Santa Cruz enfrenta una escasez de agua a causa de daos de las tormentas
Santa Cruz está enfrentando una escasez de agua a causa de las tormentas que han estado azotando la Costa Central. Funcionarios del…
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Boy rescued from drainage ditch in Watsonville
Thanks to the heroics of his brother and rescue crews, an 11-year-old boy was saved from the rushing waters of a drainage ditch in Watsonville…
Continue ReadingICE relocates some resources to Morgan Hill
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is relocating some resources to South Santa Clara County. An Enforcement and Removal Operations sub-office…
Continue ReadingOficina de operaciones de detencin y deportacin se mudar a Morgan Hill
La oficina de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos está mudando una de sus oficinas a Morgan Hill. Algo que tiene a…
Continue ReadingPipeline damaged, Santa Cruz facing water shortage
Santa Cruz water officials are asking residents to cut back on water use following damage to the Newell Creek Pipeline, a major pipeline supplying…
Continue ReadingCleanup underway in flooded Carmel Valley homes
The garage is a place to store your car, bikes and a lawnmower. It’s not built to hold floodwaters. On Sunday night, ten homes in Carmel Valley…
Continue ReadingUpdate: Salinas homicide victim identified
UPDATE 1/9/17 1:50 PM: Police identify the victim of Saturday’s homicide as Daniel Juarez Morales, 26, of Salinas. ORIGINAL STORY: A…
Continue ReadingCarmel River spills over levee
It was a scary night for the residents of Carmel Valley Village. Around 11 p.m., the Carmel River started spilling over a levee and flooded several…
Continue ReadingStorm destroys state park’s tunnel tree
This weekend’s storm brought down the iconic tunnel tree at Calaveras Big Trees State Park in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Arnold. The…
Continue ReadingSchools closed in San Lorenzo Valley
All schools in the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District are closed today, due to closed roads and power outages, according to the…
Continue ReadingBig Sur River rising
The Big Sur River is at flood levels, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. According to one gauge, the Big Sur River is at 11.5…
Continue ReadingAll hands on deck to handle storm soaking the Central Coast
Parts of the Central Coast are littered with downed trees and power lines whille streets are under standing water after hours of intense rain and…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: Highway 101 now open after flooding closure
UPDATE 1/9/17 5:24 AM: All lanes of Highway 101 are now back open. PREVIOUS STORY: Heavy rain and flooding has forced Highway 101 to shut down. All…
Continue ReadingSanta Cruz County braces for round two of storm system
Santa Cruz County officials monitoring the storm system are seeing a second front move through and are trying to get the word out that people should…
Continue ReadingCorralitos Creek in Watsonville floods
Corralitos Creek in Watsonville reached flood stage after 4pm Sunday, overflowing its banks and flooding nearby neighborhoods. KION weekend…
Continue ReadingFlash flood warning in Santa Cruz County
5:00PM UPDATE – The Flash Flood Warning for the San Lorenzo River has been allowed to expire. At 1:56 PM PST, Doppler radar and automated rain…
Continue ReadingPart of Elkhorn Rd. closed after landslide
Elkhorn Road is closed from Walker Valley Road to the entrance of the Elkhorn Slough Foundation until further notice following a landslide that…
Continue ReadingCierran Autopista 101 al sur de Gilroy debido a inundaciones
Autoridades han tenido que cerrar la Autopista 101 en Gilroy en debido a inundaciones el domingo en la noche, según la Patrulla de Caminos de…
Continue ReadingDique de Carmel se desborda, provocando evacuaciones
Según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, el río Carmel se está derramando sobre el dique y ha inundado cerca de 10…
Continue ReadingCarmel levee overflows, forcing evacuations
According to the National Weather Service, the Carmel River is spilling over the levee and has flooded about 10 homes. The homes affected are on the…
Continue ReadingArroyo Corralitos Creek se desborda y causa inundaciones en vecindarios de Watsonville
El arroyo Corralitos Creek en Watsonville alcanzó el nivel de inundación y se desbordó e inundó los vecindarios en la…
Continue ReadingRio Big Sur ha alcanzado niveles de inundacin
El río Big Sur ha alcanzado niveles de inundación, de acuerdo a la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Monterey. Según un…
Continue ReadingRough time for roads on the Central Coast
Trees down, flooding and sand in roadways, downed wires and rock slides. It’s a rough and stormy weekend for roads on the Central Coast and the…
Continue ReadingHombre baleado a muerte afuera de restaurante en Salinas
Un hombre de 26 años de edad fue baleado a muerte en el estacionamiento de un restaurante por North Main Street el sábado en la noche…
Continue ReadingCarretera Elkhorn podra estar cerrada por varias semanas tras deslave
La carretera Elkhorn Road está cerrada desde Walker Valley Road hasta la entrada de Elkhorn Slough Foundation hasta nuevo aviso despues de un…
