Local bike shops have partnered with the Transportation Agency for Monterey County to offer discounted bicycle safety checks and minor tunes up between April 1st and May 16th to prepare bicyclists for a safe and fun bike week. The Monterey County Bike Week event, now in its 16th year, is a weeklong series of events promoting bicycling as a healthy transportation alternative that reduces traffic and air pollution. Bike Week occurs May 10-16th.

The bicycle assessment includes tire inflation, chain lubrication, safety checks and recommendations for a discounted price of $10. The evaluation generally takes ten to fifteen minutes.

A 36 year-old woman and her 11 year-old son was walking to University Park School when the were both hit by a car.

Police say that they were crossing the street outside of the crosswalk and walked into the path of a car driving westbound on University.

The 11-year-old sustained a compound fracture to his leg and the mother sustained neck and back injuries. Both were transported to SVMH for treatment.

Their current medical status is unknown.

3 kids were sent to the hospital for precautionary reasons after an SUV collided with a school bus on East Bernal.

The bus was carrying 32 kids from Natividad Elementary.

Police say the driver of the SUV was hearing impaired, but did have a valid license.

The rest of the children were picked up by parents or taken home on a replacement bus.