Waiting on Justice: A KION Special Report
In the wee hours on the morning of August 8, 2002, the mother of three young children and beloved Salinas waitress, 25-year-old Loretta “Lori…
Continue ReadingIn the wee hours on the morning of August 8, 2002, the mother of three young children and beloved Salinas waitress, 25-year-old Loretta “Lori…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY BAY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) announced Tuesday that they’ve discovered a new species of sea…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON D.C. (KION-TV) — Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage Wednesday afternoon to address the public after her 2024 presidential loss…
Continue ReadingCENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — Stay up to date with the 2024 local races along the Central Coast. We will continue to update the projected…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) – A major power outage on the peninsula impacted over 7,500 customers on election night, according to the…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — Salinas Police confirm to KION the officer involved in an overnight collision on Saturday is expected to survive. Newly…
Continue ReadingCARMEL, Calif. (KION-TV) — New details are emerging from a deadly officer involved shooting in Carmel. Carmel Police Chief Paul Tomasi, Sergeant…
Continue ReadingPRUNEDALE, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Monterey County District Attorney announced a Prunedale man was sentenced to ten years in prison after his…
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (KTVU-TV) — Firefighters are responding to a four-alarm fire near the freeway in Oakland at I-580 and Keller Avenue. The…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — On this day decades ago, the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake rocked Santa Cruz County and the Bay Area. The…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — At 5:04 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17, 1989, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rattled along the Loma Prieta fault line in…
Continue ReadingCAPITOLA, Calif. (KION-TV) — Health professionals say that going upside down is beneficial for your health, even if just for a few minutes per day.…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. (KION-TV) — Monday afternoon an employee of the Doña Esthers restaurant in San Juan Bautista told KION that it will be…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – The 2024 election is just weeks away. There are many issues facing the city of Salinas. The candidates for mayor are…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Chemical functions in the brain, when balanced properly, helps to regulate a person’s hormones and mood,…
Continue ReadingThe Monterey County Coroner’s Office tells KION that a criminal investigation is taking place after a dead body was found on Natividad Road.…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — The 43rd annual California International Airshow is returning to Salinas September 27-29 at the Salinas Airport. The…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — According to Zillow, Santa Cruz county’s average home is valued at $1,329,546, which is up 2.6% over the past year.…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — Suicide numbers for both adults and children are on the rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Thursday afternoon, the California Coastal Commission made a motion to approve the commission’s staff…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, CA. (KION-TV): Salinas Police discovered an illegal gambling operation in North Salinas.…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV): The city of Santa Cruz is moving forward with an ordinance to address homeless transport concerns. This follows an…
Continue ReadingCARMEL, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Point Lobos Foundation announced Tuesday that the Marine Mammal Center and State Parks personnel are attempting to…
Continue ReadingMONTERY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The County of Monterey announced Monday that a striped skunk found on September 4 near Blackie Road and Rolling…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — Students have been back in school for about one month, and many California campuses are navigating the new cell phone…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The County of Monterey has lifted the last of the Boone Fire evacuation warnings, according to the county.…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) announced that it will be offering free fares to passengers…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, HOLLISTER Calif. (KION-TV) — UPDATE 9/7/24: Honoring a fallen firefighter. A celebration of life being held this morning in…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The County of Monterey release its semi-annual Point in Time (PIT) numbers for 2024 on Thursday afternoon,…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif (KION-TV) – A young male mountain lion roamed through Downtown Salinas Thursday morning, something that Paulette Wilkins, who has…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — UPDATE 9/14/24 7:53pm- The Santa Cruz County D.A. announces a violent sex offender will no longer be placed in…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Monterey CHP confirmed Monday that there was a deadly vehicle versus pole crash at approximately 4:28 a.m. They…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV): In Santa Cruz County One single lane in both directions of Highway 1 will be closed overnight between…
Continue ReadingAP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall was placed on the non-football injury list…
Continue ReadingCAPITOLA, Calif. (KION-TV): Capitola is expecting an influx of visitors because of Labor Day…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Salinas Union High School District (SUHSD) Board of Trustees announced Friday that they’ve completed the fifth phase…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY, SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — This week, the state’s CalRecycle announced that 250 new recycling sites across 30 counties are coming in…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif., (KION-TV) — The Monterey County District Attorney’s office confirmed Friday that Norteno criminal street gang member Mario…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday that 22 arrests have been made involving a statewide…
Continue ReadingSEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV): The office of Health Care Affordability is holding a meeting Wednesday morning to address healthcare challenges in the…
Continue ReadingWATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) – The City of Watsonville is once again exploring ways to revitalize the city’s plaza and enhance it for future…
Continue ReadingKING CITY, Calif. (KION-TV) — In a city council meeting held Tuesday, the King City council members voted to adopt an ordinance regulating abandoned…
Continue ReadingSAN BENITO COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Cal Fire BEU confirmed Wednesday afternoon that a vegetation fire broke out east of Hollister about 45 minutes…
Continue ReadingGILROY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Gilroy Police posted a notice looking for the suspect of a robbery at Gilroy Prep School over the weekend on Facebook…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIF. (KION-TV)- UPDATE 8/27 6:47pm- A fiery crash in Santa Cruz County involving a school bus leaves multiple people injured,…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — In the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, it was announced that starting on Dec. 6 this…
Continue ReadingSALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV): PG&E customers are extra vigilant because the company said utility scammers are increasing this…
Continue ReadingCARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (KION-TV) — The American Water Works Service Company, Inc. confirmed to KION Tuesday that they are flushing hydrants in…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY BAY, Calif. (KION-TV) — A KION viewer sent in video of orcas they spotted while on a whale watching trip in Monterey Bay Saturday. In the…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — Full overnight closure will take place in Santa Cruz on Highway 1 northbound between 41st Avenue and Soquel Drive…
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