Month: November 2016

UPDATE 11/23/16 4:36 PM: Wednesday morning’s closure of northbound Highway 101 in Monterey started with a traffic stop Tuesday night. The…

UPDATE 11/23/16 3:18 PM: Three people suspected of selling LSD to Luke Smith were released from jail Wednesday after pleading not guilty to drug…

On the road and in the air, Thanksgiving produces some pretty heavy travel. With the weekend just beginning, things were running smoothly at Monterey…

La comunidad se está uniendo para ayudar a un hombre de Salinas luchando contra el cáncer, quien ayudó a rescatar a un…

La Patrulla de Caminos de California está investigando un accidente fatal que provocó el cierre de la Autopista 1 por varias horas el…

The California Highway Patrol will be out in force this Thanksgiving weekend. Its annual Thanksgiving Maximum Enforcement Period runs throughout the…

La policía de Monterey está investigando un homicidio tras una balacera en un estacionamiento de Cannery Row por la cuadra 600 de Wave…

Thanksgiving is a big day for football, family, feasting, and fire. According to the National Fire Protection Association, cooking fires spike on…

Following the officer-involved shooting that claimed the life of Luke Smith, 15, of Aptos, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies raided an…

If it’s good for traditional crops, it will be good for marijuana, too. That’s the approach some Ag tech companies are taking with…

The planes have to go somewhere, but no one seems to want them above their heads. The flight path debate continues in Santa Cruz, and the city is…

Driving almost anywhere on the Central Coast means taking a two lane road. But many of these roads and highways pose dangers for drivers, especially…

Salinas-based Taylor Farms announced a voluntary recall of products containing previously recalled Sabra hummus products on Tuesday. According to the…

Fraudes y robo de identidad, son crímenes que a diario se reportan en la Costa Central. Pero lo que se ve más son las estafas…

La reacción a una droga LSD causó que un joven de 15 años de edad apuñalara a dos de sus familiares antes de ser baleado…

According to government data, deadly pedestrian crashes are on the rise. The Governors’ Highway Safety Association finds there was a 10 percent…

The public and private debate over the future of the Cemex sand mining plant in Marina continues. We’re expecting to hear something soon from…

UPDATE 11/21/2016 5:45 PM: Outgoing Representative Sam Farr calls it one of the hottest issues of his congressional career – the flight path…

With the arrival of the rainy season, California’s emergency response needs are moving from fire to flood. On Monday, about 45 members of the…

The California Highway Patrol reported Monday that an 81-year-old man was struck and killed by a driver in Santa Cruz this weekend. The accident…

UPDATE 11/21/16 8:35AM: The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office has identified the teenager who died in an officer-involved shooting as Luke…

UPDATE 11/21/16 11:45 AM: Salinas Police released new information Monday about Sunday morning’s double fatal traffic collision on East Alisal…

As millions of Americans prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, the the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is stressing the importance of food safety.…

Jose Solis and his wife were heading out to dance at Mariano’s Club on East Market Street Saturday night when he was robbed at gunpoint in the…

The start of the holiday season isn’t complete without the Salvation Army’s signature red kettle and bell ringing, reminding people to…

Several Monterey County organizations will be coming together Friday afternoon to re-flood an 18 acre wetland in Castroville, according to a press…

The popular Polar Express excursion was scheduled to run across the trestle bridge in Capitola Friday during its journey from the Santa Cruz…

UPDATE 11/18/16 6:26 PM: Detectives confirm Ricardo Escamilla and Amalia Bayardo Escamilla, the two victims of Tuesday’s double homicide in…

Two Monterey County hospitals celebrated a partnership Friday that makes them co-owners of a Medicare management plan. It’s not a merger, they…

Another 40 years has been added to the sentence of a Norteño gang member from Soledad who is already serving a 42-year sentence in connection…

La Policía de Hollister dijo que arrestó un hombre, el miercoles, que fue captado por cámaras de vigilancia encendiendo un…

UPDATE: 11/17/16 10:50 P.M. After additional investigation, the UC Santa Cruz Police Department has classified the Nov. 11 aggravated assault as a…

Hollister police arrested a man Wednesday who they say was caught on tape starting a dumpster fire. It happened around 7:53 p.m. November 16 in an…

“Where can I buy my pot?” That’s a question medical marijuana dispensaries are getting after California voters passed Prop 64…

The Scotts Valley planning commission will hear public comment tonight over a proposed housing development. A developer plans to build 25 new…

UPDATE 11/17/2016 6:15 PM: Hundreds of Alisal High School students walked out of class on Thursday to protest issues raised by the November election.…

“It’s a seven-day sit period no matter how much a student might fight you to get back in,” said Gina Martorella, sports medicine…

The Salinas Police Department is investigating an attempted murder. It happened just after 9:30 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Sun Street and…

ACTUALIZACIÓN 11/17/16 4:55 PM: La Policía de Salinas dice que Ellin “Omar” Escamilla está prófugo y ahora es…

Over a period of weeks, an artist with a chainsaw transformed the trunks of two trees in a Pacific Grove park into a sculpture of two whales. Now…

ACTUALIZACIÓN 11/17/16: El intento de secuestro de dos niños en Monterey el lunes fue falso, según autoridades. Los hermanos de…

Fire officials say it could have been much worse. At around 10 a.m. Thursday, employees of the Windmill restaurant smelled smoke. It came from a fire…

Un reciente reporte de la fundación comunitaria del condado de Monterey, revela que más de 400 mujeres en la península no…

El departamento de policía de Watsonville está buscando a William Alonso Ortiz-Ruiz por secuestro y por violar una menor de edad, entre…

If there seemed to be an unusual number of police, fire and first responders at the Premiere Cinemas in Hollister Thursday morning, it was due to an…

Autoridades están buscando al sospechoso detrás de un asesinato que se registró en Soledad, el jueves. La balacera…

The Watsonville Police Department is actively looking for a man wanted for kidnap, rape and other charges. Police announced Thursday that they…

UPDATE 11/17/16 9:50AM: An attempted kidnapping in Monterey that was reported Monday turned out to be false, according to the Monterey Police…

The voting is over, but eight days after the General Election, the people who count the ballots are still busy counting. “We’re in the…

Today is the deadline for community comment on the proposed Wharf Master Plan in Santa Cruz and opposition seems to be growing. By Wednesday…