King City man sentenced to six years for lewd acts on a minor
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- A King City man has been sentenced Friday to six years in state prison for lewd acts on a child, according to Monterey…
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Four victims in stable condition after Hollister Big rig vs. six-vehicle crash
Big-rig versus seven-vehicle crash in Hollister, CA.…
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Deputies say homicide off Arroyo Seco Road was result of attempted break-in
ARROYO SECO, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide after a body was found in the Sycamore Flats area of…
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Marina Fire handling abandoned duplex fire near Lindsey Street
MARINA, Calif. (KION-TV)- Marina Fire and the Presidio of Monterey Fire are currently battling a duplex fire near Lindsey Street and Carswell Street.…
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Firefighters rescue man who fell 100 feet at Moss Beach
MOSS BEACH, Calif.(KION-TV)- A man who fell 100 feet at Moss Beach Friday morning was rescued by CAL FIRE. At dawn, a man was walking next to the…
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Morgan Hill card skimming suspects arrested
MORGAN HILL, Calif. (KION-TV)- Morgan Hill Police said that two were arrested for alleged involvement in putting skimming devices on an ATM earlier…
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Monterey Bay Aquarium celebrates Rosa’s 23rd birthday
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Monterey Bay Aquarium celebrates Rosa the sea otter’s 23rd birthday. She was found stranded between Sunset and…
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SPECIAL REPORT: The difference Soledad’s all-inclusive park will make for kids with special needs
The City of Soledad is building a fully inclusive park where children with disabilities can play with other kids without…
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First case of Monkeypox confirmed in San Benito County
After months of monkeypox (mpx) cases appearing in neighboring counties, the first case of the virus has been discovered in San Benito…
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Reports: California homicides, violent crime rose in 2021
By STEFANIE DAZIO and DON THOMPSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homicides in California increased again last year — as did other violent…
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California moves toward phasing out gas-fueled vehicles
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California plans to require all new cars, trucks and SUVs to run on electricity or hydrogen by 2035…
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Hollister Police sees uptick in vehicle vs. bicyclists, results in three major injuries
HOLLISTER, Calif. (KION-TV) – Hollister Police said they have seen an uptick in vehicle versus bicyclist calls, three of which resulted in major…
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Judge orders unsealing of redacted affidavit in Trump search
By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on…
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Hollister Police searching for vehicle involved in robbery and assault with a deadly weapon
HOLLISTER, Calif. (KION-TV)- Hollister Police said they are looking for the vehcile shown above. The seller received his victim’s money during an…
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California poised to phase out sale of new gas-powered cars
By Kathleen Ronayne SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV) – California is poised to set a 2035 deadline for all new cars, trucks, and SUVs sold in the…
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Monterey Police release Car Week Traffic Enforcement Report
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE August 25, 2022, at 10:26 a.m.- Monterey Police said that Car Week enforcement resulted in 227 traffic…
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‘Touch-A-Truck’ to help Central Coast kids with serious illnesses
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- The 8th annual Touch-A-Truck will be held at the Salinas Rodeo Grounds Sunday August 28. A play museum will be set up for…
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Gilroy native serving as commanding officer aboard Navy warship
GILROY, Calif. (KION-TV)- A Gilroy native is making waves aboard a Navy warship. Captain Victor Garza is serving in the United States Navy as…
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Monterey County suggest ordinance to lower cannabis growing charges
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- Monterey County is discussing dropping the amount it charges to grow cannabis in the area. Ordinance Chapter…
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National bus driver shortage impacts on the Central Coast
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- It’s been several weeks since the first day of school here on the Central Coast. Schools are struggling to get bus drivers…
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Police: Man living in Salinas driveway arrested after resisting arrest
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- Salinas Police said they arrested a man high on meth and other drugs living in a Nissan SUV parked in a driveway Tuesday.…
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Remembering ‘Possum Stu’ one of the Watsonville plane collision victims
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Two planes collided at the Watsonville Municipal Airport Thursday, leaving three people and a dog dead. Stuart…
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Police: Petaluma woman caught living with mother’s corpse for more than year
PETALUMA, Calif. – Police said they searched a woman’s home during a welfare check and found she had been living with her mother’s corpse, which…
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Salinas packaged salad innovator Steve Taylor dies at 67
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – A man known for contributing to the bagged salad industry passed away Sunday in Denver at age 67. Steve Taylor, born and…
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Great white shark determined to have bit paddleboarder at Lovers Point Beach
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE 8/23/22: The shark that bit the board of a paddleboarder on Lovers Point Beach was determined to be a great…
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Inmates graduate job prep program in Watsonville
