Month: May 2014

Santa Cruz County law enforcement agencies have launched a new bilingual website for their BASTA program, a county-wide initiative aimed at gang…

Monterey County officers on Friday recovered a car stolen from Santa Cruz in March and arrested the driver on vehicle theft charges. The incident…

El jueves por la noche en Salinas un polica encubierto observo a Guadalupe Ramrez conduciendo un auto por la calle North Main y Alvin Dr. Dicen que…

Marina police officers arrested a man last night on suspicion of stealing tires from parked cars. Officers were dispatched around 8 p.m. to the…

An undercover officer in Salinas spotted a wanted man driving on North Main Street in Salinas Thursday evening. The officer recognized Guadalupe…

La comisin de Fresa de California otorg cientos de becas estudiantiles, el jueves en la noche, a los hijos de trabajadores agrcolas. Alejandra Huerta…

A man prosecutors say has a history of exposing himself to people in public places has been sentenced to three years in prison. Ken Imel, 56, was…

Save Our Shores is seeking trained volunteers to work as Sanctuary Stewards docents. Training will be held on May 15 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the…

3 state d-m-v leaders are still trying to develop regulations regarding the new law that will allow illegal immigrants to apply for a california…

California has proposed rules for what documents immigrants in the country illegally will need to present to get a driver’s license. The…

A judge is requiring a billionaire technology mogul to testify at a trial underway over public access to a popular Northern California beach. Sun…

The city of Monterey will play host to the Amgen Tour of California when it comes through the area next week. Cyclists will gather on Alvarado Street…

Farm workers protested Thursday in Watsonville, leaving work to demand higher wages. The workers say they’re upset because they are in the…

Humane officers with the SPCA for Monterey County say they rescued 20 cats and dogs from deplorable conditions at a Pacific Grove home Wednesday. The…

Santa Cruz resident Carol Rich has a backyard that is well-kept. Instead of grass, she has neat mulch and stone islands with interesting sculptures,…

Monterey city officials remind residents that the Amgen Tour of California will be coming into town on May 14, prompting a number of road closures…

The Central Coast continues to be in the grip of a serious drought. Now that rainy season is over, water is more precious than ever. Farmers have…

Clean up was underway Thursday in one Santa Cruz neighborhood after a Monterey cypress tree came crashing down on a home Wednesday night near the…

It was early in the morning on May 1 when Kelly Potter of Pacific Grove woke up to an alarming phone message. “My name is Lieutenant Gore, I am…

The Monterey County Bomb Squad responded to a house in New Monterey Thursday night on reports of a suspicious envelope being delivered to the…

Santa Cruz firefighters responded to Dolores Street in the Seabright neighborhood Wednesday evening after a large tree crashed onto two houses.…

Scotts Valley police have released a sketch of the man they said harassed a minor on May 1. Investigators said at 6:30 p.m., a 16-year-old girl was…

It’s been seven years since the last time the State Board of Equalization measured its efforts in this area, but judging from the report, a…

First-grade students in King City will be able to get free swimming lessons this summer thanks to a grant from Chevron. The company awarded the King…

A battalion chief for California’s firefighting agency who is being sought in a murder investigation has now been fired from his post.…

Cientos de trabajadores, molestos con lo que ganan, dejaron los campos para manifestar su frustraciones afuera de la empresa agrcola Dole Berry en…

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Deandre Johnson Walters y Saraia Johnson ambos de Fairfield fueron arrestados el jueves por la maana en el Motel 6 en Monterey. Esto despus que una…

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies say they arrested a woman Wednesday in connection with a December burglary and car crash. Deputies…

A Santa Cruz motorcycle shop has been cited for operating without a proper license. Members of the Santa Cruz Auto-Theft Reduction Enforcement and…

The National Transportation Safety Board has scheduled a hearing to determine the likely cause of the 2013 Asiana plane crash at San Francisco…

Lawmakers in the Assembly have approved a bill that updates birth certificates to reflect the status of same-sex parents. AB1951 passed Thursday on a…

En estos momentos se est llevando a cabo una manifestacin en Watsonville afuera de la empresa agrcola Dole. Segn fuentes, los trabajadores estn…

Oficiales del SPCA para el Condado de Monterey rescata 18 perros, cachorros y dos gatos de una casa en Pacific Grove. Las condiciones dentro de la…

3 the controversial issue of offshore fracking may soon be decided by santa barbara county voters. the grassroots group “santa barbara county…

A stabbing near or on school grounds opens the door for a lot of questions. “It appears that, it was a case of self defense,” said Henry…

A 34-year-old Salinas man is accused of knowingly allowing prostitution to go on at two motels on Main Street. According to Police Commander Henry…

Jess “Jesse” Ventura Vsquez de 10 aos de edad fue atropellado el 12 de marzo en Watsonville. Segn la polica, el menor iba caminando por…

Don’t drink the water! That’s the warning for San Juan Bautista residents early this week. Notices went out warning of high levels of…

What if you could create water out of, well, thin air? That’s the question posed by the scientists behind the EcoloBlue EB-1000 Atmospheric…

San Benito County becomes the first county in California to put a measure on a ballot to ban fracking. County supervisors gave the ballot issue the…

A 10-year-old Watsonville boy who was struck by a car about two months ago is in a coma, his mother told Central Coast News reporter Michelle Pulido.…

The 25-year-old man who arrested then cleared in the 2008 shooting dead of a Soledad man has now been convicted in that man’s death and…

On Wednesday, Pacific Grove city council members said they’re directing staff to come up with a plan to ban plastic bags. They will look at…

Salinas police responded to a pedestrian accident Wednesday morning involving a 51-year-old woman crossing the street. Cmdr. Dave Crabill says a…

A Seaside man who broke into a Monterey spa and tried to sexually assault a woman inside is headed to state prison for eight years. Jorge Mauricio…

Driving on the streets of Salinas is like driving through canyons of pot holes. Patch work is being done but that’s it. When’s the last…

A Soledad man who authorities believe shot and killed two men because they dropped out of his gang has pleaded no contest to two counts of voluntary…

Two Southern California men who submitted hundreds of phony U.S. asylum applications for Chinese citizens have been sentenced to federal prison. The…

NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and The Whale Trail announced new coastal sites in California where the public can view orcas and…