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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Uvalde school board votes unanimously to fire police chief Pete Arredondo
By Jason Hanna and Steve Almasy, CNN The Uvalde school board voted unanimously Wednesday evening to immediately terminate the contract of district…
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Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos
By ANDREW DALTON LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury found Wednesday that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million over photos…
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Dublin prison correctional officer accused of sexual misconduct of inmates commits suicide
VALLEJO, Calif. (KION-TV) – A correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institute at Dublin who was under investigation for sexual…
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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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Biden announces student loan relief for borrowers making less than $125,000
By Phil Mattingly, Katie Lobosco and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced historic new steps to address student loan debt,…
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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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California authorities confirm body found in reservoir is missing teen Kiely Rodni
TRUCKEE, Calif. (KION TV) TRUCKEE, Calif. (KION TV) UPDATE August 22, 2022, at 11:21 a.m.- The Placer County Sheriff’s Office said the remains found…
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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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US to send $3 billion in aid to Ukraine as war hits 6 months
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on, U.S. security assistance is…
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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…
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Couple caught in alleged sex act during A’s game
OAKLAND, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Oakland Police Department said it is looking into an incident where a couple was allegedly engaged in a sex act in…
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Data on California prisons’ visitors, staff, inmates exposed
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California corrections officials said Monday that there has been a potential exposure of medical information for…
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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Men arrested for stealing 57 watermelons in California face grand theft fruit charges
MERCED, Calif. (Gray News) – Two men in California were arrested for stealing 57 watermelons from a field Monday evening, according to officials.…
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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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Fire burning near Roy Diaz Street shuts down Highway 101 onramp
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- A fire is burning off Del Torre Street near Highway 101. The fire is causing problems and has shut down the onramp to…
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California sets new low unemployment record in July
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s unemployment rate fell to 3.9% in July, the lowest point since 1976 as…
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The Only Women’s Car Show returns to Car Week
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (KION-TV): After a two-year hiatus, The Prancing Ponies Women’s Car Show returns to Monterey Car Week on Friday. This is…
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SPECIAL REPORT: Program helps minorities learn to surf
The typical surfer is a white male between the ages of 18 and 30, according to Surfrider.org. Surfing becomes expensive when you add up the cost of…
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CSU Monterey Bay to offer abortion pills beginning 2023
SEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV) – To comply with State Bill 24, CSU Monterey Bay will offer abortion pills as soon as January 1, 2023. The bill states that…
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Three arrested for endangering children in Hollister home littered with guns and drugs
HOLLISTER, Calif. (KION-TV)- The San Benito Sheriff’s Office said a property on the 1300 block of Hillcrest Road was searched Tuesday morning,…
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Marina Police warn of mobile jewelry snatching thieves
MARINA, Calif. (KION-TV)- Marina Police said there have been several reported calls for people in a white Jeep Grand Cherokee luring people and…
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Marina City Council approves $4.2 million to remove Fort Ord Barracks
MARINA, Calif. (KION-TV): The Marina City Council approved a $4.2 million contract to remove old Fort Old barracks near Marina High School. On Aug.…
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San Jose fire captain loses three children and ex-wife in Hollister crash
HOLLISTER, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE August 18, 2022, at 2:30 p.m.- A San Jose fire captain suffered an unthinkable tragedy after…
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