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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…

New evacuations issued to Carmel-By-The-Sea

January 5, 2023 9:49 AM Scott Rates

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION)- An evacuation warning has been issued for areas of the Fourth Addition neighborhood and Carmel Point effective immediately,…

Evacuation Order in place for Mission Fields

January 5, 2023 9:11 AM Taryn Mitchell

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION)- The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office issued an evacuation order this morning for people living along Carmel River Lagoon.…

Over 6,000 customers without power in Santa Cruz County

January 4, 2023 3:30 PM Scott Rates

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) PG&E said that at least 6,000 customers are without power Santa Cruz County. PG&E does not have an…

USGS: Strong 5.4 earthquake strikes the North Coast

January 1, 2023 11:03 AM Scott Rates

HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) Sunday at 10:35 a.m., an earthquake registering 5.4 shook Humboldt County. The quake’s epicenter was 9 miles SE…

Two earthquakes strike south Monterey county in an hour, the biggest a 4.0

December 31, 2022 11:15 PM Scott Rates

PINNACLES, Calif. (KION-TV) Saturday evening at 10:49 p.m., an earthquake registering 4.0 shook parts of south Monterey County. This, after a 3.2…

Flood Warning Issued for the Big Sur River

December 31, 2022 9:53 PM Scott Rates

The National Weather Services has issued a Flood Warning for the Big Sur River Saturday until 11:15 PM. The Big Sur River near Big Sur is approaching…

People asked to shelter in their homes in Watsonville due to flooding

December 31, 2022 9:43 PM Scott Rates

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Flooding has forced a reverse 911 call to people living along the Bridge Street area in Watsonville, according to the…

POWER OUTAGES: Over 5,000 customers without power on the Peninsula

December 31, 2022 4:44 PM Scott Rates

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- According to PG&E at least 5,358 customers are without power in Monterey, Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach.…

POWER OUTAGES: OVER 2,000 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER IN CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA

December 31, 2022 1:12 PM Scott Rates

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- According to PG&E at least 2,466 customers are without power in Carmel-by-the-Sea. PG&E says that they…

WX TRAFFIC ALERT: I-80 closed in Sierra due to spinouts and heavy snow, according to Caltrans

December 10, 2022 6:24 PM Scott Rates

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…

WX ALERT: Highway 1 in Big Sur closed in both directions

December 10, 2022 4:57 PM Scott Rates

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,…

Employee at El Sausal Middle School pleads no contest to sexual assault allegations

November 4, 2021 11:59 AM Lisa Principi, Melody Waintal

Salinas Police arrested a community liaison at El Sausal Middle School for “Lewd or lascivious acts with a child under the age of…

5.1 Magnitude Earthquake shakes up the Central Coast

October 25, 2022 11:49 AM Derrick Ow

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV): UPDATE ON 10/25/22 AT 12:50 PM- Santa Cruz County did share that they are checking in with partner agencies but do not…

Highway 1 opened after Tesla-powered PG&E substation fire

September 20, 2022 7:45 AM Scott Rates

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…

USGS: 4.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Pinnacles

September 1, 2022 9:13 AM Scott Rates

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…

Forward progress stopped after vegetation fire erupts in Morgan Hill

July 24, 2022 2:03 PM Veronica Macias, Carina Nocon

MORGAN HILL, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE Forward progress has been stopped after the Pratt fire burned 1/2 acre, according to Cal Fire. Multiple…

Units on scene after vegetation fire breaks out in Prunedale

July 17, 2022 5:12 PM Carina Nocon

PRUNEDALE, Calif. (KION)- Fire units are on scene after a vegetation fire broke out Sunday evening, according to Monterey County dispatch.…

Aptos High parents file civil lawsuit against PVUSD after stabbing incident killed their son

December 28, 2021 9:46 PM Melody Waintal

Aptos High parents are claiming damages against Pajaro Valley School District for their son who was killed in a stabbing in…

Hundreds wake up without power in Watsonville

July 7, 2022 6:31 AM Carina Nocon

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION)- Nearly 2,000 people are waking up without power Thursday morning in the Watsonville area, according to PG&E. The…

CHP: 74-year-old from Castroville dead after morning crash on State Route 183

June 3, 2022 6:18 AM Carina Nocon

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) UPDATE JUNE 3, 2022, 1:08 p.m.– CHP has released new details in a crash on State Route 183 that left a 74-year-old…

CHP: One dead after car crashes into semi-truck

June 1, 2022 3:09 AM Carina Nocon

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) One person is dead after a car crashed into a semi-truck head-on early Wednesday morning, California Highway Patrol…

Parents waited late into the night for children to be identified after a gunman killed 19 students and 2 adults at a Texas elementary school.

Uvalde school shooter was in school for up to an hour before law enforcement broke into room where he was barricaded and killed him

May 24, 2022 1:33 PM CNN

By Isabelle Chapman, Daniel A. Medina, Nicole Chavez, Dakin Andone and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at a…

Hundreds without power in Santa Cruz County

May 20, 2022 5:49 AM Carina Nocon

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION)- Update: Friday, May 20th 2022. 7:35 a.m. According to PG&E less than 500 residents have power near Santa Cruz.…

Monterey man sentenced to 12 years in state prison for child molestation

January 10, 2022 2:32 PM Melody Waintal, Ricardo Tovar

Monterey County jury found 38-year-old Anthony Castillo guilty of child molestation and sexual batter on Friday, Jan. 7.…

USGS: 3.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Pinnacles

March 5, 2022 9:02 AM Scott Rates

Saturday morning at 7:07 a.m., an earthquake registering 3.4 on the Richter scale shook parts of central California.…

Structure fire breaks out overnight in Salinas

March 3, 2022 2:47 AM Carina Nocon

SALINAS, Calif. (KION)- A structure fire closed off East Market Street and Monterey Street overnight as the Salinas Fire Department worked to put the…

Hartnell Main Campus evacuated after suspicious package, all clear now

January 20, 2022 12:59 PM Melody Waintal

Hartnell College released an email alerting students to stay away from the main campus until further notice.…

Tsunami Advisory: Waves rolling into Santa Cruz harbor

January 15, 2022 8:19 AM Scott Rates

An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending large tsunami waves crashing across the…

UC Santa Cruz extends remote learning for part of the winter quarter

December 21, 2021 2:13 PM Melody Waintal

UC Santa Cruz announced they are planning on going remote for the first two weeks of the winter…

‘Golden Girls’ star, Betty White dies of a stroke the morning of New Years Eve

December 31, 2021 12:02 PM Melody Waintal

Golden Girl actress, Betty White died in her home at the age of 99, People magazine confirms.…

Seaside closes City Hall after several employees test positive for COVID-19

January 10, 2022 2:45 PM Melody Waintal

Seaside closed City Hall, Oldemeyer Center, Patullo Swim Center, and the Youth, Education and Resource Center (Teen Center) after an increase in…

Hollister Police on the hunt for alleged gas thieves and vandals

January 6, 2022 7:02 AM Carina Nocon

HOLLISTER, Calif. (KION) The Hollister Police Department is looking for multiple suspects who are accused of stealing fuel and vandalizing a gas pump…

Cal Fire releases cause of Dixie Fire

January 4, 2022 6:40 PM Melody Waintal

The Dixie Fire marked the largest wildfire in California history, burning a total of 963,309 acres.…

Elderly couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide in Watsonville

December 24, 2021 1:58 PM Melody Waintal, Sarah Rosenthal

An elderly couple was found dead in their home at around noon on Christmas Eve, according to Watsonville Police.…