Sureno gang member sentenced for the murder of a 17-year-old
An 18-year-old Sureno gang member from Salinas will serve 29 years-to-life in prison for the murder of a 17-year-old in January of 2015. Jesus Eloy…
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Man barricades himself in apartment, threatens people with fake bow and arrows
A 57-year-old man from San Juan Bautista is behind bars after barricading himself inside his apartment, threatening to kill deputies, and lying about…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: King City council votes to move to district elections
UPDATE 2/14/16: The King City Council has voted to move from at-large elections to district elections in 2016. The vote was 4-0 with one person…
Continue ReadingWatsonville High School town hall meeting Wednesday
Watsonville Police will host a town hall meeting at Watsonville High School Wednesday night. Police will talk about campus safety, and give tips on…
Continue ReadingMore church vandalism in Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz Police Department is investigating potentially six cases of church vandalism. The department said officers are increasing patrols in…
Continue ReadingWatsonville Police search for suspects in armed robbery
Watsonville Police are on the lookout for multiple suspects behind an armed robbery at a Bank of America ATM. It happened Tuesday just before 11:00…
Continue ReadingSanta Cruz transients accused of selling drugs to undercover officers
Four people are behind bars after a drug bust in Santa Cruz. According to police, the Santa Cruz Police Neighborhood Enforcement Team and Santa Cruz…
Continue ReadingCoastal communities face challenges with sea level rise as populations increase
Coastal communities across the U.S. are seeing economic growth, according to a study from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at…
Continue ReadingSalinas ranks No. 2 in cities ranking overall “well-being” across the country
A new report finds the Salinas-area tops a list of overall “well-being” among residents. The national study by Gallup-Healthways polls…
Continue ReadingCyclists test track for Tour of California
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is our local track for high-powered cars, but in less than three months, it will see a different set of wheels on…
Continue ReadingNew documents shed light on Salinas deadly child abuse case
New documents are shedding light on the child abuse case that Salinas Police call the worst in city history. Tami Huntsman, 40, and Gonzalo Curiel,…
Continue ReadingSuspects rob Watsonville Shell Gas Station at gunpoint
Watsonville Police are looking for the suspects behind an armed robbery Wednesday morning. It all happened just after 1:00 a.m. at the Shell Gas…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: 14-year-old suffers life-threatening gunshot wounds in Watsonville
UPDATE 2/24/16 2:45 AM:Police say the 14-year-old victim was with a group of other minors when the suspect approached him and a confrontation ensued.…
Continue ReadingSuspects jump out of moving car during Watsonville Police chase
Two people are behind bars after a car chase led to a crash in Watsonville. Police say it all started Tuesday night around 10:15 p.m. in the area of…
Continue ReadingTransentes de Santa Cruz arrestados por venderle drogas a oficiales encubiertos
Cuatro personas estn tras las rejas enfrentado cargos de drogas tras un operativo policial en Santa Cruz. Segn la polica, el equipo anticrimen del…
Continue ReadingPolica de Salinas busca a sospechoso que raj la cara de un hombre afuera de restaurante
La Polica de Salinas est pidiendo la ayuda del pblico para dar con el paradero de un sospechoso acusado de atacar brutalmente a dos hombres afuera de…
Continue ReadingJovencito sufre heridas potencialmente mortales tras balacera en Watsonville
La Polica de Watsonville dijo que un adolecente fue baleado varias veces despus de un enfrentamiento entre varias personas por la calle East Beach y…
Continue ReadingPareja de Salinas arrestada por robos a mano armada y por asaltar bancos
Un hombre buscado por el FBI por asaltar dos bancos en el estado de Missouri ha sido vinculado a ms casos de robos a mano armada en Salinas, segn el…
Continue ReadingSalinas couple arrested for armed robberies and bank robbery cases
A man wanted by the FBI for two bank robberies in Missouri, is being tied to seven more armed robbery cases in Salinas, according to the Salinas…
Continue ReadingVoter registration push on the Central Coast leading up to 2016 Presidential Election
Election offices across the state are trying to get more Californians registered ahead of this year’s Presidential election. They said the…
Continue ReadingSalinas Police looking for slashing suspect seen in surveillance video
Salinas police are asking for help tracking down a suspect wanted for brutally attacking two men outside a restaurant on North Davis Rd. last…
Continue ReadingThe ‘Ferguson effect’ impacting Monterey County Sheriff’s Office
It’s been more than a year since Michael Brown was shot and killed on August9, 2014, by Darren Wilson, an officer with the Ferguson, Missouri…
Continue ReadingThree suspects arrested after Prunedale home invasion
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said three people were arrested after a home invasion early Sunday morning in Prunedale. Deputies said the…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: Suspect arrested after escaping nearly 40-hour standoff in Salinas
A man at the center of a nearly 40-hour standoff in a Salinas neighborhood last week is now behind bars, according to the Monterey County…
Continue ReadingHigh speed chase through Salinas ends near Highway 101
Early Monday morning, Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies said a homeless man, who was recklessly driving a motorcycle, was arrested on E.…
