Pacific Grove Archives

Hops and Fog Brewing Company suffers minor damage in fire

September 20, 2025 5:55 PM Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) – A popular spot in Pacific Grove is temporarily closed after an early morning fire on Friday. According to the…

Pacific Grove approves memorial bench honoring Asilomar plane crash victims

August 21, 2025 1:41 PM Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) – The Pacific Grove City Council voted to approve a memorial bench to honor the memories of the victims off the coast…

Pacific Grove Posing Pay Raise Question to Voters

August 20, 2025 10:58 PM Mickey Adams

The Pacific Grove City Council decided to put their previously passed pay raise on the 2026 ballot at their meeting on Wednesday night. This comes…

Forest Hill Manor releases statement on nursing assistant arrested for alleged sexual assault

August 14, 2025 2:54 PM Jeanette Bent

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV) — UPDATE 12:26 PM – KION received a statement from Forest Hill Manor administrator Ryan Taylor on the alleged sexual…

The Little Car Show revs up in Pacific Grove

August 13, 2025 8:04 PM Madison Wilber

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) – Unique and rare cars lined the sidewalks of Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove on Wednesday, for The Little Car…

CA State Parks advise that aircraft debris from Pacific Grove plane crash may wash ashore

July 30, 2025 10:06 AM Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) – Aircraft debris may be washing ashore near Pacific Grove. According to the Pacific Grove Police Department, debris…

Vigil held for victims of plane crash, aviation expert points to weather as possible factor

July 28, 2025 5:30 PM Dania Romero

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) – A plane crashed late Saturday night just 200 yards off the coast of Asilomar State Beach, killing all three people…

Pacific Grove winds down its Parklet Program

July 17, 2025 1:42 PM Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) – The Parklet Program will sunset on October 31 of this year to focus on transitioning to sidewalk dining. Businesses…

Pacific Gove council and mayor pay raise takes a pause

June 26, 2025 10:35 PM Jeanette Bent, Mickey Adams

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — The city council pay increase in Pacific Grove is now on pause as of Friday after a referendum to put the issue in…

Pacific Grove gets updated tennis and pickleball courts

July 3, 2025 11:31 PM Mickey Adams

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — New tennis court renovations have been completed in Pacific Grove this week. The Morris Dil Courts on Fountain…

Living in the 831: Monarch butterflies in Pacific Grove

June 20, 2025 11:33 PM Scott Rates, Jeanette Bent

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Monarch butterflies are quite a sight to see, arriving mid-October and staying in the area through the end of…

Lottery system proposed for cannabis dispensary in Pacific Grove

June 18, 2025 3:53 PM Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) – Three years after voters approved Measures M and N, the city of Pacific Grove may be one step closer to getting…

Study looks to construction noise as reason for Seal population decrease

May 7, 2025 4:57 PM jose.romo

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION – TV) — A recent study is looking at potential reasons for a seal population decrease in Pacific Grove. Researchers are…

People turned out at Pacific Grove’s Good Old Days despite lots of wind

May 3, 2025 9:39 PM Scott Rates, Jeanette Bent

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — It was a windy day at the Good Old Days street festival in Pacific Grove Saturday. Despite this, the turnout was…

Lighthouse Cinema up for Sale

April 30, 2025 11:54 PM Mickey Adams

Longtime Pacific Grove movie theater, Lighthouse Cinema, is now up for sale after a post pandemic comeback. The theater has been serving the central…

Good Old Days event set to return to Pacific Grove, expected to bring economic boost to area

April 30, 2025 11:08 PM Austin Castro

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) – A beloved community tradition is about to take over the streets of Pacific Grove once again. Good Old Days, Pacific…

Pacific Grove harbor seal pupping season begins

April 8, 2025 4:15 PM Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Harbor seals are being protected as they begin their pupping season in Pacific Grove. Temporary fencing along the…

Pacific Grove City Council decides to sunset Parklet Program, pushes toward sidewalk dining

April 2, 2025 11:18 PM Mickey Adams, Austin Castro

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) – Pacific Grove’s City Council voted to end the city’s Parklet Program that helped restaurants stay afloat during the…

Good Old Days Street Festival to delight Pacific Grove once more in May

March 31, 2025 12:15 PM Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, CA (KION-TV) — A much-beloved street festival looks to bring a bit of joy and nostalgia to Pacific Grove. The two-day Good Old Days…

City of Pacific Grove looking to amend its noise ordinance for local live music

March 19, 2025 11:16 PM Austin Castro

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) – The City of Pacific Grove is looking changing their rules surrounding changing their rules over live music and…

Pacific Grove Police Department appoints new police chief

March 18, 2025 1:31 PM Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — A new chief has been appointed to lead the Pacific Grove Police Department starting in April. Chief Casey Day of…

Large power outage affecting customers in Pacific Grove, Monterey

March 17, 2025 2:57 PM Sergio Berrueta

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — An outage has left thousands without power in Pacific Grove and Monterey. PG&E’s outage map states that…

Pacific Grove butterflies see a sharp decrease in population size

March 7, 2025 10:44 AM jose.romo

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Residents of Pacific Grove are noticing a troubling decline in the number of monarch butterflies in the area. This…

