Cabrillo Fire burning off Highway One in San Mateo County
Firefighters are working to put out a fire south of Pescadero in San Mateo County. According to Cal Fire, the Cabrillo Fire started at 5:48, Thursday…
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Bigger, longer blackouts could lie ahead in California
A wildfire in California wine country that may have been caused by a high-voltage transmission line called into question Pacific Gas &…
Continue Reading Body of dead baby discovered at California recycling center
Police in California are asking the public’s help for information about a baby whose body was found on a conveyor belt at a recycling center.…
Continue Reading Wind-whipped fires rage across California as lights go out
Fast-growing fires throughout California forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes Thursday as dry winds and high heat fed flames…
Continue Reading 3 arrested in fatal shooting of Northern California deputy
Three men have been charged in the fatal shooting of a Northern California sheriff’s deputy who was killed responding to a reported theft from…
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Transmission malfunction reported near origin of Kincade Fire in Sonoma County
PG&E released a statement that indicates there was a transmission line malfunction around the time and point where the Kincade Fire started in…
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Greenfield man dies in wrong way crash on Highway 1
UPDATE 10/24/2019 10:00 a.m. A 30-year-old Greenfield man has died after a wrong-way crash on Highway 1 near Vista Point. The CHP said at around…
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Fast-Moving Kincade Fire Forces Evacuations In Sonoma County
UPDATE 10/24/2019 3:54 a.m: The Kincade Fire has now grown to over 10,000 acres. It is 0% contained. (CBS SF) – A fast-moving wildfire burning…
Continue Reading Police: Gunman, victim in shooting near school tied to gangs
A teenage gunman and the boy he shot just outside a Northern California high school are affiliated with street gangs and were involved in an ongoing…
Continue Reading Seventeen counties brace for possible round 2 of outages
California’s largest utility said it will go ahead with widespread blackouts affecting nearly half a million people starting Wednesday as…
Continue Reading Northern California Sheriff’s Deputy Shot And Killed While Responding To Call
https://livestream.com/accounts/25723746/events/8522569/videos/198123859 (CBS13) – An El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office deputy has died in…
Continue Reading Brush fire breaks out overnight near Highway 101
Fire crews in King City put out a brush fire that broke out overnight Wednesday morning. King City fire says it happened just before 2:00 a.m.…
Continue Reading Officer saves skunk from plastic cup
Santa Cruz Police came to the rescue again, not for a human but for a skunk. They say the skunk, got his head stuck in a plastic cup. Thankfully a…
Continue Reading Suspect arrested after shooting near Santa Rosa school
https://livestream.com/accounts/25723746/events/8522569/videos/198086415 UPDATE 10/22/2019 12:30 p.m. Police say an argument between two students led…
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CHP: At-risk missing man found after Silver Alert issued
UPDATE 10/22/2019 12:00 p.m. A Silver Alert issued by the CHP for 85-year-old Jimmie Macrander has been deactivated. The CHP said he has been found.…
Continue Reading Public input wanted for two Highway 1 projects
Your input is wanted from the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission and Caltrans on two Highway 1 projects that are now under…
Continue Reading California governor wants investigation of high gas prices
California’s governor has asked the attorney general to investigate why the state’s gas prices are so high, pointing to a new report…
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California independents can vote in Democrats’ 2020 primary
California’s more than 5.6 million independent voters will be allowed to vote in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, but not in the…
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PG&E monitoring weather for potential shutoff, Central Coast counties not included
Pacific Gas and Electric announced that it is considering a Public Safety Power Shutoff that could affect parts of 17 counties, but Monterey, Santa…
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Trash fire damages Monterey building
An investigation is underway after a trash fire damaged a building late Sunday night in Monterey. The Monterey Fire Department says they put out a…
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National Teen Driver Safety Week kicks off
Sunday kicked off National Teen Driver Safety Week. The Office of Traffic Safety says it’s encouraging parents and guardians to talk to their…
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UPDATE: Suspected DUI Driver Who Hit CHP Officer Now Out On Bail
UPDATE 10/20/2019 5:28 p.m. (CBS13): The alleged DUI driver who hit a CHP officer on Highway 99 in Sutter County’s Live Oak Saturday morning is…
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PG&E: Power shutoffs could continue for next decade
Pacific Gas and Electric’s CEO Bill Johnson said it could be about 10 years before the utility reaches the point where widespread outages are…
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‘Maude’ co-star, character actor Bill Macy dies at 97
Bill Macy, the character actor whose hangdog expression was a perfect match for his role as the long-suffering foil to Bea Arthur’s unyielding…
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PG&E executives to appear before California regulatory board
Top executives of California’s largest utility are expected at an emergency meeting Friday to answer hard questions by state regulators about a…
Continue Reading Study: California’s big July quakes strain major fault
The earthquakes that hammered the Southern California desert near the town of Ridgecrest last summer involved ruptures on a web of interconnected…
