California News Archives

Monterey Regional Airport announces flights to Orange County, Burbank

February 11, 2020 5:50 PM Avery Johnson

The Monterey Regional Airport announced that it will be adding seasonal hop-on flights to Orange County and Burbank starting in…

Evacuee from China tests positive for coronavirus in San Diego

February 10, 2020 6:32 PM Avery Johnson

n evacuee from Wuhan, China, has been diagnosed with the coronavirus in San Diego, according to CBS…

San Francisco official in corruption probe resigns his post

February 10, 2020 5:10 PM The Associated Press

A San Francisco official charged with public corruption for trying to steer public contracts and taking pricey gifts has…

CDC: At least four people quarantined at Travis Air Force Base show possible symptoms of coronavirus

February 7, 2020 5:02 PM Avery Johnson

Five people evacuated from China who were quarantined at Travis Air Force Base are “symptomatic” and have been taken to local…

Lawmaker questions California Lottery’s ‘Ellen’ giveaway

February 7, 2020 12:55 PM The Associated Press

A state legislator wants an audit of the California Lottery to look into a whistleblower complaint about more than $200,000 worth of…

Probe: No outward engine failure in Bryant helicopter crash

February 7, 2020 11:59 AM The Associated Press

Federal investigators say wreckage from the helicopter that crashed last month and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven…

Victims: PG&E still has rickety power line near Paradise

February 6, 2020 1:38 PM The Associated Press

Pacific Gas & Electric is still operating a rickety power line near the one that ignited a 2018…

Actor Kirk Douglas dies at 103

February 5, 2020 3:39 PM Avery Johnson

Actor Kirk Douglas died at the age of 103, according to his son Michael…

Five Monterey County men plead guilty to conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery

February 4, 2020 6:56 PM Avery Johnson

Five Monterey County men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit an armed bank robbery in Modesto, according to U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott.…

Dog sleuths sniff out crop disease hitting citrus trees

February 4, 2020 11:14 AM The Associated Press

Scientists have trained dogs to sniff out a disease that’s harming citrus trees in Florida, California and Texas.…

California bill seeks takeover of nation’s largest utility

February 3, 2020 4:40 PM The Associated Press

A California lawmaker wants to transform the nation’s largest electric utility into a publicly owned company.…

First Bay Area case of coronavirus confirmed in Santa Clara County

January 31, 2020 1:31 PM Avery Johnson

The first Bay Area case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Santa Clara County, according to the CBS affiliate in San…

Santa Cruz police arrest suspect in LA Koreatown homicide

January 29, 2020 6:05 AM Shannon Longworth, Avery Johnson

The suspect in a Los Angeles domestic violence homicide was in the Santa Cruz County Jail after he turned himself in to Santa Cruz police…

Kobe Bryant, three others officially identified by coroner as crash victims

January 28, 2020 5:14 PM Avery Johnson

The Los Angeles County coroner’s office officially identified Kobe Bryant, John Altobelli, Sarah Chester and pilot Ara…

California bill treats suspects 19 and younger as juveniles

January 28, 2020 5:03 PM The Associated Press

A proposed law in California would raise the age people are automatically tried as adults in criminal cases to 20.…

Top San Francisco city official charged in corruption case

January 28, 2020 1:55 PM The Associated Press

A top San Francisco official has been charged with public corruption in schemes that include offering a bribe for space at the airport, providing…

Kobe Bryant reportedly killed in helicopter crash

January 26, 2020 12:09 PM Amelia Rosenberg

TMZ is reporting that basketball star Kobe Bryant is dead at 41 after being involved in a helicopter crash Sunday morning.…

Los Banos neighbors speaking out about projectile suspect

January 27, 2020 3:05 PM Josh Kristianto

Former neighbors of Charles Kenneth Lafferty, the man arrested in connection with the series of projectile attacks along Highway 101 and SR…

California unemployment rate held steady at 3.9% in December

January 24, 2020 11:40 AM The Associated Press

California’s unemployment rate held steady at the record low 3.9% in December.…

California bill would make utilities pay some blackout costs

January 23, 2020 6:04 PM The Associated Press

A bill in the California Legislature would require electric companies to reimburse customers when the utilities turn off power to prevent wildfires.…

Firefighters who died in Australia were on California tanker

January 23, 2020 2:56 PM The Associated Press

California’s governor says the three American flight crew members who died when their aerial water tanker…

California’s monarch butterflies critically low for 2nd year

January 22, 2020 5:35 PM The Associated Press

A count by an environmental group shows the western monarch butterfly population wintering along California’s coast remains critically…

California asks for surplus federal land to house homeless

January 22, 2020 2:41 PM The Associated Press

California is asking the Trump administration to provide surplus federal land that could be used to build housing for the…

4 killed in plane crash at Southern California airfield

January 22, 2020 1:58 PM The Associated Press

Authorities say four people have been killed in the crash of a small airplane at a Southern California airfield.…

Better Ask Barry: How is tech addressing food freshness?