Continue ReadingDeadly crash off cliff on Highway 1 near Scott Creek
The California Highway Patrol reported a 47-year-old woman from Santa Cruz died after driving off Highway 1 and over a sheer cliff in Santa Cruz. Her…
Continue ReadingWildland fire shuts down part of Main St. in Watsonville Tuesday for tree cleanup
Watsonville Police say both southbound lanes of Main St. between Auto Center Dr. and Rodriguez St. will be closed for most of Tuesday due to Caltrans…
Continue ReadingMBARI has new technology to gather information on harmful toxins in Monterey Bay
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute is making big leaps in the field of oceanography with a new technology that will transform the science…
Continue ReadingSalinas child murder suspect gets medical care for pregnancy, authorities say
A bombshell development in the deadly Salinas child abuse case. During a phone conversation with a source inside the Monterey County Sheriff’s…
Continue ReadingPeople diagnosed with Parkinson’s finding strength through the Peninsula Pilates Project
It is estimated that 7-10 million people have Parkinson’s disease around the world. Scientist are looking at gene therapy as a possibility to…
Continue ReadingACTUALIZACIN: Sospechoso arrestado tras escapar atrincheramiento de casi 40 horas en Salinas
El hombre en el centro de un atrincheramiento de casi 40-horas en un vecindario de Salinas la semana pasada ahora est tras las rejas, segn la Oficina…
Continue ReadingSospechosa acusada de matar a dos nios de Salinas est embarazada, segn autoridades
Hay un nuevo acontecimiento en el caso contra dos sospechosos de Salinas acusados de matar a dos nios y de abusar de otro. Una fuente de la Oficina…
Continue ReadingSea glass hunters face dangerous conditions
Ocean swells wash up all kinds of things on Central Coast beaches. Crowds of people were at Davenport Beach in search of sea glass. Lifeguards said…
Continue ReadingSettlement reached in alleged King City towing scheme
A settlement between King City and victims in an alleged towing scheme targeting undocumented residents has been reached. According to a federal…
Continue ReadingOficiales investigan accidente fatal despus que carro se fue por un barranco por la Autopista 1
La Patrulla de Caminos de California del rea de Santa Cruz est investigando un accidente fatal que ocurri el lunes. Oficiales dijeron que el…
Continue ReadingVctimas y Ciudad de King City llegan a un acuerdo en supuesto esquema de remolque de carros contra indocumentados
La Ciudad de King City y las vctimas de un presunto esquema de remolque de carros dirigido contra inmigrantes indocumentados, han llegado a un…
Continue ReadingUptick in Scotts Valley burglaries
The Scotts Valley Police Department is warning people to lock up after an uptick in both residential and commercial burglaries. The police department…
Continue ReadingCHOMP parent company getting a new name
The non-profit parent company of the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula is getting a new name. Currently called the Community Hospital…
Continue ReadingCDFW warns people to not feed wildlife after mountain lion visited Santa Cruz neighborhood
A young female mountain lion was safely captured by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife after it was spotted in a Santa Cruz backyard this…
Continue ReadingMan dies after jumping off Capitola Avenue overcrossing
On Saturday night, officers from Capitola Police, CHP and the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office responded to a man preparing to jump off the…
Continue ReadingExtra security at Carmel High after bomb/gun threat
School is underway at Carmel High School Monday, with extra security from the Carmel Police Department and the Monterey County Sheriffs Office.…
Continue ReadingMan stabbed to death in Royal Oaks
A man accused of fatally stabbing another man Sunday afternoon is behind bars on homicide charges. According to the Monterey County Sheriff’s…
Continue ReadingBody of man swept out to sea near Davenport Beach found near Wilder Ranch State Park
UPDATE 2/22/15 10 AM: The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office confirmed with KION that the body of Peter Koci washed ashore on Wilder Ranch…
Continue ReadingDisparan contra hombre que platicaba afuera con una mujer el domingo en Salinas
Un hombre de 30 aos de edad se est recuperando despus de ser baleado varias veces por la cuadra 1000 de la calle Lupin Drive el domingo en la noche.…
Continue ReadingMan shot multiple times in Salinas in critical condition
A Hispanic man in his 30s is in critical condition after he was shot multiple times on the 1000 block of Lupin Drive Sunday night around 8 p.m.…
Continue ReadingProposed bill aimed at requiring background checks for informal guardians
Murder suspects Tami Huntsman and Gonzalo Curiel were back in court on Friday as their lawyers tried to set a date for a preliminary hearing. The two…
Continue ReadingAquarium’s new center takes huge first step
The Monterey Bay Aquarium took a big step towards creating a new facility aimed at ocean education for kids. The permit applications have been…
Continue ReadingLocal Bernie Sanders supporters amp up grassroots efforts
“Bernie essentially tied Hilary in Iowa and had a tremendous win in New Hampshire,” said Jeffrey Smedberg, with Santa Cruz for Bernie. To…
Continue ReadingBeach camping in Monterey causing problem for native plants
With the forecast predicting above average temperatures more people will head to the beach. Law enforcement and the non-profit group ‘Return of the…
Continue ReadingDeputies: Burglars use machete to threaten Carmel home invasion victims
UPDATE 2/22/16 3:17 AM: One suspect has been arrested and identified as 20-year-old Andrew Yucel Karaman. Officials say they’re still searching…
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