KION Breaking News Archives

Reward increases to $25,000 for info on King City shooting

March 3, 2024 9:22 PM Austin Castro, Dania Romero, Derrick Ow, Nataly Gutierrez

GREENFIELD, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON APRIL 11, 2024 AT 11:21 AM- A neighboring South Monterey County city is looking to help locate three suspects…

Highway 1 Convoys cancelled on Saturday due to upcoming rain

March 30, 2024 5:47 PM Scott Rates, Dania Romero, Derrick Ow, Katie Nicora

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON APRIL 10, 2024 AT 3:48 PM- Caltrans announced that they will be cancelling convoys on Saturday due to…

House on fire in Marina, smoke seen coming out of the roof

March 18, 2024 2:16 PM Scott Rates, Derrick Ow

MARINA, Calif. (KION-TV)- Marina Firefighters are on scene of a house fire on the 400 block of Gloria Circle in Marina. The fire started around…

Hurricane force winds expected just off the Monterey coast

February 4, 2024 9:31 AM Scott Rates

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) – Very dangerous winds are expected today. Widespread gusts of 45 to 60 mph with gusts up to 70-80 mph near Big Sur…

Suspect involved in deputy-involved non injury shooting has been arrested, Sheriff’s Office said

January 12, 2024 12:27 PM Scott Rates, Derrick Ow

ROYAL OAKS, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON JAN. 17, 2024 AT 5:57 PM- A 33-year-old man who was allegedly shot by two Monterey County Sheriff’s Office…

USGS: 4.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Parkfield

August 10, 2023 12:41 PM Scott Rates

PARKFIELD, Calif. (KION-TV) Thursday afternoon at 12:17 p.m., an earthquake registering 4.4 shook throughout South Monterey County. The quake’s…

Six injured, one child life flighted after head-on crash in Salinas

August 4, 2023 5:43 PM Ricardo Tovar

The CHP is investigating a head-on crash at Rogge Lane in Salinas. It happened at around 4:20 p.m. Friday. CHP said an Acura and another car crashed…

Three critical locations along Pajaro River levee need repairs before winter

March 11, 2023 8:41 AM Ricardo Tovar

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) Update July 6, 2023, at 11:04 a.m.- According to the County of Monterey, construction along the Pajaro River levee…

Fire rips through a Carmel home, one person displaced: CAL FIRE

June 24, 2023 7:42 PM Scott Rates

CARMEL, Calif. (KION-TV) – A house fire on the 24,000 block of Outlook Drive in Carmel had firefighters busy Saturday afternoon. The fire destroyed…

Police searching for sexual assault suspect in Monterey, young girl groped at her mailbox, investigators say

June 11, 2023 2:04 PM Scott Rates

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV) – Detectives with the Monterey Police Department are looking for the suspect who they say sexually assaulted a young…

Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputy who was shot in Sun Street shooting has been released from hospital

May 31, 2023 9:21 AM Ana Torrea, Derrick Ow, Ricardo Tovar

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON JUNE 4, 2023 AT 4:11 PM- The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed with KION that Sheriff’s Deputy…

Current closures on Santa Cruz highways due to storms

March 21, 2023 1:46 PM Ricardo Tovar

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- Caltrans warns people that several trees have been reported down and are blocking roads in the county after a…

Salinas River Near Spreckels has crested, Highway 68 remains open at this time

March 13, 2023 5:43 AM Veronica Macias

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – The Salinas River Near Spreckels has crested at 26.89 feet, which is lower than the 27.3 feet projection, according to…

WEATHER ALERT: Highway 17 reopened in both directions

February 24, 2023 5:16 AM Mickey Adams

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE ON FEB. 24, 2023, AT 3:11 PM- CHP Santa Cruz announced that Highway 17 is back open. The road was closed Friday…

10 people killed and more injured after a mass shooting in Southern California

January 22, 2023 8:34 AM Scott Rates

At least ten people were shot and killed in a mass shooting Saturday night during a Lunar New Year celebration in Southern California, according to…

TRAFFIC ALERT: Section of Highway 1 in Santa Cruz back open after deadly crash

January 20, 2023 9:39 AM Scott Rates

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- Northbound Highway 1 at River Street in Santa Cruz is shut down after a deadly crash, according to the Santa Cruz…

USGS: 3.8 magnitude earthquake hits near San Juan Bautista

January 19, 2023 9:32 AM Scott Rates

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. (KION-TV) Thursday morning at 9:26 a.m., an earthquake registering 3.8 shook parts of the Central Coast. The quake’s…

Monterey County issues evacuation orders for Carmel River area and Arroyo Seco Road

January 8, 2023 1:39 PM Scott Rates

MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIF. – (KION): UPDATE ON JAN. 9, 2023 AT 8:36 AM: Here are the following areas in Monterey County that are currently on…

200-foot tree topples on HWY 101 from wind and rain: Cal Fire

January 8, 2023 2:00 PM Scott Rates

AROMAS, CALIF. – (KION) At around midnight Sunday morning a 200-plus foot eucalyptus tree uprooted on highway 101 near Cannon Rd. in Aromas due to…

Evacuation orders in Carmel downgraded to warnings

January 5, 2023 11:36 AM Scott Rates

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. – UPDATE: The evacuation orders for Carmel River Lagoon have been downgraded to warnings effective immediately Friday, per…