a shooting in Salinas Sunday night that left two dead and another two injured.

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Salinas police Sunday are investigating separate Saturday shootings that left two male juveniles injured.

At about 6:30 p.m. a drive-by shooting wounded a boy who was standing in the 1400 block of Linwood Drive, close to a family party that he was attending, police said.

At least one suspect fired from the vehicle and the victim was struck in the chest.

He was then transported to an area hospital with injuries that appeared to be serious but not life threatening, according to police.

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