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Nine inmates had a graduation ceremony celebrating the completion of a five-week job skill program. The Santa Cruz…
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Man shot suffers life-threatening wounds in Gilroy
GILROY, Calif. (KION-TV)-Gilroy Police is looking for a suspect in a shooting that left a man with life-threatening injuries on Tuesday. Officers…
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City of Monterey discusses adding more electric charging stations
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV)- At Monterey’s City Council meeting last week, city leaders discussed adding Tesla EV chargers to the Fisherman’s Wharf…
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Three Watsonville teens charged with assault with a deadly weapon after firing bb guns at pedestrians
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) – Three teens have been arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon after firing bb guns at two people…
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100 firefighters contain massive San Francisco apartment building fire, three injuries
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KION-TV) – A 3-alarm fire is burning at an apartment building at McCallister Street and Divisadero Street. The San…
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Monterey County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad holding training at Ford Ord area
MARINA, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad is conducting training Tuesday in the Fort Ord area. Anyone around the…
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California to protect health benefits for young immigrants
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — About 40,000 low-income adults living in the country illegally won’t lose their…
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1932 Duesenberg J Figoni Sports Torpedo takes “Best of Show” title
The Concours d’Elegance wrapped up a jam-packed week of festivities for Monterey Car Week, concluding with the naming of the Best of Show at Pebble…
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Hawaii man charged with stabbing woman 59 times to death in 1982 extradited to Bay Area
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE August 22, 2022, at 5:59 p.m.- A man suspected of murdering a woman 40 years ago in Sunnyvale made had his first…
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Central Coast secures $62.4 million for transportation infrastructure
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV)- The California Transportation Commission has added $2.2 billion to help with repairs and improve transportation…
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Governor Newsom rejects legal drug injection sites
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Monday that he said could have brought “a world of unintended…
Continue Reading Watsonville High School lifts shelter-in-place
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Watsonville High School says a shelter-in-place was lifted at around 1:40 p.m. The school wasn’t sure why they were…
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USGS: Small 2.9 magnitude earthquake hits near San Juan Bautista
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. (KION-TV) Monday afternoon at 1:19 p.m., an earthquake registering 2.9 on the Richter scale shook near San Juan Bautista.…
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Firefighters rescue owl stuck in tree at Sea Cliff Beach
APTOS, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Central Fire District of Santa Cruz County had a hoot of a time Saturday. According to firefighters, an owl caught in a…
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Concours d’Lemons highlights the best “worst” cars of Car Week
Outside of the fancy cars at the Concours d’Elegance at Pebble Beach this weekend come the flurry of quirky or flat out “worst” motor vehicles at the…
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RV Caught on Fire in Sand City
SAND CITY, Calif. (KION-TV)- A RV caught on fire near the Lucky’s on California Avenue on Saturday night around 10:06 p.m. Monterey Fire confirmed to…
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1,302 customers without power in Ben Lomond
BEN LOMOND, Calif. (KION-TV): PG&E told KION that power has been restored to all 1,302 customers in Ben Lomond after there was a power outage on…
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Salinas Police investigating overnight gathering, gunfire at Natividad Creek Park
A gathering at Natividad Creek Park led to reports of gunfire and cars speeding away from the scene. One of which ended up rolling down an embankment…
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Salinas man convicted on four rape charges of a 17-year-old
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – A 46-year-old man was convicted on four rape charges Thursday in a Salinas courtroom, according to Monterey County…
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Salinas-born serial killer with Santa Cruz County victims dies in state prison
STOCKTON, Calif. (KION-TV)- A convicted serial killer who confessed to killing at least 13 people in the 70s died of natural causes on Thursday,…
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High-speed rail authority approves final environmental documents for SJ-SF section
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KION-TV)- The California high-speed rail governing board approved the final environmental documents for the San…
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Watsonville Police arrest four fake jewelry salesmen suspects
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE August 19, 2022, at 6:37 p.m.- Watsonville Police said they arrested three adults and a juvenile who were…
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Gilroy pregnant teen murder suspect captured in Mexico
MERCED, Calif. (KION-TV)- A man believed to be responsible for the murder of a 19-year-old pregnant teen from Gilroy was captured in Tijuana, Mexico,…
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Greenfield house fire deemed accidental
GREENFIELD, Calif. (KION-TV): Greenfield Police and Fire confirmed to KION that both agencies responded to a house fire on Thursday at the 400 block…
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Over $31 million secured for Central Coast water infrastructure
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV)- Representative Jimmy Panetta announced Friday that water infrastructure on the Central Coast has secured a combined…
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