Month: July 2014

The Coastal Watershed Council is seeking volunteers to take part in a usership survey at the San Lorenzo Riverwalk in Santa Cruz and there’s an…

Brown is the new green. At least when it comes to lawns. It’s part of a new water conservation campaign in the Bay Area aimed at encouraging…

Former Secretary of Defense and Central Coast native Leon Panetta is being named “Humanitarian of the Year” by the American Red Cross…

Soon you may be footing the bill to pay for a safer Salinas. We’ve told you a lot about the city’s proposed one-cent sales tax, set to go…

The Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon-cutting for the newest full-service waxing center in town. Mary Tran, James Nguyen and…

Monterey Police are asking the public for help finding the driver behind a hit-and-run crash Friday. The crash happened around 7:30 p.m. near Del…

Santa Cruz police are handing out tickets, but these are the sticky, sweet and frozen kind. Officers are teaming up with local 7-Eleven Stores for…

A ton of illegal fireworks is just sitting in Salinas, and the fire department said the state doesn’t have the money to destroy them. A…

Seaside police have identified the body found buried in a shallow grave at Laguna Grande Park last week as that of Michael Paul Verga. The…

The California Highway Patrol is offering driver safety classes for senior citizens and teenage drivers. The Age Well, Drive Smart program helps…

The Monterey County Homeless Veterans “Stand Down” is scheduled for next weekend, Aug. 1- 3, at Fort Ord. The event is aimed at providing…

California prosecutors have reached a $750,000 settlement with three nutritional supplement companies. The Santa Cruz County District…

Por lo general la reforma migratoria siempre ha sido una intensa batalla poltica, pero eso no se exhibi durante pasado fin de semana en Watsonville,…

Prosecutors in Northern California have filed involuntary manslaughter charges against a man suspected of starting a wildfire that left one person…

Save Our Shores’ second North Coast Cleanup Day resulted in 694 pounds of trash and debris collected from five beaches. Volunteers on Saturday…

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office will not file criminal charges against a Los Gatos man who accidentally left his infant son…

Sunday marked the final day of the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Even though the event started off with a little rain that didn’t put a damper on…

The Watsonville community said it’s putting politics aside and coming to the aid of thousands of undocumented children crossing the border…

Police have responded to a shooting on 1000 block of Atlantic Street Saturday night. Police tape is up and police investigative markers are in the…

Aspire Health Plan is now open for business in their new office in Ryan Ranch, according to the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce. Aspire provides…

Hollister police have taken Francisco Cardenas into custody on Saturday. He was wanted in the murder of Daniel Cadenas on July 14. Police served a…

Those who take the time for whale watching this summer in the Monterey Bay are not being disappointed. News Channel Five obtained this video from…

A popular Central Coast beach is back open after thousands of sardines and a paste-like substance shut it down. On Saturday, NewsChannel 5 went to…

The faith-based community on the Central Coast is asking for help to aid tens of thousands of undocumented immigrant children and their families…

Batteries+Bulbs has opened on North Davis. The Salinas Valley Chamber recently helped celebrate the store’s opening with a ribbon cutting…

Families getting ready to send their kids back to school take advantage of a low-cost immunization clinic. On Friday, kids and adults got the TDAP…

The cost to enter one of the Central Coast’s biggest attractions will soon double. We’re talking about Pinnacles, America’s newest…

Santa Cruz Police officers are well underway teaching teens what it takes to be a police officer, firefighter, 9-1-1 dispatcher and emergency…

There continues to be a question of the level of pesticides in air quality in the Salinas Valley and what if any health risk they pose. But you may…

Se llaman los sembradores del futuro y el viernes en la maana 17 campesinos personalmente entregaron una carta dirigida al congresista de la costa…

La crisis humanitaria en la frontera sigue dando mucho de qu hablar nacionalmente ya que miles de menores de edad, muchos sin sus padres, siguen…

The theater at Hartnell College has just received a two-year, $90,000 grant. The grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation will support The…

Randy Straka, a videographer for Princess Monterey Whale Watching, shot some great footage of humpback whales in the Monterey Bay this past week.…

The Santa Cruz Police PRIDE Program and BASTA have received a $25,000 donation. The donation comes from Randy and Janet Krassow, owners of Santa Cruz…

Thanks to a nonprofit group, Weatherag, and the help of different community members, a new downtown weather center has been added to the Hollister…

A 20-year-old Carmel Valley man is accused of statutory rape, Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies responded Tuesday to a report…

Undercover agents bust several local markets, for selling alcohol to minors. Now some of those stores are taking steps to fix the problem. Local…

Salinas Police officers are on scene of reports that someone shot into the cemetery as a funeral and burial were going on Thursday. The shots fired…

Seventy neglected pets were rescued from a house in Greenfield Wednesday, the SPCA for Monterey County said. SPCA Humane Officers responded to a…

Carmel police closed the criminal investigation into Carmel City Information Systems and Network Manager Steve McInchak. Police were investigating…

An estimated 2,700 customers in Soledad were without power Thursday after losing electricity around 6:25 p.m. due to a downed power line. As of 10:30…

The Highway 1 off-ramps in both directions at Bay Avenue and Porter Street will be closed between 8:00 am and 12:00 noon this Sunday, July 27 for the…

Cal Fire crews contained three small fires burning in Boulder Creek Thursday evening where the Big Basin Highway connects with Highway 9. Crews…

Policas de Salinas tuvieron que ir a investigar reportes de una balacera en el cementerio Garden of Memories por la calle Abbott. El jueves en la…

An interim director has been appointed to help guide the work of a council that advises California agencies on mental health treatment for residents…

California’s attorney general says it’s too soon to say if the state will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the state’s…

A state appeals court has upheld a proposed route for California’s bullet train project connecting the San Francisco Bay Area to the Central…

Oficiales del SPCA para el condado de Monterey rescataron 70 animales, mal nutridos, sucios e infestados de pulgas fueron rescatados de una…

The Gateway Center of Monterey County collected 9,600 pairs of shoes through a recent fundraiser. The shoes were sent to impoverished people in the…

Organizers of the Big Sur Marathon say they’re making a few changes to the relay portion of the run in 2015. The marathon relay is a popular…