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Biden Administration approves federal funding to connect 127,000 California homes and businesses to affordable high-speed internet

April 13, 2023 3:27 PM Derrick Ow

SAN BERNARDINO, CA, (KION-TV)- The U.S. Department of Treasury approved $540.2 million for high-speed internet projects in California under the…

Paso Robles Fire Department rescues ducklings from a storm drain

April 13, 2023 12:49 PM Derrick Ow

PASO ROBLES, Calif. (KION-TV)- Paso Robles Fire Department made a heroic rescue as they rescued 12 ducklings from a storm drain on Thursday morning.…

Lawmakers and visitors allowed back inside the State Capitol after credible threat passes

April 13, 2023 9:47 AM Derrick Ow

SACRAMENTO, (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON APRIL 13, 2023 AT 10:42 AM- Lawmakers and visitors are now welcomed back inside State Capitol after a credible…

Gilroy native makes 23 saves in NHL debut, win over San Jose Sharks

April 13, 2023 9:14 AM Victor Guzman

CALGARY, Alberta CA — Gilroy native Dustin Wolf made his NHL debut Wednesday night, allowing just one goal in the Calgary Flames victory over the…

SPCA Monterey County caring for four rescued baby squirrels

April 12, 2023 6:20 PM Derrick Ow

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is currently caring for four rescued baby…

Scenic Road to reopen on Friday morning

January 5, 2023 10:44 AM Ana Torrea, Derrick Ow

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif., (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON APRIL 12, 2023 ON 1:12 PM- Monterey County officials announced during their press briefing that…

First round of debris removal to end on April 24, hygiene hubs to remain open

March 26, 2023 12:59 PM Derrick Ow

PAJARO, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON APRIL 12, 2023 AT 3:50 PM- Monterey County officials said that the first round of debris removal is expected to…

County of Santa Cruz Department of Community Development and Infrastructure conducting bridge inspections on April 18

April 12, 2023 6:00 PM Derrick Ow

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The County of Santa Cruz Department of Community Development and Infrastructure will be conducting bridge…

WATCH: Senator Padilla, Congresswoman Lofgren and Congressman Panetta to visit Pajaro River area

April 11, 2023 5:44 PM Derrick Ow

PAJARO, Calif. (KION-TV): U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, U.S. District 18 Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and U.S. District 19 Congressman Jimmy…

Pedestrian killed after getting hit by car near King City

April 12, 2023 7:20 AM Victor Guzman

A man is dead after getting struck by a car while attempting to cross a street near King City Tuesday…

Santa Cruz to host an in-person West Cliff update meeting at London Nelson Community Center

January 25, 2023 10:40 AM Ana Torrea, Derrick Ow

SANTA CRUZ, Calif., (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON APRIL 11, 2023 ON 3:10 PM- The City Of Santa Cruz will be hosting a in-person West Cliff Update Community…

Watsonville Police Youth Academy returning in July

April 11, 2023 4:30 PM Derrick Ow

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Watsonville Police will be bringing back their Youth Academy starting in July. The academy takes place on July 10 thru…

New mobile disaster recovery center to open at Pajaro Park

April 11, 2023 3:53 PM Derrick Ow

PAJARO, Calif. (KION-TV)- Monterey County officials will be opening up a new mobile disaster recovery center at Pajaro Park starting on Thursday…

Salinas Union High School District getting closer to opening of workforce housing project

April 11, 2023 11:16 AM Karl Cooke

SALINAS, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Salinas Union High School District is slowly progressing toward affordable housing for staff members. It’s something…

CAL FIRE CZU extinguishes garbage truck fire

April 11, 2023 12:45 PM Derrick Ow

CORRLITOS, Calif. (KION-TV)- Early Monday morning, CAL FIRE CZU extinguished a garbage truck fire off of Freedom Boulevard in Corralitos. CAL FIRE…

Santa Cruz native Hayley Jones gets drafted sixth overall by the Atlanta Dream

April 10, 2023 3:46 PM Derrick Ow

NEW YORK CITY, (KION-TV)- Santa Cruz native and Stanford guard Hayley Jones has realized her ultimate dream as she got drafted with the sixth overall…

