Month: January 2014

UPDATE: Emergency crews have officially called off their search for the night after plane crashed off an Oceano shore just before 2 p.m. Tuesday.…

Coming off the driest year on record, we are dealing with a sever lack of water here on the central coast. While the water debate rages on with who…

Don’t let looks deceive you. The weather may look nice outside Lake Nacimiento in South Monterey County, but the lack of rain is drying up Lake…

The City of Monterey is organizing a sign contest to celebrate the newly adopted smoking ban on Old Fisherman’s Wharf. The city plans to…

Nuevos detalles: Cuerpos de rescate se estn concentrando en la recuperacin de cuerpos humanos despus que un avin pequeo se estrellara en el mar en…

After surveying 11 different locations from Salinas to Seaside, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors made a decision on where to build the new…

Segn doctores locales, muchos hispanos no se ponen la vacuna debido a la falta de educacin y confusin. Ese error podra ser fatal. “No voy ha…

Three central coast communities were granted a total of $5.4 million in federal grants to hire additional firefighters and first responders under the…

Monterey County Sheriff’s Office Daily Patrol Logs Date of Report:1/13/2014Time of Report:13:44Deputy Name:Duenas, FrankReport…

The state has not yet declared a drought, despite it being one of the driest years on record. However, counties do have the power to impost…

Fire crews in Salinas battled a trash fire at a waste management facility on Madison Lane Monday afternoon. Salinas fire crews say a pile of garbage…

Gov. Jerry Brown’s new spending plan could help geologists better map active fault lines below us. That means a better idea on the safest place…

Due to extremely dry vegetation and an increasing fire danger, Los Padres National Forest officials announced Monday that Level III fire restrictions…

Another person has died from the flu in Santa Cruz County, said health officials. A health officer for Santa Cruz County confirmed that a man who is…

Members of a Santa Cruz community say they’re tired of the widespread crime happening at businesses across the system. This comes after a…

Los esfuerzos continan para acelerar la medida AB 60, que le dar a casi 1, 5 millones de inmigrantes indocumentados la oportunidad de obtener una…

Astronomers at UC Santa Cruz discovered galaxies so bright and far away that they can actually tell us more about where we came from.…

Salinas Police Department Lindsey Colbert removed his ankle monitor and failed to register as a sex offender, said police. He is wanted for parole…

A Seaside man has been arrested after police said that he broke into a spa and tried to rape one of the customers Sunday night. Responding officers…

Salinas police said a man is behind bars after leading officers on a foot pursuit and firing a gun on Friday night. It happened in the 1400 block of…

Murmurs and the sound of pencils scratching the surface of the paper: that’s about as loud as it gets at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) on…

We thought Wow, what an opportunity to get in on the ground floor with this company” said Bekcy Gilbert who was recently a fraud victim. The…

California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident that happened early Saturday morning on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz. CHP says the person was…

Police are investigating the city’s first homicide of the year. It happened at 7:30 Saturday morning on the 2300 block of North Main Street.…

The Hollister Police Department and the Hollister School District have announced a new School Resource Officer. Officer Bo Leland will begin work…

Jodie Breschini is lucky to be alive after her car flipped on Highway 101 in Salinas Thursday night, but her dog wasn’t so lucky. While she was…

More medical marijuana cards, mean more people are lighting up the marijuana in the Golden State. Law enforcement on the Central Coast says this also…

Era una vez un monumento nacional y hoy, viernes, Pinnacles celebra su primer aniversario como un parque nacional. La ciudad de Soledad tiene grandes…

Una mujer fue lastimada el jueves por la noche cuando el auto en el que viajaba se volc por la autopista 101 en Salinas al sur del aeropuerto. Esa…

It’s a process that many schools use: suspension, suspension and then expulsion. Now, the federal government is stepping in. In a report…

The California Highway Patrol, along with other emergency crews, are responding to an injury accident on Highway 101, just south of Salinas. The…

If you ask law enforcement, gang injunction zones are effective. If you ask some in the public they smack of civil rights violations. Nora emailed me…

Salinas police have arrested a man they believe to be connected to a murder that happened at the Laurel Inn in December. The victim, Bobby Dick, Jr.,…

A 20-year-old man has been booked into the Monterey County Jail, accused of robbing a 13-year old middle school boy of his cell phone. Police say the…

Monterey County Sheriff’s Department Daily Patrol Log Date of Report:1/9/2014Time of Report:07:22Deputy Name:Jail, EmployeeReport…

More deaths to report, as the flu season is hitting its stride. Twenty-five states are reporting widespread cases, and those numbers here in…

Record-low rain numbers have put much of California in a major dry spell. These dry conditions have presented hardships for local cattle ranchers.…

Don’t grow medical marijuana in my backyard. That’s what some residents are saying after a local businessman asks for permission.…

Gilroy police arrested an armed robbery suspect at the Motel 6 on Monterey Road Thursday evening. Gilroy officers are assisting the Vacaville Police…

As a member of our Center for Investigative Action team I’ve been looking into the possibility of Fukashima fallout here on the West Coast.…

Police are releasing more information about a stabbing that happened in downtown Monterey on Wednesday evening. According to police, a 26-year-old…

A day after Central Coast News aired a story about the Santa Cruz community coming together after a woman was attacked, police said they were able to…

Un menor de edad acusado de haber asaltado a una seora de 68 aos en Santa Cruz fue entregado a las autoridades por su propia madre. El delito ocurri…

Nueva tecnologa y nuevos aparatos para el departamento del sSheriff del condado de Monterey, ya que alguaciles estn tratando de mejorar su…

A Santa Cruz community is speaking out after a 68-year-old woman was attacked and robbed at a supermarket over the weekend. The incident happened at…

Police are responding to Main Street and East Lake Street in Salinas. There is not a lot of information being revealed right now, but police say they…

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. will introduced his 2014-15 budget proposal Thursday. Brown’s budget would pay off more than $11 billion in debt…

During a routine probation search Hollister police said they were able to arrest six people for check fraud and drugs. Tuesday afternoon officers…

Police say they have a break in the murder case of Michael Cortez, who was murdered in October of 2013. A silver 2007 GMC Sierra pickup, California…

Monterey police are investigating a stabbing that occurred in the parking lot of Chipotle and Trader Joe’s off Munras Avenue Wednesday night.…