Seaside Police arrest two for narcotics
SEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Seaside Police said they arrested two people Tuesday found with narcotics. The first was on the 1400 block of Canyon Del…
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Monterey City Council votes to extend outdoor seating permits until end of 2023
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV): UPDATE ON FEB. 21, 2023 AT 5:10 PM: The Monterey City Council has decided to extended outdoor seating permits until Dec.…
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Salinas and Olympic softball legend Monica Abbott announces her retirement
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- U.S. Olympic Softball pitcher Monica Abbott will be hanging up her cleats as she announced her retirement on Tuesday…
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Capitola Police arrest juvenile for attempted homicide on Wharf Road
CAPITOLA, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE FEB.21, 2023, at 1:36 p.m.- Capitola Police said they have arrested a 17-year-old male juvenile in connection with…
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Federal criminal charges dropped against Monterey Zoo owner
A federal grand jury in Florence South Carolina returned a ten count indictment over wildlife trafficking and money…
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Gearing up for storms in Santa Cruz County
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIF. (KION-TV)- High winds are rushing through the Santa Cruz mountains. Some rain and snow are in the forecast for our…
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Watsonville Police arrests two people on drug and weapons charges
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Watsonville Police arrested 35-year-old Roxanne Ortiz of Watsonville and 42-year-old Jose Vasquez of Watsonville on…
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City of Salinas gets all electric truck fleet
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- City of Salinas is going all in on zero-emission vehicles. City officials announced they have added three electric…
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Application process has opened to fill King City Council District 1 seat
KING CITY, Calif. (KION-TV)- King City Officials announced that they are accepting applications for the District 1 City Council seat on Tuesday…
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DA: Watsonville man arrested for dropping off two socks full of narcotics at Salinas Courthouse
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said a Watsonville man has been arrested for using a California Department…
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Two brothers dead after reported altercation, Sheriff’s Office investigating incident as a murder-suicide
GONZALES, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that two brothers have died after a reported physical altercation took…
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First pedestrian hybrid beacon arrives at Salinas crosswalk
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- The City of Salinas has brought a new crosswalk technology that will hopefully help with pedestrian safety. The…
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Central Coast man recalls driving President Jimmy Carter in 1974
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV)- It’s President’s Day, and today we look back at a former president visiting the Central Coast. Then Georgia Governor…
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Breaking down new Salinas hybrid crosswalk
SALINAS, CALIF. (KION-TV)- A new crosswalk lit up the streets on Sanborn and Buckhorn last Friday. The hybrid pedestrian beacon allows people…
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Sinkhole opens up in Prunedale
PRUNEDALE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Monterey County wants to remind people that sinkholes can appear long after storms have passed. A sinkhole appeared…
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Newborn saved from earthquake in Syria adopted by her aunt
By GHAITH ALSAYED and BASSEM MROUE JINDERIS, Syria (AP) — A baby girl who was born under the rubble of her family’s earthquake-shattered home has…
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“A Lifetime of Love” adoption event being held by SPCA Monterey County
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- Everyone is looking for a bit of love this month and arguably none need it more than animals left abandoned. In an effort…
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Magnitude 6.3 aftershock strikes southern Turkey, killing 6 and injuring hundreds 2 weeks after massive quake killed thousands
By Jonny Hallam, Yusuf Gezer, Isil Sariyuce, Eyad Kourdi, Jomana Karadsheh, Celine Alkhaldi and Kareem Khadder, CNN At least six people have died and…
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Aptos community cleans up Seacliff State Beach ahead of pier demolition
APTOS, Calif. (KION-TV) — The weekend beach cleanup in Aptos had a different vibe compared to others as State Parks prepares to demolish the pier at…
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Structure fire engulfs home in Mission Fields neighborhood
CARMEL, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Saturday night, a house fire on Willow Place did enough damage to displace two adult residents according to The Cypress…
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Seaside Police identifies man who allegedly followed a high school student, will not be charged with any crimes
Seaside Police said they need the community’s help identifying a man who allegedly tried to follow and harass a student near Seaside High School on…
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Ant-Man opens big at box office with $104M for ‘Quantumania’
NEW YORK (AP) — Phase five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe may have gotten off to a rocky start, but Ant-Man is bigger than ever at the box…
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California AG’s wife recuses herself from state DOJ budget
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s wife has recused herself from matters related to the state Department of…
Continue ReadingKim’s sister makes ‘shooting range’ threat as North Korea tests more missiles
By Yoonjung Seo, Junko Ogura and Emma Tucker, CNN North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula…
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins longest Daytona 500 in history
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Daytona 500 in double overtime and under caution Sunday night in the longest running of…
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Richard Belzer, stand-up comic and TV detective, dies at 78
NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV’s most indelible detectives as John Munch in “Homicide: Life…
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Detectives treating Los Angeles bishop’s death as homicide
By STEFANIE DAZIO and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Catholic bishop in Southern California was shot and killed Saturday…
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Some Starbucks vanilla drinks are recalled, might have glass in them
By Jay Croft, CNN Distributor PepsiCo is recalling more than 300,000 Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino bottles because they might have glass in them, the…
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Teen robbery suspect arrested in Morgan Hill, firearm and narcotics found
MORGAN HILL, Calif. (KION-TV)- Morgan Hill Police said a 16-year-old was arrested Thursday for a robbery that was reported at a Target located at…
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Lockdown lifted at Laurel Wood Elementary after police received reports of suspicious person
Worried parents were able to let out a sigh of relief after Salinas Police searched the Laurel Wood Elementary campus for a suspicious individual but…
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California to review cases for possible wrongful convictions
California’s justice department will soon begin reviewing criminal cases for possible wrongful convictions, searching for “evidence of significant…
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Six card skimmers found at two bank locations in Morgan Hill
Morgan Hill, Calif. (KION-TV)- Morgan Hill Police said they arrived at the Bank of America located at 200 Cochrane Plaza to investigate two credit…
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Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital seeks partnership or sale to keep only San Benito County hospital open
HOLLISTER, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Update Feb. 16, 2023, at 4:13 p.m.-Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital is going through a financial crisis and the only way…
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Several State Park trails open after repairs made for storm damages
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- Nature lovers rejoice as serval Santa Cruz County trails reopened Friday. According to Friends of Santa Cruz…
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Six dead after shootings in Tate County, one in custody: sheriff
TATE COUNTY, Miss. – Six people are dead after a series of shootings around Coldwater, Miss., near Arkabutla Lake, on Friday. Tate County…
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Overnight lane closure extended at Crazy Horse Canyon Road for emergency culvert repairs
PRUNEDALE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Update Feb. 17, 2023, at 11:43 a.m.- Caltrans announced Friday that emergency overnight culvert repairs would be…
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FEMA shares details on how they fix privately owned access roads and bridges
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV)- With communities still recovering from the winter storms, The Federal Emergency Management Agency, (FEMA) shared on…
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City of Santa Cruz to host San Lorenzo Park redesign meeting
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- The City of Santa Cruz will be having a community meeting on the San Lorenzo Park redesign. The meeting will take place…
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Southern Monterey County Foundation donates more than $23,000 for South County nonprofits
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- A total of $23,815 was granted to 14 organizations in King City and points south by the Southern Monterey County…
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Santa Cruz man dies in crash after going down 100-foot embankment near Davenport
The CHP is investigating a deadly crash near Davenport that has left at least one person…
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Egg prices impact small businesses on the Central Coast
SEASIDE, Calif. (KMUV-TV): Inflation continues to make prices soar, and the United States Department of Labor reports that food prices have risen…
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Cock fighting ring busted in Watsonville, emaciated dogs and assault rifles also seized
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said they served a warrant off Ranport Road Thursday morning. Santa Cruz County…
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Deputies recover $150K of stolen equipment in Santa Cruz County
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Santa Cruz Auto Theft Reduction Enforcement Taskforce served a warrant Wednesday on the 30000 block of…
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Bruce Willis’ family says actor has been diagnosed with dementia
CNN — The family of Bruce Willis has announced the actor is suffering from a form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia, or FTD for short.…
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Biden says objects shot down over North America last week appear to not be part of China’s spy balloon operation
Originally Published: 16 FEB 23 13:06 ETUpdated: 16 FEB 23 14:24 ETBy Sam Fossum and Maegan Vazquez, CNN (CNN) — President…
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Tesla recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles equipped with ‘Full Self-Driving’
Originally Published: 16 FEB 23 13:15 ETUpdated: 16 FEB 23 14:15 ETBy Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Tesla is…
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Man in ‘Cookie Monster’ suit seen on Santa Cruz Wharf, police say not to engage
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- Santa Cruz Police are telling people not to engage with a man seen around Santa Cruz dressed as an iconic Sesame Street…
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Household debt hit record $16.9 trillion last quarter, as consumers loaded up their credit cards
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Americans continued to add to their debt at the end of last year — and grew their credit card balances at record rates,…
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King City Councilwoman Darlene Acosta has passed away
KING CITY, Calif., (KION-TV): UPDATE ON FEB. 15, 2023 AT 3:54 PM: King City officials announced that District 1 Councilmember Darlene Acosta has…
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Monterey Police looking for suspect wanted for groping two women
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV)- Monterey Police said they have received video of a man wanted for harassing two women back in January. Police said back…
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