2 Monterey County schools celebrate 100th day of class
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KTVU-TV)- Students from Tularictos Elementary School and Foothill Elementary School showed up to celebrate the 100th day of…
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Man arrested on drug charges in Sand City found with stolen credit, ID cards
Sand City Police arrested a man on drug and theft charges after he was found with stolen charge cards other types of ID…
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Santa Cruz County Cafe donating Feb. proceeds to sergeant memorial
The Red Apple is donating a portion of its proceeds for the month of February to the memorial fund for a Santa Cruz County sergeant who died in the…
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Mid Coast Fire: Two day old permitted burn ignited Colorado Fire in Big Sur
A two day old permitted pile burn that got out of control is what the Mid Coast Fire Brigade says ignited the Colorado Fire Friday night in Big…
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US officials: Indications Russia has moved blood supplies to Ukraine border
By Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Matthew Chance, CNN The US has seen indications that Russia has positioned supplies of blood near…
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Soledad man sentenced for fourth DUI convcition
A man convicted of a DUI that occurred in March of 2018 was sentenced to two years in state prison Thursday, according to the Monterey District…
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Apple Music trolls Spotify by calling itself ‘the home of Neil Young’
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Just a day after Spotify agreed to remove Neil Young’s music from its service, Apple Music trolled its…
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January 6 committee subpoenas individuals tied to fake elector push
By Ryan Nobles, Marshall Cohen, Zachary Cohen and Annie Grayer, CNN The January 6 Select Committee has issued subpoenas for 14 Republicans from seven…
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Brave Watsonville mother fights off burglar
A man accused of breaking into a family home got caught off-guard by a tough mom who stopped the crime in…
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Financial support for minority-owned businesses during the pandemic
Like the Flying Artichoke, there are scores of businesses across the country facing a very similar struggle since the pandemic…
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Highway 1 reopens after Colorado Fire evacuations are lifted in Big Sur
The roadblocks are gone, people are returning home and tourists were stopping by to see the damage from the Colorado Fire for themselves.
Although…
Monarch butterflies take over the Monterey Peninsula
Historically, Califonia is seeing tens of millions of monarch butterflies, but scientists feared they would go extinct after numbers dwindled last…
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Gas stoves are a threat to health and have larger climate impact than previously known, study shows
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The gas emitted from household stoves and ovens is not only dangerous to public health but also has a much more significant…
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Covid-19 vaccine authorization for younger children delayed as FDA seeks more data
By Jen Christensen, Brenda Goodman and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Parents will have to keep waiting to find out when their youngest children can get a…
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Second suspect arrested in Santa Cruz County pursuit and shooting investigation
CHP Santa Cruz said they have arrested a woman who was the allged driver involved in a shooting and pursuit with CHP officers on Tuesday morning.…
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Santa Clara County Deputies arrest two for fentanyl, stolen property and gun
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif.- The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office arrested two men on Thursday on various charges. Donald Wade Higgins, 40, and…
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Felon arrested in Hollister, gun found in vehicle
HOLLISTER, Calif. (KION-TV) – The Hollister Police Department made a traffic stop this morning and arrested a man for speeding on Felipe Rd. at…
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COVID-19 testing sites still in high demand in Monterey County
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) This week Monterey County hit a new all-time high case rate for the pandemic and it comes nearly two years after the…
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San Jose suspect gets hit by truck on Highway 85 after allegedly stabbing three victims
SAN JOSE (KPIX/KION) — Suspect in San Jose stabbing was hit by a truck and killed on Highway 85. Three victims were hospitalized after the incident…
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Seaside reopens Cold Case involving murder of 5-year-old
Seaside Police is partnering with the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office to look into a cold case from the 1980’s where a 5-year-old girl was…
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California State University prepares to drop SATs and ACTs
If trustees vote in favor of permanently eliminating the exams, CSU would join the University of California in having a “test blind” admission…
Continue Reading Royal Oaks man sentenced to 23 years for child molestation
The Monterey County District Attorney said a man was sentenced to 23 years in prison for a child molestation case from August of…
Continue ReadingUnknown space object beaming out radio signals every 18 minutes remains a mystery
By Ashley Strickland, CNN While mapping radio waves across the universe, astronomers happened upon a celestial object releasing giant bursts of…
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This Silicon Valley city just voted to institute first-in-the-nation gun ownership requirements
By Cheri Mossburg and Amir Vera, CNN The San Jose, California, city council voted Tuesday night to adopt a first-in-the-nation ordinance requiring…
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Cause of the Colorado Fire determined, how to prepare for disasters year round
The Central Coast is no stranger to wildfires, but to see one in January outside the typical wildfire season is unusual and it’s raising the…
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Big Sur residents stuck inside Highway 1 closure
