Education Archives

Bus drivers respond to shortage crisis affecting the Pajaro Valley

September 11, 2025 10:49 AM jose.romo

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Pajaro Valley Unified School District is getting the wheels rolling. Despite their continuing struggle with a…

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Child care affordability expands in Santa Cruz County

July 29, 2025 4:03 PM Katie Nicora, Jeanette Bent

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — In response to limited options for formal child care, Santa Cruz County is offering a loan program for…

U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta says fight for education funds is not over

July 28, 2025 7:16 PM Madison Wilber

SEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV) — U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta asked constituents to push back against President Trump, in a meeting at Seaside High School on…

Monterey’s inaugural City Academy starts in August

July 11, 2025 8:38 PM Mickey Adams, Jeanette Bent

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The City of Monterey is inviting locals that are 16 years and older to participate in the very first City Academy. The…

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Santa Cruz County Board of Education responds to recent federal funding cuts

July 4, 2025 8:11 PM Mickey Adams

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Santa Cruz County Board of Education responding to the billions in education funds recently being…

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Hollister High’s ‘Hank’ makes it into the top four of western region high school mascot competition

May 3, 2025 9:06 PM Jeanette Bent

HOLLISTER, Calif. (KION-TV) — What began as 64 high school mascots competing in The64.com National Mascot Tournament’s western division, has…

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Neurodiversity art exhibit unveiled at Monterey Regional Airport

May 3, 2025 6:31 PM Makenzie Bennett

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Chartwell School’s neurodiversity art exhibit is taking off at the Monterey Regional Airport. On Monday, April 30 the…

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Statewide strike May 1 over UC’s hiring freeze

April 26, 2025 9:19 PM Jeanette Bent

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — A statewide strike is planned on May 1 with over 20,000 UC healthcare researchers and technical workers in protest…

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Santa Cruz museums concerned over recent federal budget cuts, impacts on the community

April 24, 2025 6:01 PM Jeanette Bent

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — Some people in the local museum scene in Santa Cruz are frustrated over budget cuts that are directly impacting the…

Santa Cruz Teen Job Fair Monday at the London Nelson Center

April 19, 2025 8:33 PM Makenzie Bennett

Santa Cruz, Calif (KION-TV) — Calling all Santa Cruz teens… This April 21st from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. the Santa Cruz County Job Fair will be happening…

UC campuses face strikes from UPTE over ongoing healthcare concerns

April 1, 2025 6:24 PM Makenzie Bennett, Mackenzie Monahan

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — Nationwide strikes have been held by University Professional and Technical Employees (UTPE) at Universities of…

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Affordable housing on Santa Cruz’s West Side looks promising for educators

March 11, 2025 6:10 PM Jeanette Bent

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — The City of Santa Cruz once again picked up a decades-long discussion about what to do with the 313 Swift Street…

Assembly member Dawn Addis visited a Monterey County school to address the battery fire Friday

February 28, 2025 5:27 PM Jeanette Bent

CASTROVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Assembly member Dawn Addis met with close to 50 students Friday afternoon. She was advocating for legislative action…

Media literacy panel in March tackles misinformation in print, broadcast news

February 11, 2025 12:30 PM Sergio Berrueta

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (KION) — The Media Literacy Coalition welcomes news editors across the Central Coast to discuss misinformation with the…

Parents respond to PVUSD reducing dozens of positions Tuesday night

February 13, 2025 5:44 PM Dania Romero, Austin Castro, Jeanette Bent, jose.romo

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Pajaro Valley Unified School District approved layoffs of close to 60 full-time district employees Tuesday night.…

Race to be discarded from collegiate student lifestyle activities

February 24, 2025 5:48 PM Jeanette Bent, jose.romo

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Department of Education sent a “dear colleague” letter announcing a threat to federal funding over any…

Closing out Black History Month, one UCSC study shows some disparities

February 21, 2025 4:43 PM Jeanette Bent

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — There is one week left in Black History Month and one study out of UCSC’s Institute for Social Transformation is…

More than 600 kids who attend Solano Widenmann Leadership Academy

Classes canceled for hundreds of students after copper thieves cut power to school

January 27, 2025 1:18 PM CNN Newsource

By J.R. Stone Click here for updates on this story VALLEJO, California (KGO) — It’s the middle of the school year and hundreds of kids in…

Sonoma State discontinues all athletic programs amid massive budget cuts

January 23, 2025 2:54 PM KTVU FOX 2

ROHNERT PARK, Calif. (KTVU-TV) — Sonoma State University announced on Wednesday that the school would be discontinuing all athletics and eliminating…

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Court rejects request to sideline San Jose State volleyball player on grounds she’s transgender

November 26, 2024 10:51 AM Associated Press

Associated Press A federal appeals court upheld a ruling Tuesday that allows a San Jose State women’s volleyball team member to play in this…

Cal State is saving its smallest campus by merging it with Cal Poly

November 21, 2024 1:14 PM Associated Press

CalMatters In a bid to forestall its financial disintegration, Cal Maritime, California’s smallest public university, is merging with one of the…

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Thousands of University of California workers go on 2-day strike over wages, staff shortages

November 20, 2024 3:53 PM Associated Press

Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of University of California workers on Wednesday began a two-day strike to protest what they say…

Two-day strike at UC Santa Cruz to disrupt some campus services Wednesday and Thursday

November 19, 2024 4:06 PM Jeanette Bent

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — The UC Service and Patient Care workers announced Tuesday that they are planning a two-day strike that will affect…

UCSC’s new 2,400-acre Strathearn Ranch Reserve in San Benito County near Hollister

November 15, 2024 3:44 PM Jeanette Bent

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — UC Santa Cruz announced Thursday that they are receiving a gift of land and a stewardship endowment to establish a…

