Hiker rescued after being injured in Pinnacles National Park
SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION-TV) – A hiker is safe and sound after being helped to safety by CAL FIRE crews in Soledad. According to the city of Soledad,…
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Hops and Fog Brewing Company suffers minor damage in fire
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) – A popular spot in Pacific Grove is temporarily closed after an early morning fire on Friday. According to the…
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Marina is now Blue Zone Project Community certified
MARINA, Calif. (KION-TV) – The City of Marina has earned a Blue Zone Community designation for making a community that thrives on healthy and…
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Carmel-by-the-Sea boutique owner pays settlement for selling new furs
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (KION-TV) – The Monterey County District Attorney announced the settlement of a case against the owner of Augustina’s…
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Santa Cruz Metro encourages locals to walk, ride, or take bus during a ‘Week Without Driving’
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) – Santa Cruz County is inviting people to step out of their cars during their inaugural “Week Without Driving.”…
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Monterey Bay FC president steps down
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV) – Monterey Bay FC president Mike DiGiulio has stepped down from his role, according to a statement released by the club.…
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Community meeting takes on prostitution in Salinas in pilot area
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – A community meeting on Thursday night focused on the need for strategies to combat prostitution and human trafficking in…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from FBI Director Kash Patel’s Senate hearing
CNN By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday ran into several shouting matches with…
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EPA delivers Moss Landing battery fire research numbers to Monterey County
MOSS LANDING, Calif. (KION-TV) – Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) here in Salinas gave an update on clean-up…
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Santa Cruz County inches closer to nitrous oxide sales ban
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) – The first reading of an ordinance that would ban the sale of nitrous oxide for recreational use in the county.…
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Police seek man who robbed Gilroy bank at gunpoint
GILROY, Calif. (KION-TV) – Gilroy police are searching for a man who robbed a bank at gunpoint on Friday. Gilroy Police Department officers were…
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Sacramento County could regulate rooster ownership in effort to protect animals
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, California (KOVR) — Protecting animals from abuse is the goal of new rules being proposed next week in Sacramento County that…
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Parking permit programs in focus at upcoming town halls in Monterey
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV) – Three upcoming town hall events will put residential and employee parking permit programs in Monterey in focus for…
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Greenfield Library to close temporarily for repairs, partial closures possible
GREENFIELD, Calif. (KION-TV) – Bookworms and library guest be aware: the Greenfield Branch Library will be temporarily closed starting Monday, Sept.…
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City of Gonzales moves forward with afforable housing community plan
GONZALES, Calif. (KION-TV) – The City of Gonzales is moving forward with a plan that would create nearly 3,500 housing units in the city. Council…
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Scotts Valley Vice Mayor resigns during city council meeting
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (KION-TV) – The city of Scotts Valley will be saying goodbye to its vice mayor this week. At the city council meeting last…
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Salt/14-2 Fire at 25,580 acres, 100% contained as evacuation warnings have been lifted
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that all evacuation warnings previously issued for Zone…
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Santa Cruz RTC exploring borrowing money for projects
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (KION-TV) – The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) may be changing the scope of the coastal rail trail…
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Santa Cruz County hatchery receives funds from local cannabis tax ahead of salmon season
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — A nearly $4 million state cannabis tax grant is funding something you might not expect: salmon conservation. “Our…
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Salinas Planning Comission rejects appeal of Northridge Mall on Dave & Buster’s safety concerns
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – The Salinas Planning Commission has rejected the appeal from Steerpoint Capital and Cox, Castle, and Nicholson over Dave…
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Woman arrested in connection to the death of a man injected with fentanyl
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – A woman was arrested in connection with the death of a man found to have been injected with a fentanyl overdose.…
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Video of Santa Barbara Healthcare Workers Sparks Disgust and Concern with Locals
By Alissa Orozco SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – A video allegedly filmed at a Sansum Clinic location in Santa Barbara sparked disgust and concern…
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CAL FIRE staying ahead of wildfires in latest string of lightning fire events
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) – Thunderstorms swept through the Bay Area and the Central Valley overnight Tuesday, lighting up the sky and…
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City of Watsonville releases new statement on Fire in the Sky RC plane incident
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) – The City of Watsonville has released a new statement in response to the Fire in the Sky Open House incident after two…
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Evacuation orders lifted in Parkfield Tesla battery fire at California Solar Flats
