Monterey County Archives

Woman living in an encampment in Soledad speaks on lifestyle as City of Soledad looks to address the growing encampment by partnering with Monterey County for a grant

January 19, 2024 12:59 PM Dania Romero

SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION) – The City of Soledad is looking to address a growing encampment near the Salinas River. For the past two years, Sally Serna…

Man arrested after allegedly being in possession of $1,000 in stolen property and burglary tools, police say

January 21, 2024 6:42 PM Derrick Ow

MARINA, Calif. (KION-TV)- Marina Police arrested a man who allegedly had possession of stolen property and burglary tools on Friday afternoon.…

Murphy Road Crossing to be closed on Monday due to possible flooding concerns

January 21, 2024 8:26 PM Derrick Ow

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The County of Monterey announced that Murphy Road Crossing will be closed due to possible flooding concerns from…

PG&E having planned power outages in Carmel Valley to upgrade power poles and transformers

January 15, 2024 6:44 PM Derrick Ow, Dania Romero

CARMEL VALLEY, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE JANUARY 19, 2024 5:37 PM: Planned outage on January 19th canceled due to weather conditions. PG&E has not…

Structure fire in Monterey leaves people displaced

January 19, 2024 11:27 AM Karl Cooke

MONTEREY, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Monterey officials are investigating a structure fire that left a number of people displaced Friday morning. Around 4:30…

City of Salinas named one of the defendants in state lawsuit against Shangri-La Industries

January 18, 2024 5:54 PM Dania Romero

SALINAS, Calif. (KION) – The Sanborn Inn, Good Nite Inn, and Salinas Inn are former hotels that are now suppose to provide shelter for the homeless.…

Dungeness crab season officially opens on the Central Coast on Thursday

December 21, 2023 1:11 PM Derrick Ow, Nataly Gutierrez

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON JAN. 18, 2024 AT 6:27 PM- After multiple delays, commercial Dungeness crab season has officially opened on the…

Two Soledad men arrested on multiple drug and weapons charges, police say

January 18, 2024 12:35 PM Derrick Ow

GREENFIELD, Calif. (KION-TV)- Greenfield Police arrested two Soledad men on multiple drug and weapons charges that stemmed from a chase.…

Pet of the Week: Meet Goose!

January 18, 2024 8:24 AM Karl Cooke

CENTRAL COAST, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Meet 7 month old Goose! Goose is a pitbull-mix puppy who was sent to Animal Friends Rescue Project from the…

King City files lawsuit against a Project Homekey developer

January 16, 2024 5:42 PM Derrick Ow, Dania Romero

KING CITY, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Tuesday, King City officials announced that they have filed a lawsuit against a Project Homekey developer for…

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…

Monterey Amberjacks returning in 2025

November 14, 2023 12:19 PM Ricardo Tovar, Derrick Ow

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON JAN. 15, 2024 AT 4:50 PM- The Monterey Amberjacks will be returning to Sollecito Park, but not for the 2024…

Community Human Services hosting an open house for new micro-shelter model

January 15, 2024 4:24 PM Derrick Ow

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Friday, Community Human Services will be hosting an open house for a new micro-shelter model to help people in need to…

Marina Fire extinguishes debris fire, no injuries reported

January 14, 2024 8:46 PM Derrick Ow

MARINA, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Marina Fire Department extinguished a shed fire that took place near a church on Sunday afternoon. Firefighters said…

Del Rey Oaks Police looking for suspect in hit and run incident

January 12, 2024 10:42 AM Karl Cooke

Facebook/ Del Rey Oaks Police Department DEL REY OAKS, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Del Rey Oaks are asking for the publics help in searching for a suspect of a…

School buses at Alisal Union School District goes green

January 11, 2024 11:24 AM Dania Romero

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- School buses at Alisal Union School District are turning green in an effort be environmentally friendly. The district has…

Two armed robbery suspects arrested in Seaside, police say

January 11, 2024 3:12 PM Derrick Ow

SEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Thursday, Seaside Police said they have arrested two suspects who allegedly stole jewelry from a man in December.…

CSUMB launches new hospitality scholars program

January 11, 2024 12:56 PM Derrick Ow

SEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV)- California State University, Monterey Bay are expanding their hospitality scholars program in partnership with Pebble…

Monterey County Board of Supervisors approve changes to outdoor Commercial Cannabis regulations

January 10, 2024 4:34 PM Derrick Ow

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- Monterey County Board of Supervisors approved some changes to the county’s outdoor commercial cannabis regulations on…

Another lawsuit set to be filed by hundreds of Pajaro residents against government agencies including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

January 10, 2024 5:52 PM Dania Romero

PAJARO, Calif. (KION) – People in Pajaro are now suing Monterey and Santa Cruz County plus other government entities for neglecting the Pajaro levee…