The Colorado Fire hasn’t grown in size since Sunday, but Highway 1 is still closed to all non-essential travel. That also applies to those who live…
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Boston Red Sox hero David Ortiz elected to the baseball Hall of Fame
By Steve Almasy (CNN) — Former Red Sox star David Ortiz, Boston’s beloved “Big Papi” and big-game clutch hitter, was elected Tuesday to the National…
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Salinas Police “Operation Blue Angel” results in large drug bust
Salinas Police announced a large-scale operation has resulted in the confiscation of $350,000 worth of drugs, including thousands of fentanyl pills…
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Exclusive: Federal prosecutors looking at 2020 fake elector certifications, deputy attorney general tells CNN
By Evan Perez and Tierney Sneed, CNN Federal prosecutors are reviewing fake Electoral College certifications that declared former President Donald…
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Biden administration to withdraw Covid-19 vaccination and testing regulation aimed at large businesses
By Liz Stark The Biden administration is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccination and testing regulation aimed at large businesses, following the Supreme…
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White House says Russian invasion of Ukraine remains ‘imminent’
By Kevin Liptak, CNN The White House says a Russian invasion of Ukraine is “imminent,” even as diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis…
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Electric grid is ‘attractive target’ for domestic violent extremists in US, intel brief says
By Geneva Sands, CNN Domestic violent extremists will “likely continue” to plot and encourage physical attacks against electrical…
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Jussie Smollett is set to be sentenced March 10 for lying to police in hate crime hoax
By Omar Jimenez, CNN Jussie Smollett, the former “Empire” actor who was convicted last month of lying to police that he was a victim of a…
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Suspected drunk driver arrested in Santa Cruz after hitting a retaining wall
SANTA CRUZ Calif. (KION) A drunk driving suspect struck a retaining wall while driving from Salinas to San Jose, according to Santa Cruz Police.…
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Crews use ocean water to help fight Colorado Fire along the Big Sur coast
It’s now into day four of the Colorado Fire — and fire crews are using Big Sur’s natural resources to help in the firefight.…
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Police serves five search warrants in Salinas and Prunedale
Salinas Police served five search warrants in the past four days in an investigation they are calling Operation Blue Angel.…
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Mechanic shop workers in Salinas claim they’re being harassed by ‘thugs’ to move out
Mechanics who have their auto shops along Chinatown said they were given verbal notice to vacate the building on Bridge Street by January 31.…
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LA Rams trying to ban 49ers fans in Northern California from NFC Championship
With the winner punching a trip to the Super Bowl, the Rams are pulling out all the stops to make sure the fan base at SoFi Stadium are majority Rams…
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Graduation rates dip across US as pandemic stalls progress
An analysis shows high school graduation rates dipped in at least 20 states after the first full school year disrupted by the…
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Boil water notice for Colorado Fire evacuation area
The Monterey County Health Department has issued a boil water notice for those living in the Colorado Fire evacuation area.…
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NCAA’s ‘sport-by-sport approach to transgender participation’ stirs debate
(CNN) — A new NCAA policy allowing the national governing body for each sport to determine the eligibility of transgender athletes has come under…
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700 to 800 Hartnell College students missing proof of full vaccination status
The Hartnell College deadline for students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 has come and gone and now the college is dealing with 700 to 800…
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Castroville shooting on Wood Street leaves one person injured
A man shot in Castroville is expected to survive as Monterey County Sheriff deputies continue investigating an early morning…
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Federal inspectors investigating ‘numerous complaints’ about labs and testing sites associated with Center for Covid Control
By Liz Stark, CNN The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is investigating “numerous complaints” about labs and testing sites…
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FBI: Brian Laundrie claimed responsibility for Gabby Petito’s death
Before taking his own life, Brian Laundrie wrote in a notebook he was responsible for Gabby Petito’s death, according to the…
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Kate McKinnon is purr-fect as Carole Baskin in ‘Joe vs Carole’ first look
By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN The first look at Peacock’s Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin limited series can only be described with one word: paw-some.…
Continue ReadingNew study finds worker absences tripled because of Omicron
The percentage of the adult population not working because of Covid-related reasons tripled between December and January, according to Goldman…
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Close-up images of Gianna and Kobe Bryant’s remains were ‘shown off in bars and at an awards gala,’ widow’s lawyers say in court filing
By Stella Chan, CNN Weeks before her lawsuit is set to go to trial, lawyers for Vanessa Bryant allege photos of the crash that killed her husband,…
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Louie Anderson, comic and ‘Baskets’ star, dead at 68
By Lisa Respers France, CNN Louie Anderson, an Emmy winner whose career spanned from stand-up and game show host to starring roles in TV and film,…
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Kyle Rittenhouse wants the gun he used in the Kenosha shootings back so he can destroy it, court document shows
By Aya Elamroussi and Joe Sutton, CNN Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted of killing of two people and shooting another in 2020 during unrest in…
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