PARKFIELD, Calif. (KION) – Evacuation orders have now been lifted in the Parkfield Tesla battery fire, according to Monterey County Sheriff’s Office…
Continue ReadingMonterey tasked with balancing $10 million budget shortfall
The city of Monterey is brainstorming ideas on where to find $10 million. That’s the budget hole the city is currently sitting in.They held a…
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Monterey COE Superintendent Dr. Guss not seeking re-election
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) – The Monterey County Office of Education announced that the superintendent of schools will not be seeking…
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Monterey County Ag Commission gives warning over spotted lanternfly
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) – Staff at the Monterey County Ag Commission is working to keep an invasive species out by turning to the community…
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Outage leaves customers without power near Felton
FELTON, Calif. (KION) – Customers in and around Felton are without power as of this afternoon. According to the PG&E outage map, the outage was…
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Hollister City Manager stepping down in September
HOLLISTER, Calif. (KION) – The city of Hollister announced on Monday that its manager, David Mirrione, will be stepping down on September 21st, 2025.…
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PG&E’s Elkhorn Battery Storage Facility Staying Offline until 2026
PG&E’s Elkhorn Battery Energy Storage System has been offline since January’s fire at the neighboring Vistra Battery Storage facility in Moss…
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Mosque thief caught in Seaside
SEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Seaside police have arrested a man who has stolen from mosques around the Bay Area, and here on the central coast. Police…
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Central Coast Reacts to Governor Newsom’s move in the national partisan redistricting battle
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) – Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday, triggering a special election this November, in which California…
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Pacific Grove approves memorial bench honoring Asilomar plane crash victims
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…
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Sea lions return to San Carlos Beach temporarily closing public access
MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV) – San Carlos Beach is temporarily closing public access as the sea lions return once more. The City of Monterey Parks and…
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California Democrats approve Newsom’s redistricting plan after Texas House passes GOP-drawn maps
By Arit John, Eric Bradner, Arlette Saenz, Ethan Cohen, CNN (CNN) — California Democrats passed a trio of redistricting bills Thursday, a day…
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Pacific Grove Posing Pay Raise Question to Voters
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…
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Organizers confirm Artichoke Festival will return to Castroville for two events in 2026
CASTROVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) — North County Parks and Recreation staff confirm to KION the Artichoke Festival will return as not one, but two…
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Salinas cancels vote to grant $100,000 to Compass Church for fireworks show
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – A hot topic was debated Tuesday night inside the Salinas City Council chambers. The city was considering donating…
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Central Coast Poker Rally rallies in Marina at the Brass Tap
MARINA, Calif. (KION-TV) – Car Week is revving up here on the Central Coast, bringing with it some new events for car owners and enthusiasts to…
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Salinas Police Warn of Local Scooter Scam
The Salinas Police Department is warning the community about an investor scam that has impacted dozens of locals. Police say that a fake company…
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Monterey Begins Search for New City Manager
Monterey city manager Hans Uslar is set to retire on December 30th, the city taking its first steps to find his replacement on Tuesday night. The…
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Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office Disposes of Improvised Explosives
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office announced the disposal of more than a hundred improvised explosives and homemade fireworks. The investigation…
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Supervisor Luis Alejo submits for a future Alisal Arch project
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – A new arch is set to be requested by Monterey County Supervisor Luis Alejo for the East Salinas neighborhood of Alisal.…
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Santa Cruz Race the Wave brings tsunami awareness to the pavement
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) – The first-ever Race the Wave run/walk is ready to bring awareness of tsunami safety to the City of Santa Cruz on Sept.…
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Scotts Valley Introduces New Fire Marshal
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The city of Scotts Valley introduced its new Fire Marshal on Wednesday. Deputy fire marshal and former firefighter…
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Point Sur celebrating its history with open house & tours
POINT SUR, Calif. (KION-TV) – California State Parks is celebrating the first Lighting of the Point Sur Lighthouse with an open house on Sunday,…
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Teen originally reported missing in Salinas found safe
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – UPDATE 8/1/25 Teen originally reported missing in Salinas found safe. Salinas Police confirm he has been located. No…
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Monterey County Sheriff’s Office arrests Salinas man accused of drugging and sexually assaulting victims while running illegal massage business
An alleged predator is off the streets in Salinas.The Sheriff’s Department arrested 58 year-old Anastacio Ramos Rubio today. He’s accused of…
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Murray Street Bridge pile driving schedule announced
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) – As the City of Santa Cruz continues work on their Murray Street Bridge project, a pile driving schedule has been…
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