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Around the region The Californian at tivaUon required We have a huge selection of pagers in cool colors and priced right just for you. Come down ana check 'em out. Saturday, Feb. 11, 1995 3B SEASIDE Woman leads CUP, police on morning high-speed chase A woman led Seaside police and California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed chase before crashing her car Friday morning, police said. Police received a 10:47 a.m.

report of a suspicious-looking woman in the parking lot of Seaside High School. Officers said she appeared mentally unstable. When they tried to detain her, the woman got into her car and drove south on Noche Buena Street. The woman hit a curb at the comer of Blanco and San Juan roads and flipped her car. No one was injured in the wreck.

The woman was taken to Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital for evaluation and later was committed for mental evaluation. Service $895 per month SALINAS Man arrested in hit-and-run in front of DA investigator A Salinas man was arrested Friday morning after getting into a hit-and-run accident in front of a Monterey County District Attorneys Office investigator, Salinas police said. Mario Ramirez, 21, allegedly rear-ended a driver at a red light at the intersection of Natividad Road and Laurel Drive at 11:27 a.m., police Sgt. Ernie Bentley said. The driver sped away and forced several cars off the road, Bentley said.

An investigator for Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippos office saw the accident and called police. He followed Ramirez to Towt and Grandhaven streets, where officers arrested him. Ramirez also was wanted on a spousal-abuse warrant for an incident that happened last week. He reportedly hit his girlfriend in the face several times, poked her ith a knife and kicked her, Bentley said. Ramirez was booked on suspicion of spousal abuse, assault with a deadly weapon, hit-and-run driving, reckless driving and driving without a license.

He was being held in the Monterey County Jail Friday night on $12,771 bail. Salinas fire guts mobile home, woman suffers smoke injury A mobile home was gutted and an elderly woman suffered smoke inhalation during a fire late Thursday night, a North Monterey County Fire Protection District spokesman said. The blaze broke out on the 17000 block of Vierra Canyon Road at 11:56 p.m., Lt. Humberto Arista said Friday. The 82-year-old woman who lived there was treated at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital and released, a nursing supervisor said Friday.

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MURDOCH: She owns Salinas, San Luis Obispo stations Continued from Page IB Thats the kind Profile of television station owner of talk that goes over well in those continuing family business conversations. She said she speaks with her father almost daily. I think hes proud. Hes certainly the best mentor anyone in this business could have, she said. Well talk.

Hell say, Get those (advertising) rates up raise revenues 10 percent. As for the political flap involving her father and Gingrich, Murdoch said: That was silly. There was a big bidding war for that book. There was no strategy between HarperCollins and Newt Gingrich. 2 Salinas Street (Comer of West Market Salinas) 424-7878 the Fox Television Network.

BACKGROUND: Born in Australia in 1968, Murdoch grew up in London and New York City. She graduated from Vassar College in 1990 with a degree in modern European history. RESUME: Murdoch previously worked for Nine Network in Sydney, Australia, Fox TV in Los Angeles, KTSU TV in Salt Lake City and Fx Cable Network. QUOTE: I cant imagine doing anything else. I think it's engrained, something my family is so passionate about.

It's hard to tell if its nurture or nature. WHO: Elisabeth Murdoch, coowner with her husband, Elkin Pianim, of KSBW TV in Salinas and KSBY TV in San Luis Obispo. WHERE: They live in Carmel with their 3-month-old daughter, Cornelia. WHEN: The couples company, EP Communications, bought the Central Coast stations last September from Gillette Holdings for an undisclosed price. FAMILY TIES: Murdochs father, Rupert Murdoch, has extensive international media holdings, including 20th Century Fox and I1111I1I1II111I1II1III1TTTT But they wanted their own business.

We thought it was important to have that proprietary responsibility, Murdoch said. You cant learn that. You have to do it. Today, Murdoch splits her time between Salinas and San Luis Obispo, typically logging 11 -hour workdays. But parenthood has changed the routine at the couples Carmel home.

Before the baby arrived, they might have worked another four hours a night at home, Murdoch said. Its interesting being a mom and being a boss, she said. Now I get home and I become a mommy. The fact that Rupert Murdochs daughter owns two NBC affiliates whose affiliate contracts come up for renewal this summer opened a rich vein for rumor in local broadcasting circles. Not only does her father own a rival network, NBC has pressed a foreign-ownership complaint against Rupert Murdoch with the Federal Communications Commission.

Unfortunately thats the nature of the broadcasting industry, she said. Murdoch said theyre talking with NBC about renewing their stations affiliations, but theyre Imk fyi SalmaA Pari Spring, Swmmti (jtrick, Oak Warehouse PRUNEDALE to me doesnt mean young. It means vitality, she said. Murdoch keeps a close eye on the numbers, too. This years budget, she said, calls for a 7 percent increase in revenues with costs rising only 2 percent.

Were not spending more money, she said. Were spending money more wisely. Oak Furniture Sofas Mattresses 13 fyk. 14 looking at other networks, too. Our affiliation is a business decision, not an emotional one, she said.

Since taking over KSBW, Murdoch hasnt made a lot of personnel changes. But she JiasJbeefed promotions, laid plans for a 30-minute morning farm report that debuts in March, jazzed up the stations graphics and tried to make local news livelier. Some would say that shes following Foxs lead adopting a splashy, youth-oriented format. But Murdoch doesnt buy that comparison. We have energy now.

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