January 21, 2020 5:50 PM Barry Brown

The employees at Mission Produce in Oxnard need to move quickly.…

California considers declaring common pain killer carcinogen

January 21, 2020 10:44 AM The Associated Press

California is considering whether to label one of the United States’ most common drugs a carcinogen.…

Get Hooked Restaurant Week kicks off in Monterey

January 20, 2020 5:26 PM Max Tarlton

Today kicks off the 2nd annual Get Hooked restaurant week in Monterey. The week-long event aims to increase awareness about access to local,…

CHP airplane captures Santa Rosa sideshow, 4 arrested

January 20, 2020 3:03 PM Avery Johnson

Three sideshows around Santa Rosa were broken up after a multi-agency response that included a CHP…

Homeless moms evicted from Oakland home may return

January 20, 2020 1:10 PM The Associated Press

Homeless mothers who were evicted last week from an Oakland, California, house where they were squatting plan to move…

San Carlos pastor allegedly threatened to shoot church members

January 17, 2020 4:22 PM Avery Johnson

A San Carlos pastor is behind bars after the Sheriff’s Office said he threatened to shoot members of a…

One dead, one seriously injured after avalanche at Alpine Meadows

January 17, 2020 11:58 AM Avery Johnson

Crews are searching for several people who are missing after an avalanche at Alpine Meadows Friday…

UC proposes annual tuition increases over five years

January 17, 2020 11:04 AM The Associated Press

The University of California is considering annual tuition increases over five years under a sweeping plan to raise more money for financial aid and…

Rare video shows 5 mountain lions together in California

January 15, 2020 3:32 PM The Associated Press

Five California mountain lions were seen together on home surveillance video in a rare gathering of the notoriously solitary big cats.…

Sheriff’s deputies evict homeless moms from Oakland home

January 14, 2020 12:27 PM The Associated Press

Homeless women ordered by a judge last week to leave a vacant house they occupied illegally in Oakland for two months have been evicted by sheriff’s…

Hollister-Gilroy CHP officers involved in shooting after chase from Gilroy to San Jose

January 14, 2020 4:06 PM Avery Johnson

Officers with Hollister-Gilroy area CHP said they were involved in a shooting after a chase that ended in San…

Officials: Jet fuel lands on playground near Los Angeles

January 14, 2020 1:32 PM The Associated Press

Fire officials say fuel apparently dumped by an aircraft returning to Los Angeles International Airport fell onto an elementary school playground…

Investigation underway into razor blades affixed to cars

January 14, 2020 11:27 AM The Associated Press

Authorities in southern California have started an investigation into multiple reports of razor blades being found on cars in Temecula, including…

Alleged blood thrower ordered away from California Capitol

January 13, 2020 4:17 PM The Associated Press

A California woman accused of throwing menstrual blood at legislators was ordered by a judge to stay away from the state Capitol while awaiting…

Eleven-year-old who went missing in Placerville found dead

January 13, 2020 11:01 AM Avery Johnson

Police in Placerville are calling the death of an 11-year-old suspicious after he went missing and was later found…

LA County detective hit, killed while helping pedestrian

January 13, 2020 1:22 PM Avery Johnson

A detective was hit by a vehicle and killed while she was helping a pedestrian who had fallen in a cross…

Family of dead crew member sue California dive boat operator

January 13, 2020 11:08 AM The Associated Press

The family of the lone crew member who died with 33 passengers in a fire aboard a scuba diving boat off the coast of Southern California has sued the…

Magnitude 3.3 earthquake hits Aromas early Monday

January 13, 2020 3:22 AM KION546 News Team

A Magnitude 3.3 Earthquake hit the Aromas area just before 3:00 a.m. Monday morning. According to the USGS, it happened about 2 miles east-southeast…

Santa Cruz County woman charged after allegedly throwing blood at senators

January 10, 2020 3:39 PM The Associated Press, Avery Johnson

A woman who opposes mandatory childhood vaccinations has been charged with two felonies over allegedly flinging a cup of menstrual blood at state…

Man wanted in five California counties arrested in Monterey County

January 9, 2020 6:31 PM Avery Johnson

A Monterey man wanted in five counties around the state was arrested in Monterey County Thursday…

California budget seeks more firefighters, fire protection

January 9, 2020 4:15 PM The Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to hire more state firefighters and make low-income communities safer from devastating…

California could be 1st state to sell own prescription drugs

January 9, 2020 12:21 PM The Associated Press

California could become the first state with its own prescription drug label.…

California governor seeks $1 billion to target homelessness

January 8, 2020 5:58 PM The Associated Press

With California awash in revenue, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend a billion dollars on programs targeting the growing homeless crisis.…

California lawmakers eye back-up power for cellphone towers

January 8, 2020 1:03 PM The Associated Press

California’s preemptive power shutoffs to prevent wildfires have affected more than just…

Man convicted of assault in Monterey County killed in prison

January 8, 2020 11:56 AM Avery Johnson

A man convicted of assault with a firearm in Monterey County was killed at the California Correctional Center…

Reward offered for information about shooting of elephant seal near San Simeon

January 7, 2020 1:04 PM Avery Johnson

NOAA Fisheries is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to a conviction of the person or persons…