Three Salinas High students suspended over Black doll incident
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) KION is learning that three students have been suspended for their involvement in the Black baby doll incident at Salinas High…
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11-year-old boy hit by car while walking home from school in Salinas
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) A Salinas mother is saying her 11-year-old son was hit by a car coming home from Mission Park Elementary.…
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One person dies in multi-vehicle accident causes closure of Highway 25 Saturday night
California Highway Patrol announced one person died in the car crash on Highway 25 northbound and Flynn Road.…
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Central Coast counties prepared to undertake third COVID dose effort
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION) Local health leaders say they are prepared for another mass vaccination rollout on the Central…
Continue ReadingLocal school districts see COVID-19 exposures a week into in-person classes
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) In Monterey County, 18 out of the 24 school districts there have been re-opened for in-person learning. Each school district…
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US Census Bureau releases 2020 data results
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) The United States Census Bureau has released the results of the data collection taken in 2020 of the country’s population and…
Continue Reading Two Hollister residents killed in motorcycle collision Saturday
HOLLISTER, Calif. (KION) Two residents from Hollister died after their motorcycle collided with a truck on State Route 152 on…
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Teen arrested on suspicion of murder in connection to Watsonville stabbing
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION) At least one person was killed in a stabbing on Marin Street in Watsonville on…
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Monterey Car Week kicks off in downtown Monterey Friday
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION) Monterey Classic Car Week is kicking off this weekend with a classic car show on Alvarado Street in Monterey on…
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New Salinas brewery signage allowed to stay
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) The Brew-N-Krew Ale House in downtown Salinas is facing some issues concerning its overhead signage on the…
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MPUSD, SUHSD begin first day of in-person instruction with COVID modifications
California’s new COVID-19 guidance includes guidance for a “modified quarantine” to allow students to continue with in-person education, even if they…
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Local concerns over another shutdown heat up as Delta variant spreads
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) As the Delta Variant continues to wreak havoc across the country, sending up cases and hospitalizations mainly among the…
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Modified Gilroy Garlic Festival brings in hundreds of patrons
GILROY, Calif. (KION) The sound of the sizzle and the heat of the…
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SPECIAL REPORT: Local experts weigh in on what Critical Race Theory is — and isn’t
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION) In a KION Targeted Special Report, we explore a hot button uses that involves race, education and the future of what it…
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Carmel Unified School District plans re-opening of schools in August
CARMEL, Calif. (KION) The Carmel Unified School District plans to reopen schools on August 9 for full, in-person…
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Vehicle tips over after crashing into parked car in Salinas
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) A vehicle got turned over on East Romie Lane and California Sunday evening after witnesses say the driver hit a white parked…
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Cal Fire CZU responds to small vegetation fire Sunday
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION) Cal Fire CZU firefighters responded to a small vegetation fire in the mountains east of Aptos Sunday…
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Salinas PD: Car with child inside crashes into apartment, driver arrested for DUI
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) A man is behind bars now after Salinas police officers say he crashed a car into an apartment on the 1700 block of…
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Marina handcar tours back for the Holiday season
MARINA, Calif. (KION) It was a great day to go out on the tracks where dozens of people came out to experience a unique railway ride in Marina on…
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Special Report: Law enforcement shares concerns about funding cuts while groups call for focus on prevention
Spending for law enforcement has undergone cuts and is not what it used to…
Continue Reading Officials identify the truck driver that crashed into crowd in Watsonville, injuring at least three
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION) Fire officials tell KION at least three people were hit, only two of them were taken to the hospital after a pick-up truck…
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Salinas police reporting delays in response times over weekend
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) In a Facebook post Saturday night, the Salinas Police Department told residents that there’s been a delay in response time…
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Salinas police seize meth, ghost gun on Garner Avenue
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) Salinas police say they were recently able to find meth, a meth pipe and a loaded 9mm “ghost gun,” all thanks to a concerned…
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New garrison commander takes reins of Fort Hunter Liggett
KING CITY, Calif. (KION) A traditional change of command ceremony took place at Fort Hunter Liggett near King City this past week, with a new…
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Santa Cruz firefighters put out small brush fire in Arana Gulch area
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION) Firefighters in Santa Cruz responded to a quarter acre fire at the Arana Gulch area near the Upper Harbor at around 9:45…
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Salinas reaches an agreement with Monterey County on downtown parking structure
