THE FLOODS IN PAJARO LEFT MANY WITHOUT BASIC NECCESSITIES.. INCLUDING ONE MAN WHO LOST HIS ELECTRIC WHEEL CHAIR .....BUT NOW A STRANGER HAS STEPPED UP TO HELP. ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER JAKE FLORES IS LIVE IN PAJARO WITH MORE. ERIN.. SO MANY IN THIS TOWN LOST SO MUCH IN THE FLOODING....STORY AFTER HEARTBREAKING STORY.... INCLUDING ONE MAN WHO LOST HIS WAY OF GETTING AROUND TOWN.. LUCKILY.. SOMEONE HAS STEPPED UP TO HELP. SOT--VID 8389 30:45-30:49 <MY NEW BEST FRIEND.> VO-- AS THE SAYING GOES.. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS...IN THIS CASE.. WORDS AND ACTION WERE ON THE SAME OCTAVE. DESPITE A LANGUAGE BARRIER AND LIVING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CENTRAL COAST... ONE SOQUEL MAN DECIDED TO HELP OUT A PAJARO RESIDENT WHO LOST HIS ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR DURING THE FLOODS.. 8362 00:27;15 - 00:36;15 FRANCISCO ZAMORA "PUES SE MOJO, Y YA LO TIRAMOS. PUES YA NO PRENDIO, AHI LO TENIA EN ESE CUARTO. Y SE ENTRO EL AGUA COMO UN METRO DOS O MAS" WELL IT GOT WET AND WE THREW IT OUT. IT DIDNT TURN ON ANYMORE, WE HAD IT IN THAT ROOM AND ABOUT A METER OR TWO OF WATER FLOODED IN VO-- FRANCISCO ZAMORA, AN 81-YEAR- OLD PAJARO RESIDENT, WAS IN DESPERATE NEED OF ANOTHER ELECTRIC MOBILITY VEHICLE. VO-- 78-YEAR-OLD VIETNAM VET, JOHN FRASER.. HEARD ABOUT FRANCISCO'S STORY AND DECIDED TO TAKE ACTION. 8362 02:05;27 - 02:15;00 FRANCISCO ZAMORA "NO PUES MI DUELEN MUCHO LOS PIES Y POR ESO USABA LA CIA PAR ANDAR POR AHI. YA LOS PIES NO ME AYUDAN TENGO 81 ANOS" WELL MY FEET HURT A LOT, AND THATS WHY I USED MY CHAIR TO GO AROUND, MY FEET DONT HELP ME NOW THAT I'M 81 YEARS OLD. SOT--VID 8389 31:20- 31:23---31:26-31:28 <LAST NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, I WOKE UP AND I SAID.> <HE COULD USE A SCOOTER. JOHN TOLD ME THAT HE'LL BE RETURNING TOMORROW TO BRING CHARGING CABLES, A MANUAL BOOK ON HOW TO OPERATE THE SCOOTER.. AND A BASKET THAT FRANCISCO CAN ATTACH TO THE SC

Veteran donates scooter to senior who lost electric wheelchair in flood

Updated: 1:22 PM EDT Apr 13, 2023

Many Californians living along the state's Central Coast lost important belongings during the floods that impacted the coast over a month ago, including one man who lost his way of getting around town. Luckily, someone stepped up to help. Despite a language barrier and living in different parts of California, John Fraser, a Vietnam veteran, decided to help a man who lost his electric wheelchair in the flood.“Last night in the middle of the night, I woke up and I said, ‘he could use a scooter. I have too many scooters,’ Fraser said. "So, I said, 'I'm going to call, but how do I reach Channel 8?'"Fraser contacted our sister station KSBW 8 in Salinas, California, to discuss his idea of helping out. Francisco Zamora, 81, was the recipient of the kind gesture.“Well, it got wet, and we threw it out. It didn’t turn on anymore, we had it in that room and about a meter or two of water flooded in,” Zamora told KSBW 8 in Spanish. “My feet hurt a lot, and that’s why I used my chair to get around. My feet don’t help me now that I'm 81 years old.”John Fraser showed up at Zamora’s home, set up the scooter, and had him take it for a spin. As Zamora circled the parking lot with an ear-to-ear grin, Fraser couldn’t help but be overcome with joy. “The joy is for me and me alone. I just couldn't be happier,” Fraser said. Fraser says that he’ll be returning to Zamora’s residence to bring over a charging cable, a manual on how to operate the scooter, and a little basket that can be attached to the back whenever Zamora goes grocery shopping.

Many Californians living along the state's Central Coast lost important belongings during the floods that impacted the coast over a month ago, including one man who lost his way of getting around town.

Luckily, someone stepped up to help.

Despite a language barrier and living in different parts of California, John Fraser, a Vietnam veteran, decided to help a man who lost his electric wheelchair in the flood.

