Cali Roots 2025 Sweepstakes
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PacRep Theatre presents The Mystery of Edwin Drood Sweepstakes
Enter To Win! PacRep Theatre presents The Mystery of Edwin Drood playing Mar 27 – Apr 19, 2025, in the Founders Theatre of the Golden Bough…
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Victor Guzman, Anchor/Senior Managing Editor/Morning Producer
Victor Guzman joined the KION News Channel 5/46 team as the morning reporter for Wake Up in June 2018. He came back to his hometown of Salinas,…
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Santa Lucia Highlands Sun, Wind & Wine Festival Ticket Giveaway 2025
Enter For Your Chance to Attend! Your favorite growers and vintners pour some of the world’s best Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sparklers and Syrah – all…
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Dominoe Ibarra, 10 and 11 p.m. Producer
Dominoe Ibarra joined KION News Channel 5/46 as the evening producer in October 2019. She grew up in Lodi, California and is happy to be working…
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Amelia Rosenberg, Weekend Producer
Amelia Rosenberg joined the KION news team in 2019, after earning her Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Boston University and serving as an…
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KION General Contest Rules
These are the general rules covering our contests and promotions. If you ever have a question, please contact Brianna Galloway. E-mail to:…
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Stephanie Magallon, Anchor for Telemundo 23
Stephanie Magallon was born in Columbus, Georgia and raised in the Salinas Valley. While giving the morning announcements at Gonzales High School,…
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Continue ReadingCooling Trend For The Work Week
A cooling trend is the forecast for the remainder of the week as troughing develops off of the West Coast and the ridge of high pressure shifts east.…
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Jose Romo, MMJ KION and Telemundo
From a very young age I knew that I wanted to pair my passions for sports and journalism by pursuing a career in sports broadcasting. Gathering my…
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Sergio Berrueta, Digital Content/Assignment Desk
Sergio Berrueta has been in the news for quite awhile going from studying print media to entering the realm of broadcast. Originally from Bell…
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Downtown San Francisco experiences first tornado warning in recorded history
By Alaa Elassar and Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — For the first time in recorded history, downtown San Francisco was included in a tornado…
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Sandy Santos, Telemundo Anchor/Producer
Sandra Iveth Santos joined the Telemudno 23 / KION News team for video editing as promotions manager in July 2022, while still pursuing a career in…
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Jeanette Bent, Managing Editor/Anchor
Jeanette studied journalism while at Harbor High School in Santa Cruz, as well as graduated with a bachelor’s degree in print journalism from…
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Briana Mathaw, Multimedia Journalist
Briana Mathaw graduated from San Jose State University in May 2023. She received her bachelor’s degree in journalism. She joined the KION team as a…
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Mickey Adams, Nightside Producer
Mickey Adams joined the KION team in November 2022 as the Morning Producer. He’s a California boy, born and raised in Southern California and the…
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“Heat Ready CA” helping people find resources to beat the triple-digit heat on Central Coast
KING CITY, Calif. (KION-TV)- Temperatures are heating up across the country—including here on the Central Coast. South Monterey County has been…
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Monterey County Job Fair Workforce Board to have multiple job fairs in July
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Monterey County Workforce Development Board will be hosting multiple job fairs in July including a fair for a new…
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Willie Nelson inhales the love at 90th birthday concert
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Are there any more real cowboys?” Neil Young sang Saturday night at the Hollywood…
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Katie Nicora, Executive Producer
Katie is our 10 and 11 p.m. weekly producer. She joined the KION team in September of 2021. She grew up in Santa Ana, California, before moving to…
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A shelter in place issued on Bean Creek Road, storm shelter information in Santa Cruz County
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- Update on March 15, 2023 at 2:45 p.m. – The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office still has a shelter in place in…
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Governor Newsom adds San Benito County to state of emergency
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE March 13, 2023, at 12:35 p.m.- Governor Newsom added six more counties to the California State of Emergency…
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WEATHER ALERT: Highway 17 reopened in both directions
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE ON FEB. 24, 2023, AT 3:11 PM- CHP Santa Cruz announced that Highway 17 is back open. The road was closed Friday…
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Gearing up for storms in Santa Cruz County
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIF. (KION-TV)- High winds are rushing through the Santa Cruz mountains. Some rain and snow are in the forecast for our…
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Evacuation Warnings south of Spreckles lifted along Salinas River
Caltrans crews in the Monterey County area said a closure of Highway 1 is “unlikely” to be needed after some concerns the Salinas River would flood…
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WX ALERT: Highway 1 in Big Sur closed in both directions
Highway 1 is closed from Ragged Point to Palo Colorado Road due to flash flood warnings issued for the Colorado Fire and Dolan Fire burn scars,…
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Maxwell Glenn, Sports Director/Anchor
Maxwell Glenn has a passion for sports, especially telling the stories of local athletes and giving those players the coverage they deserve. Prior to…
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Highway 1 opened after Tesla-powered PG&E substation fire
MOSS LANDING, Calif. (KION-TV) – UPDATE AT 6:52 p.m.- California Highway Patrol says Highway 1 will be reopened as of 6:50 p.m. The…
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USGS: 4.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Pinnacles
PINNACLES, Calif. (KION-TV) Thursday morning at 6:36 a.m., an earthquake registering 4.0 shook parts of central California. The quake’s epicenter was…
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Salinas Police looking for two grand theft suspects
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)– The Salinas Police Department is asking for help in identifying two people who stole several power tools. Police said the…
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Scott Rates, News Director/Anchor
Scott Rates joined the KION News team as News Director and anchor in October of 2021. As the News Director and Anchor, Scott is committed to bringing…
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Tsunami Advisory: Waves rolling into Santa Cruz harbor
An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending large tsunami waves crashing across the…
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What channel is CW on the Central Coast?
Seal Rock Broadcasting is now the owner of the CW affiliate on the Central Coast. As we are making this transition, here is where you can find CW…
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What channel is KCBA FOX 35?
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) If you have not heard the good news, our parent company New Press-Gazette officially owns FOX 35 on the Central…
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Manuela Baez, Multimedia Journalist and Anchor for Telemundo 23
Manuela Baez was born in Bogota, Colombia and was raised in California’s Bay Area. She later moved up north to attend her dream school in Oregon,…
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Air Quality (as of 7 AM)GOOD for all reporting WEATHER STORYHigh pressure builds in which will warm things up for inland areas. Weakened high…
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A Little Bit Warm
Air Quality (as of 7 AM)GOOD for all reporting WEATHER STORYHigh pressure builds in which will warm things up for inland areas. Weakened high…
Continue Reading Slow Warming Through Friday
Air Quality (as of 7 AM)GOOD for all reporting stations WEATHER STORYHigh pressure builds in which will warm things up for inland areas. The coast…
Continue Reading Warming Up for the Work Week
Air Quality (as of 12AM)GOOD for all reporting stations WEATHER STORYHigh pressure builds in which will warm things up for inland areas. The coast…
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Air Quality (as of 8AM)GOOD for all reporting stations WEATHER STORYHigh pressure builds in which will warm things up for inland areas. The coast…
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Air Quality (as of 7:30AM)GOOD for all reporting stations WEATHER STORYBetween two weather systems, that’s where we’ll be for the next week or…
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Air Quality (as of 7:30AM)GOOD for all reporting stations WEATHER STORYThe monsoonal high nudges back to the west keeping temperatures warm. Still,…
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Air Quality (as of 8AM)GOOD for all reporting stations WEATHER STORYIn the wake of a round monsoon moisture that moved through early this week,…
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