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) Downtown Salinas is in need of more parking, according to the city and…
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Residents return home after some Willow Fire evacuation warnings lifted
ARROYO SECO, Calif. (KION) Some residents impacted by the Willow Fire and evacuation orders got a chance to return to their homes when the orders…
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Parents get heated over SUHSD ethnic studies curriculum at board meeting Tuesday
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) Passionate words and frustrated parents dominated much of the start of the Salinas Union High School District’s board meeting…
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Salinas residents celebrate Juneteenth on Saturday in gathering
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) Juneteenth celebrations got underway in Salinas on Saturday at the Sports Complex after President Joe Biden made the day a…
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Cal Fire assisting in battle against Willow Fire with air support
HOLLISTER, Calif. (KION) For fire crews, winds are causing concern going into the weekend after a full day of fighting the Willow Fire on Thursday in…
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Heat wave keeping PG&E, local residents on alert Wednesday
PRUNEDALE, Calif. (KION) California Independent System Operator (Cal ISO), the agency in charge of overseeing the state’s entire electrical grid, has…
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San Benito County opens new jail facility Tuesday
The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office opened a brand new jail facility on Tuesday after over 14 years of planning and…
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Salinas City Council approves budget, changes police funding
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) Cutting hundreds of thousands in police funding for the next fiscal year. The Salinas City Council passed their new budget…
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Santa Cruz County law enforcement remember Sgt. Gutzwiller one year after ambush attack
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION) The shooting ambush death of Sergeant Damon Gutzwiller in Ben Lomond rocked the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office…
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Vehicle crashes into PG public works building, killing driver early Saturday
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION) One person is dead after their car crashed into a Pacific Grove public works building early Saturday…
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Local residents excited about outdoor dining extension
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION) Hundreds of residents and visitors came out in Monterey on Friday to celebrate the start of the weekend, with restrictions…
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Firefighters put out one acre fire near Mount Madonna Sunday
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION) A one acre fire has been contained and controlled near Mount Madonna on Sunday in Santa Cruz…
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800+ acre fire breaks out northeast of Bradley
BRADLEY, Calif. (KION) Cal Fire has confirmed with KION a large brush fire has broken out off Wunpost Road and Sargent Canyon Road northeast of…
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Salinas middle school renamed after beloved principal
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) Scores of family, community members and local teaching staff and students took time to remember a beloved teacher and…
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Hundreds mourn mass shooting victims in San Jose vigil
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KION) Hundreds of residents gathered at San Jose City Hall for a vigil, remembering those who lost their lives to a mass shooting…
Continue Reading Firefighters extinguish structure fire south of Gilroy
SOUTH OF GILROY, Calif. (KION) Cal Fire SCU says firefighters extinguished a structure fire on Highway 25 and Bolsa Road south of Gilroy Sunday…
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Businesses looking to hire employees as restrictions lift face difficulties
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION) The owner of Grace Boutique and Nacho Bizness on Alvarado Street in Monterey tells KION it has been interesting to see the…
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Ribbon cutting ceremony kicks off new downtown Salinas
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) The ribbon is cut, ushering in a new era for Oldtown…
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Community members fighting to save roller rink in Marina
MARINA, Calif. (KION) A group of community members in Marina is trying to save what they view as a town staple: the Water City Roller Hockey and…
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Seaside veterans cemetery allows for in-ground burials now
SEASIDE, Calif. (KION) A veterans cemetery in Seaside is now offering in-ground burials for military…
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Monterey One Water looking to increase monthly rates for sewage services
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) Monterey One Water customers may soon be seeing their monthly costs double over the next five years. While the agency says it…
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Monterey Peninsula tourism looking up says visitors bureau
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION) The Monterey Peninsula could see a big boost in tourism this year as more and more people get…
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Asian cultural center and museum planned for Salinas Chinatown
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) There is a new cultural center and museum being planned in Salinas’ Chinatown. Plans are for it to be at the old Republic Cafe…
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SPECIAL REPORT: State bill could help fund more trees in underserved communities
A new state senate bill aims to bring more trees to those lower-income communities in California that cannot afford…
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Watsonville’s Asian American police chief reacts to recent AAPI hate incidents
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION) In Santa Cruz County, people are seeing first hand why legislation to protect against racial discrimination toward the…
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