Continue ReadingDeslaves provocan cierre de Autopista 1
La Autopista 1 de Santa Lucía ha Ragged Point permanece cerrada el domingo debido a deslaves en la zona. La agencia Caltrans estará…
Continue ReadingLocals get ready for second wave of heavy rainstorm
A forecasted massive downpour on the Central Coast this weekend is kicking preparation efforts into high gear. “It worries me, I’m…
Continue ReadingElkhorn Slough closed amid weekend storm concerns
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve will be closed this weekend, due to road conditions and safety concerns associated with an…
Continue ReadingSalinas braces for rain, then runoff
UPDATE 1/6/2017 6 PM: The Salinas Fire Department crews is gearing up for a wet weekend storm headed towards the Central Coast. The department plans…
Continue ReadingFlooding is a regular threat for San Lorenzo River
In Santa Cruz County, it’s all hands on deck for the county’s emergency services this weekend. The County’s operation center will…
Continue ReadingPG&E and locals prepare for widespread power outages
With a predicted massive storm on the way, Barbara McGraw is getting prepared for the heavy rains. She is stocking up on food and attending to the…
Continue ReadingTravelers ‘shocked’ to learn guns can be checked in as luggage
“I had no idea. I’m shocked, frankly, that you can check guns,” said Ree Rickard from Lake Placid, New York. After learning about a…
Continue ReadingCastroville sinkhole closes Elkhorn Road
Monterey County public works crews are making emergency repairs to a small sinkhole that is developing on Elkhorn Road near Walker Valley Road in…
Continue ReadingPolica de Salinas busca a sospechosos de robo a mano armada
La Policía de Salinas está buscando a dos personas que asaltaron una gasolinera el jueves en la noche. Sucedió justo despues de…
Continue ReadingPending storm puts ocean rescue crews on alert
It’s an all hands on deck approach on the Monterey Peninsula for the storm this weekend. Monterey Fire is considering staffing an extra engine…
Continue ReadingBolsas de arena para residentes del Condado de San Benito
Residentes del Condado de San Benito pueden prepararse para la tormenta de este fin de semana obteninedo bolsas de arena gratis y suscribiendose a…
Continue ReadingBomberos le instan a residentes que se preparen para gran tormenta de fin de semana
Cal Fire le está advirtiendo a residentes que se preparen para posibles inundaciones en el Condado de Monterey durante la tormenta del fin de…
Continue ReadingSocavn en Castroville provoca cierre de Elkhorn Road
Trabajadores del Departamento de Obras Publicas del Condado de Monterey están haciendo reparaciones de emergencia a un pequeño…
Continue ReadingSanta Cruz residents and emergency responders prepare for weekend storm
From sandbags to heavy machinery, Santa Cruz County is working to coordinate storm response with the City of Santa Cruz and others. Forecasts call…
Continue ReadingCar removed from Ragged Point crash site
UPDATE 1/6/17 10:00 AM: On Thursday, search and rescue crews were able to recover the wreckage of a car that drove off the side of Highway 1 near…
Continue ReadingLooming storm system gets hashtags
The National Weather Service plans on tracking social media reports about the coming storms expected to pound the Central Coast and Northern…
Continue ReadingSandbags offered in San Benito County
San Benito County residents can prepare for this weekend’s storm by picking up free sandbags and signing up for emergency notifications from…
Continue ReadingSPCA: Protect pets during bad weather
While some Central Coast residents are busy filling sandbags and clearing brush from drainage areas, the SPCA for Monterey County is urging everyone…
Continue ReadingCannery Row restaurant closes; owner blames city
Don’t let the open sign fool you. The owner of Cannery Row’s Giant Artichoke is calling it quits, saying he can no longer work with the…
Continue ReadingBookstores find creative ways to attract buyers
In the wake of the e-book revolution, mom and pop bookstores all over the country are turning a new page. They’re seeing a rise in sales,…
Continue ReadingAlcohol ok in California beauty salons and barber shops
California beauty salons and barber shops are now able to offer more than just esthetic services to clients. Now, they can serve beer and wine.…
Continue ReadingPolice investigate armed robbery at a Salinas gas station
Police are searching for two people who robbed a Salinas gas station on Thursday night. It happened just after 10:00 p.m. in the 400 block of North…
Continue ReadingFirefighters urge residents to prepare for weekend storm
Cal Fire is warning residents to prepare for potential flooding in Monterey County during the weekend storm. Brennan Blue, Cal Fire San Benito…
Continue ReadingSospechoso acusado de matar a sus padres en Salinas se declara no culpable
Ellin “Omar” Escamilla se declaró no culpable de dos cargos de asesinato premeditado en una sala de corte en Salinas el jueves.…
Continue ReadingNot guilty plea from double murder suspect
Ellin “Omar” Escamilla pleaded not guilty to two counts of premeditated murder Thursday in a Salinas courtroom. Escamilla is accused of…
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