The City of Pacific Grove decided on a new district map for voters in upcoming elections

March 7, 2025 3:41 PM Jeanette Bent

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Pacific Grove city council decided Wednesday on a new districting map that will set the boundaries for future city…

Pacific Grove looks to adopt final district map for elections

March 4, 2025 12:50 PM Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — The final step into changing from at-large elections to district ones in Pacific Grove is on the horizon with a…

Attic, kitchen catch fire at home in Pacific Grove Sunday afternoon

February 24, 2025 4:56 PM Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — A home caught fire on Sunday afternoon on Eardley and Lighthouse Avenues in Pacific Grove. According to Monterey…

The spirit of Asilomar lives on 50 years later

February 19, 2025 3:49 PM Jeanette Bent

ASILOMAR STATE BEACH, Calif. (KION-TV) — Asilomar State Beach is hosting an event called “The Spirit of Asilomar and the Future of…

Monterey Peninsula businesses prepare as flood watch looms

February 12, 2025 10:23 AM Lindsey Selzer

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — As the storms move in, businesses along the Peninsula began preparing for power outages, flooding, and a…

Pacific Grove overlooks new maps as it moves to district elections

February 6, 2025 7:50 PM Victor Guzman, Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION) — Pacific Grove is making strides in moving away from at-large elections to district elections, calling on the public…

High winds in Pacific Grove persist through Tuesday evening

February 4, 2025 4:49 PM Jeanette Bent

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — Many people along the Central Coast, especially in the Pacific Grove area, are braving weather patterns today with…

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Hit-and-run suspect arrested in Pacific Grove

January 27, 2025 1:00 PM Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — A Marina man is arrested for a hit-and-run accident that injured a 14-year-old in Pacific Grove Saturday night. At…

Lighthouse Avenue Sidewalk project complete in Pacific Grove

January 22, 2025 2:54 PM Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Lighthouse Avenue Sidewalk Extension Project is now complete in Pacific Grove. The project was first proposed…

Pacific Grove seek local input in drawing new district maps

January 8, 2025 12:53 PM Sergio Berrueta

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION) — The City of Pacific Grove is hosting a community workshop Wednesday welcoming locals to draw their own maps for new…

Monarch butterflies dangerously close to the ‘endangered species list’

December 11, 2024 5:27 PM Scott Rates, Jeanette Bent

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — The future of the Monarch butterfly is up in the air as their population has seen a decline in recent years,…

December holiday events round-up for the Central Coast

December 6, 2024 5:31 PM Jeanette Bent

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — Here’s a list of holiday events that are happening near you, organized by county. Monterey County December 6, 3-7…

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Tree lighting events happening around the Central Coast

November 26, 2024 3:29 PM Jeanette Bent

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — Here are a list of tree-lighting ceremonies happening around the Central Coast: CANNERY ROW TREE LIGHTING Friday,…

Holiday Parade of Lights celebrates 21 years in Pacific Grove

November 6, 2024 4:52 PM Jeanette Bent

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — The 21st Annual Holiday Parade of Lights returns to Pacific Grove on December 5 at 6 p.m. The event will take…

2024 local race winners; Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties

November 5, 2024 9:10 PM Jeanette Bent

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — Stay up to date with the 2024 local races along the Central Coast. We will continue to update the projected…

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ITN Monterey County celebrates 100,000 rides Thursday afternoon

October 24, 2024 11:34 AM Jeanette Bent

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — ITN Monterey County is celebrating their 100,000th ride on Thursday at 5 p.m. with a ribbon cutting and ceremony…

Pacific Grove candidates to speak on Tuesday

October 7, 2024 5:13 PM Jeanette Bent

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Pacific Grove will be hosting a candidate debate on Tuesday for candidates running for office. The discussion is…

Pacific Grove Police Chief Cathy Madalone announces retirement after leave of absence

September 27, 2024 12:23 PM Jeanette Bent

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Pacific Grove Police Chief Cathy Madalone announced her retirement via Facebook on Friday. “I have made the…

Pacific Grove City Council moves to improve traffic safety at Robert Down Elementary

September 17, 2024 8:19 PM Briana Mathaw

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Crosswalk concerns in Pacific Grove. The city is expected to hear a report from the traffic engineer who believes…

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PG&E alerts customers about utility scammers on the rise

August 27, 2024 5:12 PM Nataly Gutierrez

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV): PG&E customers are extra vigilant because the company said utility scammers are increasing this…

State, local officials react to President Biden announcing he will not seek reelection

July 21, 2024 2:04 PM Victor Guzman

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — Multiple local and state leaders are reacting to news President Biden will not seek reelection. Representative Zoe…

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Central Coast counties impacted by global CrowdStrike outages

July 19, 2024 10:12 AM Katie Nicora

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — The massive CrowdStrike outage paralyzing airlines and other businesses across the world has impacted local county…

Tourists head back home from the Central Coast after holiday weekend

July 8, 2024 10:15 AM Nataly Gutierrez

MONTEREY, Calif.(KION-TV): A lot of people traveled this Fourth of July weekend. KION’s Nataly is checking in with travelers who are coming back home…