Del Rey Oaks Police arrests fire hydrant cap bandit

April 10, 2023 5:48 PM Derrick Ow

DEL REY OAKS, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Del Rey Oaks Police Department in cooperation with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation…

Missing 12 year old girl has been found safely

April 10, 2023 3:31 PM Derrick Ow

MARINA, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON APRIL 10, 2023 ON 5:06 PM- Marina Police confirmed to KION that the missing 12-year-old has been found safely and…

Monterey County to organize a clean up event in Pajaro

April 10, 2023 12:48 PM Derrick Ow

PAJARO, Calif. (KION-TV)- County of Monterey officials will be organizing a clean-up and mud out event in Pajaro on Saturday morning. County…

Do Not Drink Order canceled for Sunny Mesa Water System

April 10, 2023 3:01 PM Derrick Ow

PAJARO, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Monday afternoon, The Sunny Mesa Water System in conjunction with the State Water Resources Control Board and Monterey…

Tree troubles in Pacific Grove

April 10, 2023 6:28 PM Scott Rates, Derrick Ow

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV)- A 93-year-old Pacific Grove woman is concerned about a large tree that is threatening her property. Ramona Reitz has…

Carmel-by-the-Sea Restaurant caught on fire on Easter Sunday

April 10, 2023 11:27 AM Nataly Gutierrez

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (KION-TV)- What supposed to be a nice Easter Day turned out to be an awful fire at The Cottage restaurant in…

MST will not be charging any bus fares for stops in Pajaro until June

April 10, 2023 1:35 PM Derrick Ow

PAJARO, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Monday morning, The Monterey-Salinas Transit Board of Directors unanimously approved in a 13-0 vote that MST will not be…

Rep. Panetta Announces Federal Funding for Santa Cruz Community Health Centers

April 10, 2023 12:20 PM Derrick Ow

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Friday, U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta announced that Santa Cruz Community Health Centers nearly $2 million in…

Monterey Bay F.C. earns win at home with goal scoring onslaught

April 8, 2023 9:04 PM Maxwell Glenn

The trio of Sam Gleadle, Christian Volesky and Alex Dixon would make all the difference Saturday as Monterey Bay F.C. was able to make the most of…

Warriors set NBA record with 55-point 1st quarter in rout

April 9, 2023 3:44 PM Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Golden State Warriors set an NBA record by scoring 55 points in the first quarter on their way to a 157-101 rout of the…

Capitola Village slowly rebuilding from winter storms

April 8, 2023 4:27 PM Victor Guzman

CAPITOLA, Calif. (KION-TV)- Debris from this winter’s storms can still be seen along Capitola Beach, but people tell me, they’re making the most…

Overdose death leads to arrest of suspected drug dealer

April 7, 2023 9:40 PM Victor Guzman

SEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV) — A 31-year-old Monterey man has been arrested for allegedly selling drugs to a Seaside man who overdosed from Fentanyl.…

Taylor Farms to reopen Abbott Street food service facility at end of April

April 6, 2023 4:49 PM Derrick Ow

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- After a devastating fire destroyed a Taylor Farms food service facility almost a year ago, they will re-open their food…

Pure Water Monterey project to get additional funding for $141 million expansion

August 24, 2022 2:22 PM Ricardo Tovar

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON MARCH 16, 2023 AT 5:05 PM- Public Water Now announced Thursday that California Public Utilities Commission will…

Salinas one of 11 new jurisdictions to receive Prohousing designation

April 6, 2023 11:35 AM Ricardo Tovar

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)- Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that 11 new jurisdictions were designated as Prohousing communities for…

Greenfield Police Department relieves officer of duties after battery conviction

June 22, 2022 10:09 AM Ricardo Tovar

GREENFIELD, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON APRIL 6, 2023, AT 5:12 PM- The Greenfield Chief of Police has announced that a police officer has been…

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SPCA Monterey County to provide pet food for flood victims

April 6, 2023 3:59 PM Derrick Ow

PAJARO, Calif. (KION-TV)- The SPCA Monterey County will be at Pajaro Middle School on Friday to distribute pet food for people who were affected by…