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California Senate panel to investigate PG&E power shutoff
The leader of the California Senate asked a committee Thursday to investigate a utility company’s decision to cut off power to more than 2…
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Woman who livestreamed fatal Los Banos crash arrested again
Stockton police arrested a woman, who was previously convicted of livestreaming a fatal crash, on weapons and traffic charges early Thursday morning.…
Continue Reading California earthquake alerts to become available statewide
Earthquake early warning alerts will become publicly available throughout California for the first time this week, potentially giving people time to…
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‘Tarzan’ actor Ron Ely’s wife killed; son shot by deputies
“Tarzan” actor Ron Ely’s wife was stabbed to death in their Southern California home by their son, who deputies found outside the…
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Top PG&E executive in ill-timed winery retreat out of job
A top Pacific Gas and Electric Co. executive who was among a group of employees who wined and dined top customers just before the utility’s…
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Earthquake probed as possible cause of California fuel fire
Officials were trying to determine Wednesday if a 4.5 magnitude earthquake triggered an explosion at a fuel storage facility in the San Francisco Bay…
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Explosion, massive fire at refinery in Crockett
https://livestream.com/accounts/25723746/events/8522569/videos/197854296 KION’s sister station in the Bay Area reports that an explosion and…
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Rivas: Governor signs bill providing quality, dignified housing for farmworkers
Assembly member Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) announced Tuesday that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Farmworker Housing Act of 2019, and he said that will…
Continue Reading Newsom demands payments for those who lost power
Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking Pacific Gas & Electric Co., to pay the customers who lost power last week when the state’s largest utility cut…
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Law gives child sex assault victims more time to file suits
California is giving childhood victims of sexual abuse more time to decide whether to file lawsuits, joining several states in expanding the statute…
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Newsom Vetoes Tolls On San Francisco’s ‘World’s Crookedest Street’
(CBS SF) — Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill late Saturday night that would have allowed San Francisco officials to devise a reservation and toll…
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PG&E: Power restored to all but 5,300 customers in Santa Cruz County
UPDATE 10/11/2019 6:45 p.m. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it expects to restore power to 98% of some 2 million people affected by the…
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Man on oxygen dies minutes after power shutdown
UPDATE 10/11/2019 4:25 p.m. The daughter of a Northern California man who died when his oxygen equipment failed during a planned power shutdown says…
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California to end its use of private, for-profit prisons
California will ban the use of for-profit, private detention facilities, including those under contract to the federal government to hold immigrants…
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California to require abortion medication at public colleges
California will become the first state in the nation to require public universities to offer abortion medication at campus health centers starting in…
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California adopts broadest US rules for seizing guns
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun…
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Second death confirmed in California wildfires
UPDATE 10/11/2019 10:30 a.m. Another death has been confirmed at the scene of wildfires in Southern California. Cal Fire spokeswoman Cathey Mattingly…
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Salinas man arrested on drugs, weapons charges
A Salinas man was arrested on multiple drugs and weapons charges Thursday morning. Salinas Police say 36-year old Eric Melendrez was arrested during…
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Salinas man arrested on drugs, weapons charges
A Salinas man was arrested on multiple drugs and weapons charges Thursday morning. Salinas Police say 36-year old Eric Melendrez was arrested during…
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UPDATE: Delayed PG&E Power Shutdown begins in Santa Cruz County
LATEST 10/9/19 11:55 P.M.: The delayed PG&E Power Shutdown has begun in Santa Cruz County. This second wave of power shutoffs will last through…
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UPDATE: Delayed PG&E Power Shutdown begins in Santa Cruz County
LATEST 10/9/19 11:55 P.M.: The delayed PG&E Power Shutdown has begun in Santa Cruz County. This second wave of power shutoffs will last through…
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California utility faces gripes over deliberate blackouts
Even as the winds gusted dangerously just as forecasters predicted, California’s biggest utility faced gripes and second-guessing Thursday for…
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PG&E beginning power restoration process in parts of Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County officials said PG&E is beginning the power restoration process in parts of the county. Right now it is a partial restoration,…
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Restoring Power: What PG&E will do before turning the lights back on
PG&E said Thursday morning that the high winds that prompted a power shutoff are expected to subside in Santa Cruz County around midday, but…
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