Month: September 2014

The Monterey Jazz Festival is set to open Friday, and this year there are some new additions. For instance, the addition of grass. In a time when…

A University of California task force on sexual abuse has recommended a system-wide plan to improve investigations and support for victims, as well…

A big rig carrying 40,000 pounds of large paper rolls overturned on the Highway 101 on-ramp from northbound State Route 25 Thursday morning.…

Trying to protect taxpayers by preventing lawsuits. It’s the next step in the fight to ban a controversial oil drilling process in San Benito…

California America Water has been awarded a $1 million state grant for its desalination test well project. The grant will help pay for the…

Alguaciles del condado de Santa Cruz dicen que un hombre se expuso a dos mujeres en el rea del estanque Moran Lagoon cerca de Live oak. El primer…

Two King City men have been found guilty of murder in the gang-related shooting deaths of two people in San Ardo. Jurors convicted 21-year-old Juan…

El mircoles en la tarde en San Ardo un tren de Amtrack se estrell contra un camin que cargaba una gran cantidad de papas. Una persona que viajaba en…

Un hombre contina recuperndose tras ser golpeado hasta quedar inconsciente. Alguaciles del condado de Monterey respondieron a la pelea por la…

The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash in Big Sur that was reported Tuesday afternoon. The Monterey Communications Center…

Este domingo, 21 de septiembre, podrn asistir a un foro informativo sobre la ley AB 60, que le otorgar a miles de inmigrantes indocumentados una…

Fue una investigacin que requiri la ayuda de varias agencias locales, estatales y hasta federales. Ahora, Michael Keith, podra verse en serios…

A big rig carrying a load of potatoes collided with an Amtrak train in San Ardo Wednesday afternoon. According to the Monterey County Sheriff’s…

Chevron is donating $150,000 to the San Ardo School district to help with facility repairs and start a brand new STEM education program.…

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking a male suspect believed to have exposed himself to women at least twice in Moran Lagoon. A…

A Monterey County winemaker has been sentenced to nine months in federal prison for evading thousand of dollars in wine taxes. Brenda Jo Kibbee of…

Ruth Erickson of Hollister has been selected as the Volunteer of the Year for the 12th Senate District, State Sen. Anthony Cannella said Wednesday.…

A member of the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office performed livesaving CPR on a woman Tuesday while attending a conference in Visalia.…

Save Our Shores is seeking volunteers to participate in this year’s Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday. The event, now in its 30th year, is the…

Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a homeless man Tuesday in connection with an apparent assault just outside the city of Salinas.…

A federal appeals court is refusing to reconsider a previous ruling that found a Morgan Hill high school had the legal right to order a group of…

A stabbing at Salinas Valley State Prison Tuesday afternoon is under investigation by prison officials. Just after 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, an inmate…

A voluntary recall has been issued nationally for certain smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, fire officials said Wednesday. The recall is being issued…

Crews are still on scene Tuesday at a home in Hollister that prompted a hazmat evacuation Monday night. Officers with the FBI also were on scene…

Some flights into and out of Monterey Regional Airport are being affected by weather and the recent temporary shutdown of the FAA Instrument Landing…

A bus driver accidentally left a 4-year-old autistic girl alone inside a school bus for at least two hours, Monterey Peninsula Unified School…

CHP is investigating a fatal crash in Big Sur. They said a driver drove off a cliff on Pfeiffer Ridge Road Tuesday evening. A coroner was called to…

Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks is hosting its second annual Mole and Mariachi Festival Saturday to benefit the Santa Cruz Mission. The festival…

In light of wildfires plaguing other parts of the state, the Fire Safe Council for Monterey County wants to get the word out about their programs.…

The entire western side of Arana Gulch has been closed for final construction of the north/south portion of the new multi-use trail. This work will…

Ventana el primer cndor de nacer libremente en Big Sur ha muerto.Ella fue la primera ave de nacer en el mundo en la dcada de los ochentas cuando la…

Crews will be performing road repair involving a 400-foot stretch of northbound Highway 1 to the northbound Highway 17 connector ramp on Wednesday.…

The Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre has appointed a new music director. Pamela Martin has conducted the theater’s 51-piece orchestra for the last two…

A contingent of district attorneys in California, including Monterey County DA Dean Flippo, have reached a $2.7 million settlement with the parent…

Seaside Police have identified the woman whose body was found floating in shallow water at Laguna Grande Monday morning as 58-year-old Charlene…

A researcher at the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories has received a $330,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the effects of ocean…

NUEVOS DETALLES: Hollister: Autoridades le han confirmado a Noticias de la Costa Central que han encontrado una gran cantidad de qumicos y explosivos…

The California Highway Patrol has reopened the number one lane of northbound Highway 101 at Broadway in King City as of about noon Tuesday. The lane…

A member of the San Jose Sharks hockey time is organizing a fundraiser this week to help raise money for the search efforts for missing Morgan Hill…

The first wild-hatched condor in Big Sur has died. Ventana, or #444, was the oldest living first-generation condor born in the world after the…

California will no longer be the only western state with a pump-as-you-please approach to groundwater. Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Tuesday…

The Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce recently attended a grand opening for the newly remodeled McDonald’s at 608 Williams Road in Salinas.…

The Watsonville Police Department could soon be getting a new addition to its force to help solve some of the most dangerous crimes. But this fighter…

In Santa Cruz County, there have been two reported shark attacks in the last three days. On Sunday evening, officials with California State Parks…

Salinas police say an 83-year-old man died behind the wheel Monday afternoon, causing his car to careen into a center divide and land vertically.…

12:45 a.m. UPDATE: All evacuations have been lifted in the area, until more testing can be done. Police say the scene is stabilized and there is no…

A Salinas man working on a farm has been killing in a freak forklift accident just off Cattlemen Road in San Ardo. The accident happened around 1…

The Dollar City and More store at 108 Williams Road was robbed at gunpoint Monday shortly before 5 p.m. Salinas police say three Hispanic males…

A 21-year-old Salinas plan has pleaded no contest to seven counts of child sex abuse, Monterey County prosecutors said. Maurillo Gonzales was…

Cement Plant Road, 1st Avenue, 2nd Avenue, 3rd Avenue and Adeline Street in Davenport will be subject to traffic delays and lane closures beginning…