Tuesday update: Highway 1 remains closed south of Big Sur
UPDATE 1/10/17 1:45 PM: Caltrans temporarily opened a section of Highway 1 Tuesday to local traffic, emergency services and visitors who want to…
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San Lorenzo River forces people from their homes
The San Lorenzo River continued to rise Tuesday night, flooding many homes in Paradise Park. Residents said they’ve only seen flooding like…
Continue ReadingResidents in Carmel Valley see waist deep floodwaters
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office issued a voluntary evacuation for residents on Paso Hondo Road early Wednesday morning. The Carmel River…
Continue ReadingCORRECTION: Highway 101 open in Gilroy
CORRECTION: 6:48 P.M. 1/10/17 Crews are responding to an incident of wires down on Monterey Road near Highway 101. As of now it is open and it is…
Continue ReadingTwo safe after water rescue in Boulder Creek
Rescue crews in Boulder Creek were able to save two people who were rafting along the creek Tuesday afternoon, according to Boulder Creek Fire. The…
Continue ReadingCORRECCIN: Autopista 101 en Gilroy abierta
CORRECCIÓN 01/10/16 7:09 PM: Equipos están reparando tendidos electricos que se cayeron en el área de Monterey Road y la…
Continue ReadingStrikers gather outside UC Santa Cruz
UPDATE 1/10/17 2:00 PM: The University of California Santa Cruz reports that demonstrators have left both the main and west entrances to the school…
Continue ReadingHighway 1 open to local traffic only until 5:30 p.m. Tuesday
UPDATE 1/10/17 5:17 PM: Highway 1 is still closed after heavy rain and wind caused several slides in the area. Local residents were given two chances…
Continue ReadingStorm cleanup will be costly
As a series of Pacific storms bear down on the Central Coast, the cost of cleaning up the mess is increasing. Watsonville resident Mona Passey has…
Continue ReadingRescatan a dos personas haciendo rafting en arroyo de Boulder Creek
Equipos de rescate en Boulder Creek lograron rescatar a dos personas que estaban haciendo rafting a lo largo del arroyo el martes en la tarde, de…
Continue Reading“Eat Fresh Robber” sentenced in Monterey County
The man who was dubbed the “Eat Fresh Robber” during a string of food and dessert shop robberies is headed to prison. According to the…
Continue ReadingPartidarios de la Medida Z le piden transparencia al condado de Monterey
Sigue la controversia sobre la Medida Z en el condado de Monterey. Aquellos que la apoyan piden transparencia. Eso, mientras la junta de supervisores…
Continue ReadingJuramentan nuevos supervisores del condado de Monterey
Inicia una nueva era para el condado de Monterey con la entrada de un nuevo liderazgo. Los nuevos y reelegidos supervisores fueron juramentados, el…
Continue ReadingSupervisors plan response to Measure Z lawsuits
Monterey County has until the end of this week to respond to Chevron and Aera Energy’s two lawsuits over Measure Z, the voter-approved…
Continue ReadingRescue: Woman pulled from creek in Santa Cruz
Fire rescue crews pulled a woman from Branciforte Creek in Santa Cruz on Monday night. According to the Santa Cruz Fire Department, the woman, whose…
Continue ReadingFlu cases up at local hospitals
Central Coast hospitals are seeing an increase in flu cases this season. Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula has treated more patients with…
Continue ReadingRoad information for Tuesday
A number of local roadways are still affected by this past weekend’s storm. On Tuesday, Caltrans District 5 reported the following road…
Continue ReadingNew road closure: South Davis Road
A low-lying section of South Davis Road is closed due to flooding from the Salinas River, according to the Monterey County officials. The road will…
Continue ReadingWeekend storm leaves Santa Cruz short of water
The storm last weekend created a problem in Santa Cruz — not too much water, but too little. City officials said rain damaged its major water…
Continue ReadingCrews face tough task of clearing downed trees
Downed trees are a big problem during and after a storm. Local arborists say they’re slammed with clean up requests after this weekend’s…
Continue ReadingMudslide snarls Highway 17 traffic
A massive mudslide on Highway 17 in Scotts Valley had traffic backed up for miles Monday. “It’s madness out here,” said driver…
Continue ReadingTwo kayakers rescued from swollen Carmel River
Two kayakers were pulled from the Carmel River Monday after being caught up in branches and other debris flowing down the swollen river. Crews from…
Continue ReadingSanta Cruz enfrenta una escasez de agua a causa de daos de las tormentas
Santa Cruz está enfrentando una escasez de agua a causa de las tormentas que han estado azotando la Costa Central. Funcionarios del…
Continue ReadingBoy rescued from drainage ditch in Watsonville
Thanks to the heroics of his brother and rescue crews, an 11-year-old boy was saved from the rushing waters of a drainage ditch in Watsonville…
Continue ReadingICE relocates some resources to Morgan Hill
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is relocating some resources to South Santa Clara County. An Enforcement and Removal Operations sub-office…
