Month: August 2014

As schools on the Central Coast prepare to start the new academic year, federal standards are on the table once again. “Anything that is going…

Training is nothing new for California National Guard troops at Camp Roberts, but their mission this week is to prepare for the state’s already…

Monterey will soon enforce new rules for people living and camping on the streets around the city. The city council approved the new sit and lie…

Police are investigating a drive by shooting along the 200 block of Prospect Street, near Madison Street Tuesday night. Officers responded to the…

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Planning to run for office in November? Time’s running out to file the paperwork. The Monterey County Office of Elections says Friday at 5 p.m.…

More than 100 incoming eighth-grade students will spend the last days of their summer break immersed in math at the Bruce W. Woolpert Algebra…

The Big Sur Marathon organization is upping the ante for its half marathon. Stakes are being raised for the Half Marathon on Monterey Bay, which…

The Gilroy City Council this week passed a new emergency drought ordinance in order to comply with new state water conservation regulations. The…

Autoridades de Hollister ejecutaron una orden de cateo, el mircoles por la maana, en el apartamento de Jos Barajas, el hombre acusado del asesinato…

The Monterey County Agricultural & Rural Life Museum has received a federal grant to establish a children’s garden program in collaboration…

The man accused of killing three people and injuring four others in a shooting at a Salinas taqueria pleaded not guilty to all charges Tuesday.…

The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County has purchased another 15 acres of Sandhills property in an effort to prevent development that could threaten the…

Officers from the Marina Police Department and the Peninsula Regional Violence and Narcotics Team arrested a 21-year-old man Tuesday during a…

The Monterey Bay Aquarium has been named “the best aquarium in the world” by a major travel website. The 30-year-old aquarium topped the…

A Morgan Hill man was arrested Tuesday morning after officers interrupted a burglary at a Murphy Springs Drive home. Officers responded around 11…

Gonzales Police responded to a shooting Monday night just after 9:00 pm, on the 900 block of Alta Street. Police say a 38 year old man was walking…

A man had his car stolen at knife point while he was washing it at a Freedom Boulevard car wash, Watsonville police said. The man told officers that…

The 7-Eleven store on North Sanborn Road was robbed at gunpoint Monday night around 10 p.m., Salinas police said. The suspect, a Hispanic man in his…

On Tuesday, more than 500 people in Carmel claimed corruption and a lack of transparency at City Hall. City council spent a good portion of its…

Authorities say there is an outstanding arrest warrant for a missing captain who may have abandoned his fishing boat when it got stranded off a…

Four of the cats rescued from a filthy home in Greenfield last week are now available for adoption, according to the SPCA for Monterey County. The…

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies seized more than 200 marijuana plants, 10 pounds of processed marijuana buds and illegal hash oil…

A dachshund from Gilroy took the top spot last weekend in the 19th annual Wienerschnitzel Wiener Nationals’ Bay Area regionals. Wally outran…

Watsonville police officers are investigating a drive-by shooting Tuesday night that sent a 23-year-old man to a Bay Area hospital. Officers were…

Salinas police say that claims made online by an anonymous user purporting to have fatally stabbed a Salinas girl 17 times and dumped her body in…

A Hollister woman who police said may be with her friend’s suspected killer is still missing Tuesday. As the search intensifies, her family is…

A Monterey County native is serving aboard the USS Forrest Sherman, considered to be one of the world’s most versatile multi-mission combat…

The Santa Cruz County Children’s Network and Child Abuse Prevention Committee (CAPC) are providing free training to mandated reporters. The…

According to Scotts Valley Police, a man was cleaning his front windshield at the Quik Stop on Scotts Valley Drive when a car backed into him. The…

More than 16,000 communities in the U.S., Canada and U.S. territories are expected to partake. The event is aimed at preventing crime and promoting…

Some medicinal marijuana shops on the Central Coast may have to start charging customers more to sell their products. It’s something voters in…

Hollister police are continuing to investigate the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Ariana Zendejas over the weekend. Meanwhile, suspect Jose Barajas…

Launch ramps are open to boaters again in the Santa Cruz Harbor following a big clean-up effort this weekend. Volunteers scooped out about 30 tons of…

Hollister fire crews battled a fire Tuesday morning around 3 a.m. Crews says the fire started in a detached garage of an abandoned house on the 1400…

Santa Cruz investigators are headed to Georgia Tuesday morning to meet with authorities in regard to the case involving the alleged high-end call…

A 6-month-old girl who was abducted from Santa Barbara on Sunday night has been found safe, according to the California Highway Patrol. A statewide…

On the same day the federal government announced it will no longer be housing unaccompanied minors from Central America at three military facilities,…

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is asking county prosecutors to file murder charges against a Seaside man suspected in the fatal shooting…

Salinas police are seeking to identify three Hispanic females suspected of using a stolen credit card to purchase several items at the Home Depot…

Tanimura & Antle announced the passing of its co-founder Robert Antle Monday. The agriculture giant that farms over 30,000 acres and ships…

Santa Cruz Police say they’ve arrested six people on prostitution-related charges in the past week. Most of the arrests have occurred on Ocean…

Contina la bsqueda del hombre acusado del asesinato de una joven de Hollister. La polica dice que Jos Barajas esta armado y lo considera un hombre…

Backpacks filled with school supplies were delivered Monday to Monterey County schools as part of the Stuff the Bus program. Volunteers with the…

Troy Caldwell, a Marina resident, has pleaded no contest to failing to register as a sex offender. Caldwell, also known as Troy Lewis, was set for…

The nonprofit Mothers’ Milk Bank is hosting milk drives throughout California and Oregon in connection with the World Alliance for…

The Peninsula Regional Violence and Narcotics Team (PRVNT) arrested four people in Monterey and Seaside last Thursday. Jose Eduardo Ruiz, 20, was…

The Capitola City Council has voted to place an 11 percent visitor services fee – also known as a Transient Occupancy Tax — on the…

Firefighters knocked out a blaze at Tierra Vista apartments on Russell Road Monday afternoon. A closet was reported on fire in a first floor…