“Last night in the middle of the night, I woke up and I said, ‘he could use a scooter. I have too many scooters,’ Fraser said. "So, I said, 'I'm going to call, but how do I reach Channel 8?'"

Fraser contacted our sister station KSBW 8 in Salinas, California, to discuss his idea of helping out. Francisco Zamora, 81, was the recipient of the kind gesture.

“Well, it got wet, and we threw it out. It didn’t turn on anymore, we had it in that room and about a meter or two of water flooded in,” Zamora told KSBW 8 in Spanish. “My feet hurt a lot, and that’s why I used my chair to get around. My feet don’t help me now that I'm 81 years old.”

John Fraser showed up at Zamora’s home, set up the scooter, and had him take it for a spin. As Zamora circled the parking lot with an ear-to-ear grin, Fraser couldn’t help but be overcome with joy.

“The joy is for me and me alone. I just couldn't be happier,” Fraser said.

Fraser says that he’ll be returning to Zamora’s residence to bring over a charging cable, a manual on how to operate the scooter, and a little basket that can be attached to the back whenever Zamora goes grocery shopping.

FUN...DO IT" AT ELKORN SLOUGH...I'M AL...KSBW AN8...### MONTEREY COUNTY'S FIRST BIRTH OF THE NEW YEAR HAPPENED AT MIDNIGHT THIS MORNG.IN AYLIN (EYE-LEEN) TRUJILLO....A HEALTHY BABY GIRL FROM GREENFIELD... WEIGHING FIVE POUNDS- 24 OUNCES.... SHE WAS BORNT A NATIVIDAD HOSPITAL... BUT THAT'S NOT ALL...SHE'S A TWIN. .. AYLIN ARRIVED FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER HER BROTHER ANTONIO...WHO WAS TECHNICALLY BORN IN 20-21. HE CAME AT 11-45 LAST NIGHT...AT SIX POUNDS ONE OUNCE. THEIR BIRTH IS VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE THEY WERE BORN ON DIFFERENT DAYS, NTMOHS AND YEARS. TWINS WITH DIFFERENT BIRTHDAYS ARE RARE, AND SOME ESTIM

Whoa! These twins were born just 15 minutes apart, but in different years in rare occurrence

Updated: 4:53 PM EST Jan 3, 2022

One of California's first births of the new year happened at midnight on Jan. 1. Aylin Trujillo, a healthy baby girl from Greenfield, California, weighing 5 pounds and 14 ounces, was the first baby born in the new year in Monterey County. Aylin arrived 15 minutes after her brother Antonio, who was born on Dec. 31 at 11:45 p.m., weighing 6 pounds and 1 ounce. The twins have a very special birth story, since they were born on different days, months and years.Twins with different birthdays are rare, and some estimate the chance of twins being born in different years as one in 2 million.The twins were born at Natividad Hospital in Salinas, California.

SALINAS, Calif. —

One of California's first births of the new year happened at midnight on Jan. 1.

Aylin Trujillo, a healthy baby girl from Greenfield, California, weighing 5 pounds and 14 ounces, was the first baby born in the new year in Monterey County.

Aylin arrived 15 minutes after her brother Antonio, who was born on Dec. 31 at 11:45 p.m., weighing 6 pounds and 1 ounce.

The twins have a very special birth story, since they were born on different days, months and years.

Twins with different birthdays are rare, and some estimate the chance of twins being born in different years as one in 2 million.

The twins were born at Natividad Hospital in Salinas, California.

Sonia Carmen Herok Stone was found dead in her California home on Oct. 15, 1981. Forty years later, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office has found her killer.Stone, 30 years old at the time, was a single mother, living alone with her young daughter. She worked for the Levi Strauss Company at the time of her death.The Sheriff's Office identified a suspect, Michael Scott Glazebrook, who was 25 years old at the time and Stone’s neighbor. The case went to trial in 1983 and resulted in a hung jury. As a result, The District Attorney’s Office decided not to retry the case. In 2020, detectives at the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office and Deputy District Attorney Matt L’Heureux re-examined the Stone case. They discovered that there were several pieces of evidence in the case file that could be tested using modern DNA technology. The items were sent to the Department of Justice DNA lab for testing. Detectives also got a search warrant for a new sample of Glazebrook’s DNA. They said they were able to obtain a new DNA profile easily because Glazebrook still lives and works in Monterey County. Earlier this month, the Sheriff's Office was informed that evidence from the Stone crime scene was a match to Glazebrook’s DNA profile.On Saturday night, detectives conducted surveillance at Glazebrook’s residence in the City of Seaside. At about 8 p.m., he drove away from his home. Glazebrook was stopped and taken into custody without incident. The now 65-year-old suspect was booked into the Monterey County Jail on a warrant for murder and his bail was set at $1 million. In honor of Stone, all detectives wore Levi's jeans during the operation to arrest Glazebrook.