Panther Otter Pathway program launches, allowing students who enroll at Hartnell a path to CSUMB

October 31, 2024 9:10 PM Victor Guzman

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — CSUMB and Hartnell announced the launch of the joint Panther Otter Pathway Program. The program allows students to…

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California students want careers in AI. Here’s how colleges are meeting that demand

October 29, 2024 9:35 AM Associated Press

CalMatters Nathan Lim, a student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, recently spent the summer working on an artificial intelligence tool to help students…

Soledad Unified School District approves a workforce housing project Wednesday

October 23, 2024 5:13 PM Jeanette Bent

SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION-TV) — A new workforce housing project proposed by the Soledad Unified School District has been approved by city council…

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Cabrillo ranked best community college in California

October 23, 2024 5:59 PM Jeanette Bent

APTOS, Calif. (KION-TV) — Cabrillo College announced Wednesday that they’ve been named the best community college in California. According to a…

The brutal story behind California’s new Native American genocide education law

October 10, 2024 2:15 PM Associated Press

CalMatters In the 1860s, an armed militia swept into the historic land of the Serrano people in the San Bernardino mountains and went on a killing…

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Salinas Valley Federation of Teachers upset over SUHSD board’s contract approval

September 25, 2024 5:58 PM Jeanette Bent

MMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Parents reacted to the decision the Board of Trustees of the Salinas Union High School District made Tuesday…

Nonprofit organization with Monterey County Office of Ed to help homeless students

September 24, 2024 12:03 PM Nataly Gutierrez

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV): A non-profit Central Coast organization partnered with Monterey Office of Education to help qualifying homeless families…

University of California accused of labor violations over handling of campus protests

September 23, 2024 1:33 PM Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Faculty have accused the University of California system of labor violations over what they say was a sweeping campaign to…

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Monterey Regional Airport installs voting exhibit ahead of election

September 17, 2024 12:23 PM Jeanette Bent

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) announced that its Art at the Airport program will feature a new student art…

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SUHSD YONDR pouches raise questions regarding potential school emergencies

July 23, 2024 12:37 PM Jeanette Bent, Nataly Gutierrez

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — Students have been back in school for about one month, and many California campuses are navigating the new cell phone…

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Freshman classes provide glimpse of affirmative action ruling’s impact on colleges

September 5, 2024 3:20 PM Associated Press

Associated Press Some selective colleges are reporting drops in the number of Black students in their incoming classes, the first admitted since a…

Salinas Unified High School District narrows down Superintendent search

May 16, 2024 5:19 PM Jeanette Bent, Derrick Ow

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Salinas Union High School District (SUHSD) Board of Trustees announced Friday that they’ve completed the fifth phase…

What borrowers need to know after the Supreme Court kept Biden’s student loan repayment plan on hold

August 29, 2024 10:39 AM CNN Newsource

Originally Published: 29 AUG 24 13:09 ET By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — Millions of student loan borrowers are in limbo after the Supreme…

Pajaro Valley Unified attendance campaign for 2024-2025 school years

August 22, 2024 5:32 PM Nataly Gutierrez

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV): Pajaro Valley Unified School District launched an attendance campaign for this 2024-2025 school…

UC Santa Cruz budget cuts: what the deficit means for students and faculty

August 22, 2024 11:35 AM Briana Mathaw

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — UC Santa Cruz is facing budget cuts. This comes shortly after the school announced upcoming staff reductions. The…

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B.R.A.K.E.S. comes to Laguna Seca for teen defensive driving program

August 20, 2024 5:09 PM Jeanette Bent

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — This weekend, the WeatherTech Raceway at Laguna Seca will host a national teen defensive driving…

Are you worried about your child’s size? Here’s why it may not be an issue

August 13, 2024 8:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Do you ever find yourself comparing the size of your child with those of their classmates and worrying about…

Scotts Valley High School celebrates its 25th year

August 9, 2024 3:35 PM Jeanette Bent

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (KION-TV) — On Friday, students at Scotts Valley High School (SVHS) participated in a school-wide kick-off celebration ahead…

Salinas Union High School District warns parents of ongoing construction ahead of school beginning

August 5, 2024 5:50 PM Jeanette Bent

SALINAS, Calif. (KIONP-TV) — Ahead of the 2024-2025 school year starting on Tuesday, the Salinas Union High School District (SUHSD) issued a…

Audit shows UC Santa Cruz not reporting crime data accurately via the Clery Act

August 2, 2024 3:55 PM Jeanette Bent

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — A California state audit released on Tuesday said that UC Santa Cruz failed to accurately report crime data. The…

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California added a new grade for 4-year-olds. Are parents enrolling their kids?

July 29, 2024 1:28 PM Associated Press

CalMatters Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom touted the success of California’s transitional kindergarten expansion, saying enrollment in the…

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Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions

July 26, 2024 9:46 AM CNN Newsource

By Molly McCrea, Anne Makovec Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Students on the San Francisco Peninsula are taking…

Local reaction on SUHSD middle schools to implement phone free environment during school hours

July 25, 2024 5:11 PM Nataly Gutierrez

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV): Salinas Union High School District will make their middle schoolers put away their phone during school hours. KION’s…

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Hartnell Foundation announces free college savings account for Monterey County children

July 18, 2024 4:19 PM Jeanette Bent

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Hartnell College Foundation and Bright Futures announced Thursday that it will be offering $33 million in free…

California gender-identity law elicits praise from LGBTQ+ groups with backlash from conservative groups

July 17, 2024 5:32 PM Nataly Gutierrez

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV): Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law on Monday that will stop schools from notifying parents if a student changes their…

California to vote on bond for schools in upcoming November election

July 12, 2024 4:24 PM Nataly Gutierrez

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV): California voters will decide in the November election if they want to vote for a $10 billion bond for…