Tree and power lines down close road in Santa Cruz County
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIF. (KION-TV) – A tree down into power lines has temporarily closed 17230 Laurel Road in Los Gatos, according to the…
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WX TRAFFIC ALERT: I-80 closed in Sierra due to spinouts and heavy snow, according to Caltrans
Blinding snow and several spinouts are forcing I-80 in the Sierra to shut down. The closure is between Kingvale and Truckee. Heavy snow is blowing…
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WX ALERT: Highway 1 in Big Sur closed in both directions
Highway 1 is closed from Ragged Point to Palo Colorado Road due to flash flood warnings issued for the Colorado Fire and Dolan Fire burn scars,…
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Highway 1 opened after Tesla-powered PG&E substation fire
MOSS LANDING, Calif. (KION-TV) – UPDATE AT 6:52 p.m.- California Highway Patrol says Highway 1 will be reopened as of 6:50 p.m. The…
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USGS: 4.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Pinnacles
PINNACLES, Calif. (KION-TV) Thursday morning at 6:36 a.m., an earthquake registering 4.0 shook parts of central California. The quake’s epicenter was…
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USGS: 4.1 magnitude earthquake hits in the East Bay
Thursday morning at 5:07 a.m., an earthquake registering 4.1 on the Richter scale shook homes throughout the Bay…
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Tsunami Advisory: Waves rolling into Santa Cruz harbor
An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending large tsunami waves crashing across the…
Continue ReadingURGENT – House passes Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief package
(CNN) — The House of Representatives voted early Saturday morning to approve President Joe Biden’s $1. 9 trillion pandemic aid package, a…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Senate votes to acquit Trump
(CNN) — The Senate votes 57-43 to acquit former President Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol. Seven Republican senators…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Joe Biden takes oath of office
(CNN) — Joseph R. Biden Jr. has taken the oath of office to become the 46th President of the United…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Kamala Harris takes oath of office
(CNN) — Kamala D. Harris has taken the oath of office to become vice president of the United States, becoming the first woman and the first…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Trump tells people he’s decided to pardon Steve Bannon as one of his final acts in office
(CNN) — President Donald Trump has decided to pardon his former chief strategist Steve Bannon, in a last-minute decision made only hours before…
Continue ReadingURGENT – House impeaches President Donald Trump for the second time
(CNN) — The House voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time in a swift and bipartisan condemnation of the…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Biden to nominate Merrick Garland as attorney general
(CNN) — President-elect Joe Biden has decided to nominate Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general, people familiar with the matter tell CNN,…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Trump was briefed that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack US forces in Afghanistan
(CNN) — President Donald Trump received information earlier this month that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack American forces in…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Barr says no need for special counsels to investigate election or Hunter Biden
(CNN) — Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he doesn’t plan to appoint a special counsel to probe the 2020 election or Hunter…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Attorney General William Barr resigns
(CNN) — Attorney General William Barr resigned on Monday, ending a tenure in which the President Donald Trump loyalist carried the…
Continue ReadingURGENT – First on CNN: Key government agency acknowledges Biden’s win and begins formal transition
(CNN) — The General Services Administration has informed President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump administration is ready to begin the formal…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Donald Trump Jr. tests positive for coronavirus
(CNN) — Donald Trump Jr. , President Donald Trump’s eldest son, has tested positive for the coronavirus, a personal spokesman told CNN on…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Trump fires Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
(CNN) — President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Monday that he has fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and that Christopher Miller, who…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Joe Biden to become the 46th president of the United States, CNN projects
(CNN) — America has chosen Democrat Joe Biden as its 46th president, CNN projects, turning to a veteran voice who has projected calm and…
Continue ReadingURGENT – More than 100 million ballots were cast before Election Day
(CNN) — More than 100 million Americans have voted nationwide before the polls opened on Election Day, according to a survey of election…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Senate confirms Trump’s Supreme Court nominee a week ahead of Election Day
(CNN) — Senate Republicans voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Monday, a major…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Trump is once again weighing commuting Blagojevich’s prison sentence
(CNN) — President Donald Trump is once again weighing commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s prison sentence, according to a…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Roger Stone to be sentenced Thursday despite controversy, judge says
(CNN) — Roger Stone will still be sentenced Thursday, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, amid a tumultuous week that saw President Donald Trump…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Barr privately ordered re-examination of Michael Flynn’s case, US officials say
(CNN) — Attorney General William Barr is ordering a re-examination of several high-profile cases, including that of former national security…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Justice Department drops McCabe criminal investigation
(CNN) — The Department of Justice is dropping its criminal investigation involving former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe without bringing…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Senate passes Iran War Powers resolution despite Trump’s opposition
(CNN) — The Senate on Thursday passed an Iran War Powers resolution on Thursday, a rare measure that was approved with bipartisan support…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Deval Patrick ends 2020 presidential campaign
(CNN) — Deval Patrick, the former Massachusetts governor who in November made a late entrance into the Democratic 2020 race, ended his campaign…
Continue ReadingURGENT – House approves pair of measures reining in Trump’s military action against Iran
(CNN) — The House voted on Thursday to approve a pair of measures intended to rein in President Donald Trump’s ability to take military…
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Former Pacific Grove Mayor dies
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION) The former mayor of Pacific Grove and a well-known Stockton area real estate developer, Dan Cort has died. Cort resigned…
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Twin quakes strike off Canadian Coast
OTTAWA (KION) — Two earthquakes have struck off the northwest end of Vancouver Island. Earthquakes Canada says the first tremor measured 5.1, while…
Continue Reading 4.3 magnitude earthquake reported near Cholame
A 4.3 magnitude earthquake was reported near Cholame Tuesday morning.…
Continue ReadingURGENT – Mueller to make statement about special counsel’s report
(CNN) — Special counsel Robert Mueller will make a statement about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election at 11 a. m.…
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