Man stabbed at south-side mall

A 21-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen Wednesday night at Santa Fe Place mall, police said Thursday.

The man said another man in a car confronted him about 7 p.m., then stabbed him in the left side of his stomach, said Sgt. Jason Wagner, a city police spokesman.

The victim sustained serious injuries and was taken to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, where he was expected to live, Wagner said.

No description of the man who did the stabbing or his car was available Thursday, though Wagner said the incident could be gang-related.

Police cite driver in train case

State police issued a citation to the Santa Fe woman whose sport-utility vehicle collided with a Santa Fe Southern Railway train Sunday at the Rabbit Road crossing south of town.

Lt. Eric Garcia said Elaine Siegel, 65, was charged with failure to yield right of way for crossing in front of an oncoming train carrying about 25 sightseers.

No one was seriously injured in the 4 p.m. crash, in which the driver's Land Rover was pushed about 30 feet down the tracks.

The driver told police she didn't see flashing signals or hear ringing bells as she approached the crossing from the west.

Investigators said her vehicle was struck by the train's caboose, which was at the front of the northbound train as it returned from Lamy at a speed of about 10 mph.

Coach denies student sex charge

A former Las Vegas, N.M., high school teacher and golf coach has pleaded not guilty to 14 counts of having sex with one of his ex-players while she was a student, the man's lawyer said.

Clayton Jay Quintana, 49, who worked at Robertson High School, was arrested Tuesday and taken to San Miguel County jail, said Tom Clark. He has resigned from the school, Clark said.

Quintana denies having sex with the girl while she was a student, he said.

The woman — now a college sophomore — alleges that she began having sex with Quintana when she was a sophomore at Robertson, Clark said, and that the relationship continued until after she graduated.

Rep. Trujillo seeks re-election

State Rep. Jim Trujillo, D-Santa Fe, is running for re-election.

Trujillo, 70, represents House District 45, which includes southwestern Santa Fe. He's a vice chairman of the House Tax & Revenue Committee and chairs the House committee that oversees capital-outlay projects. Trujillo also is a member of the House Business and Industry Committee.

Trujillo initially was appointed by the County Commission to fill the remainder of the term of former Rep. Patsy Trujillo, no relation, who resigned to take a position in the Bill Richardson administration. He was elected to the seat in 2004 and re-elected in 2006 and 2008.

At the time of his appointment, Trujillo worked for the state Human Services Department. He's also owned and managed small businesses in the Santa Fe area.

Richardson, Denish interviews airing

Gov. Bill Richardson and Lt. Governor Diane Denish are the subjects of separate interviews being aired todayon New Mexico In Focus on KNME, Channel 5.

Richardson will speak about the recent special session of the Legislature and what he thinks should be done to fix the budget crisis. Denish will talk about her ideas to reform government.

In Focus is aired 7 tonight and rebroadcast 6:30 a.m. Sunday.

LANL begins work in canyons

Groundbreaking began this week for construction of one of two structures to control sediment that flows down canyons from Los Alamos National Laboratory into the Rio Grande, according to the lab.

The structures will be stacked rocks up to 8 feet high and wrapped in wire, designed to slow down sediment that washes down the canyons below the lab. The first structure is under construction in Pueblo Canyon near the intersection of N.M. 502 and N.M. 4 and the other will be in DP Canyon.

The Pueblo Canyon structure should be completed by early 2010, according to the lab. The project, estimated to cost $2 million, was one of six actions requested of the lab by the city and county, which have a Rio Grande river diversion project under way downstream of the canyons for future drinking water.

The city and county asked the lab to mitigate sediment flows into the river to help ensure no potential contaminants from LANL impact water drawn from the river by the Buckman Direct Diversion Project.

Sustainability guide due out today

The 2010 Sustainable Santa Fe guide produced by Earth Care International will be released today at a ceremony in the Santa Fe Farmers Market, 1607 Paseo de Peralta, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Young leaders will talk about the guide and their efforts in promoting sustainability in the community.

The guide features essays on energy, agriculture, water conservation and other sustainability issues by local writers and experts. It also provides a comprehensive list of services and businesses providing everything from rainwater-catchment design to solar-heating systems.

To find out more about the organization, visit www.earthcare.org.