Continue ReadingOficina de operaciones de detencin y deportacin se mudar a Morgan Hill
La oficina de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos está mudando una de sus oficinas a Morgan Hill. Algo que tiene a…
Continue ReadingPipeline damaged, Santa Cruz facing water shortage
Santa Cruz water officials are asking residents to cut back on water use following damage to the Newell Creek Pipeline, a major pipeline supplying…
Continue ReadingCleanup underway in flooded Carmel Valley homes
The garage is a place to store your car, bikes and a lawnmower. It’s not built to hold floodwaters. On Sunday night, ten homes in Carmel Valley…
Continue ReadingUpdate: Salinas homicide victim identified
UPDATE 1/9/17 1:50 PM: Police identify the victim of Saturday’s homicide as Daniel Juarez Morales, 26, of Salinas. ORIGINAL STORY: A…
Continue ReadingCarmel River spills over levee
It was a scary night for the residents of Carmel Valley Village. Around 11 p.m., the Carmel River started spilling over a levee and flooded several…
Continue ReadingStorm destroys state park’s tunnel tree
This weekend’s storm brought down the iconic tunnel tree at Calaveras Big Trees State Park in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Arnold. The…
Continue ReadingSchools closed in San Lorenzo Valley
All schools in the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District are closed today, due to closed roads and power outages, according to the…
Continue ReadingBig Sur River rising
The Big Sur River is at flood levels, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. According to one gauge, the Big Sur River is at 11.5…
Continue ReadingAll hands on deck to handle storm soaking the Central Coast
Parts of the Central Coast are littered with downed trees and power lines whille streets are under standing water after hours of intense rain and…
Continue ReadingUPDATE: Highway 101 now open after flooding closure
UPDATE 1/9/17 5:24 AM: All lanes of Highway 101 are now back open. PREVIOUS STORY: Heavy rain and flooding has forced Highway 101 to shut down. All…
Continue ReadingSanta Cruz County braces for round two of storm system
Santa Cruz County officials monitoring the storm system are seeing a second front move through and are trying to get the word out that people should…
Continue ReadingCorralitos Creek in Watsonville floods
Corralitos Creek in Watsonville reached flood stage after 4pm Sunday, overflowing its banks and flooding nearby neighborhoods. KION weekend…
Continue ReadingFlash flood warning in Santa Cruz County
5:00PM UPDATE – The Flash Flood Warning for the San Lorenzo River has been allowed to expire. At 1:56 PM PST, Doppler radar and automated rain…
Continue ReadingPart of Elkhorn Rd. closed after landslide
Elkhorn Road is closed from Walker Valley Road to the entrance of the Elkhorn Slough Foundation until further notice following a landslide that…
Continue ReadingCierran Autopista 101 al sur de Gilroy debido a inundaciones
Autoridades han tenido que cerrar la Autopista 101 en Gilroy en debido a inundaciones el domingo en la noche, según la Patrulla de Caminos de…
Continue ReadingDique de Carmel se desborda, provocando evacuaciones
Según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, el río Carmel se está derramando sobre el dique y ha inundado cerca de 10…
Continue ReadingCarmel levee overflows, forcing evacuations
According to the National Weather Service, the Carmel River is spilling over the levee and has flooded about 10 homes. The homes affected are on the…
Continue ReadingArroyo Corralitos Creek se desborda y causa inundaciones en vecindarios de Watsonville
El arroyo Corralitos Creek en Watsonville alcanzó el nivel de inundación y se desbordó e inundó los vecindarios en la…
Continue ReadingRio Big Sur ha alcanzado niveles de inundacin
El río Big Sur ha alcanzado niveles de inundación, de acuerdo a la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Monterey. Según un…
Continue ReadingRough time for roads on the Central Coast
Trees down, flooding and sand in roadways, downed wires and rock slides. It’s a rough and stormy weekend for roads on the Central Coast and the…
Continue ReadingHombre baleado a muerte afuera de restaurante en Salinas
Un hombre de 26 años de edad fue baleado a muerte en el estacionamiento de un restaurante por North Main Street el sábado en la noche…
Continue ReadingCarretera Elkhorn podra estar cerrada por varias semanas tras deslave
La carretera Elkhorn Road está cerrada desde Walker Valley Road hasta la entrada de Elkhorn Slough Foundation hasta nuevo aviso despues de un…
Continue ReadingDeslaves provocan cierre de Autopista 1
La Autopista 1 de Santa Lucía ha Ragged Point permanece cerrada el domingo debido a deslaves en la zona. La agencia Caltrans estará…
Continue ReadingLocals get ready for second wave of heavy rainstorm
A forecasted massive downpour on the Central Coast this weekend is kicking preparation efforts into high gear. “It worries me, I’m…
Continue ReadingElkhorn Slough closed amid weekend storm concerns
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve will be closed this weekend, due to road conditions and safety concerns associated with an…
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