Affordable Connectivity Program Event taking place on April 22

April 6, 2023 12:26 PM Derrick Ow

GREENFIELD, Calif. (KION-TV)- Get Connected California and Monterey County will be hosting an Affordable Connectivity Program Event on Saturday April…

New judge appointed to Monterey County Superior Court

April 5, 2023 3:24 PM Derrick Ow

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Wednesday afternoon, The Monterey County Superior Court announced that Gov. Gavin Newsom had appointed Ian Rivamonte as…

Watsonville man convicted in deadly DUI crash near Pajaro that killed a 22-year-old man

June 13, 2021 5:57 PM Amelia Rosenberg, Ricardo Tovar

One person has died and one person was arrested following a crash on Hall Road just after midnight on…

City of Monterey extending housing survey deadline to April 30

March 5, 2023 12:38 PM Derrick Ow

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON APRIL 4, 2023 AT 3:57 PM- The City Of Monterey has extended their community housing survey deadline to April…

Monterey County Military and Veterans Affairs Office requests budget augmentation from Board of Supervisors

April 4, 2023 6:33 PM Derrick Ow

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- The County of Monterey Military and Veterans Affairs Office formally requested a budget augmentation from the Board of…

Small Business Administration going to help out local businesses with disaster assistance

April 4, 2023 3:23 PM Derrick Ow

SACRAMENTO, (KION-TV)- The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to California…

City of Capitola gives update on wharf repair and businesses reopening

April 4, 2023 1:08 PM Derrick Ow

CAPITOLA, Calif. (KION-TV)- It has been three months since the Capitola Wharf and surrounding businesses were damaged due to the January storms. City…

Biden approves Major Disaster Declaration, federal aid coming to Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties

April 3, 2023 7:31 PM Derrick Ow

WASHINGTON (KION-TV)- President Joe Biden has officially signed a major disaster declaration on Tuesday night that will help the community of Pajaro.…

Volunteers Continue to help as much as they can in Pajaro

April 3, 2023 11:15 AM Karl Cooke

PAJARO, Calif. (KION-TV)- Progress has been made in Pajaro about three and a half weeks since the town was flooded. Volunteers are making that…

The four astronauts NASA picked for the first crewed moon mission in 50 years

April 3, 2023 5:28 PM CNN Newsource

CNN) — Astronauts who will helm the first crewed moon mission in five decades were revealed on Monday, queuing up the quartet to begin training for…

Al Scheid, founder of Scheid Vineyards dies at 91

April 3, 2023 12:38 PM Derrick Ow

GREENFIELD, Calif. (KION-TV)- Al Scheid who built Scheid Vineyards into a winemaking empire passed away on Friday at 91 years old, his company…

Los Tigres del Norte helps support farmworkers at San Jose concert

April 2, 2023 5:31 PM Derrick Ow

BY Betty Wu and KPIX 5 Staff SAN JOSE CA, (KION-TV)- SAP Center in San Jose was filled with about 10,000 Los Tigres del Norte fans Saturday night as…

San Benito County resource fair scheduled for those impacted by January, March storms

March 30, 2023 8:37 AM Victor Guzman

SAN BENITO COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Community Food Bank of San Benito is hosting a resource fair for those impacted by the January and March…

Happy 155th Birthday to the City of Watsonville!

March 30, 2023 6:03 PM Derrick Ow

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- The City of Watsonville is celebrating a monumental birthday on Thursday. Watsonville is turning 155 years old on…

Highway 9 at Holiday Slide set to reopen on Friday

March 1, 2023 5:08 PM Derrick Ow

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif, (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON MARCH 30, 2023 AT 5:02 PM- Caltrans announced that Highway 9 at Holiday Slide is expected to open on…

Hollister woman arrested on felony animal cruelty charges

March 30, 2023 4:47 PM Derrick Ow

HOLLISTER, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Thursday afternoon, Hollister Police Animal Control Officers announced they have arrested Ritsuko Nakaya as she was…

Fish and Wildlife closes Commercial Dungeness crab fishery off Central California

December 8, 2022 7:47 AM Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Update March 30, 2022, at 2:19 p.m.- California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Director Charlton H. Bonham announced…