Bernie Sanders supporters canvass across Central Coast

February 23, 2020 6:15 PM Drew Andre

Fresh off a projected win in the Nevada caucuses democratic front runner Sen. Bernie Ssanders has supporters working to get the vote out here on the…

Rafael Baca re-signs with Monterey Bay F.C. on a two-year deal

January 10, 2024 12:39 PM Derrick Ow

SEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Monterey Bay F.C. checked off a major box on their offseason list on Wednesday. The club announced that Rafael Baca has…

Salinas City Council passes ordinance aimed at properties with illegal sex work

December 5, 2023 11:47 PM Austin Castro

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – UPDATE JAN 9. 2024 7:04 P.M.- The Salinas City Council passed a red light ordnance to ban properties from allowing sex…

Greenfield Police arrest one person for attempted murder

January 10, 2024 9:08 AM Karl Cooke

GREENFIELD, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Greenfield Police placed one person under arrest on attempted murder charges after officers responded to a domestic…

PG&E planning for another price hike

January 9, 2024 10:52 AM Dania Romero

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- As the temperature goes down outside, people tend to raise the temperature inside. PG&E customers have seen…

Glenn Church elected to chair of Board of Supervisors, Chris Lopez elected to vice chair

January 9, 2024 3:18 PM Derrick Ow

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- As the calendar has officially turned to 2024, there will be some changes to the County of Monterey leadership. Monterey…

Raising Cane’s coming to Salinas?

January 9, 2024 5:54 PM Derrick Ow

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- If you love Chicken fingers, then you might have a new spot to go to on the Central Coast. Raising Cane’s which is a…

Pacific Grove Art Center Welcomes Controlled Chaos: A Night of Hilarity and Spontaneity, a look at the arts on the Central Coast

January 9, 2024 1:59 PM Scott Rates

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Pacific Grove Art Center is buzzing with excitement as they prepare to host Controlled Chaos: A Night of…

About 800 people suing Santa Cruz and Monterey County and other agencies after the levee breach in Pajaro

January 8, 2024 10:38 AM Dania Romero

PAJARO, Calif. (KION) – About 800 people in Pajaro have come together to sue the county after the flooding there. This is the second time a lawsuit…

Salinas Police Chief Roberto Filice accepts new position with the East Bay Regional Park District

January 5, 2024 1:19 PM Victor Guzman

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — The East Bay Regional Park District announced Roberto Filice, the current chief of Salinas Police, has been appointed as…

Man arrested after leading Marina Police on chase ending in East Garrison area

January 5, 2024 11:20 AM Victor Guzman

MARINA, Calif. (KION-TV) — A 41-year-old man is arrested after leading Marina Police on a chase through the city before being caught in the East…

Wife of Sieber Street homicide victim “living a nightmare” after husband killed in Salinas

January 5, 2024 5:40 PM Nataly Gutierrez

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV): A Salinas family is mourning the loss of a father and husband after a deadly shooting on Sieber street that happened on…

24-year-old man dead in Sieber Street shooting, police say

January 4, 2024 12:13 PM Derrick Ow

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- Salinas Police said that a 24-year-old man is dead after he was shot on Wednesday night. Investigators said that they…

Soledad restricts some residents from watering their lawns to twice a week

January 4, 2024 10:54 AM Dania Romero

SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION-TV)- The City of Soledad is asking community members in a section of the city to limit the times they water their lawns because…

Salinas man pleads no contest to carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon and DUI charges, DA says

January 4, 2024 3:45 PM Derrick Ow

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said that a 28-year-old Salinas man plead no contest to multiple charges…

Salinas cannabis business burglarized, police looking for suspect involved

January 3, 2024 5:41 PM Derrick Ow

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- Salinas Police said they are looking for a suspect who allegedly stole $2,000 in items from a cannabis store on December…

CAL FIRE help rescue a surfer in Pebble Beach

January 2, 2024 5:37 PM Derrick Ow

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (KION-TV)- CAL FIRE and the Pebble Beach Community Services District rescued a surfer out of the ocean on Tuesday afternoon in…

36-year-old man dead in New Year’s Eve shooting on Market Way and Soledad Street, police say

January 2, 2024 4:37 PM Derrick Ow

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- Salinas Police confirmed that a 36-year-old man has died and a 37-year-old man is in serious condition after they were…

Newborns welcomed to Central Coast parents to start 2024

January 1, 2024 7:26 PM Victor Guzman

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — Some newborns on the Central Coast are now dubbed “New Year’s Babies” after being born just hours after 2023 came…

Our top five most read stories of 2023

December 31, 2023 6:43 PM Derrick Ow

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV)- As we plan on turning the page to 2024, we thought we share our most viewed and read stories for 2024. We are going…

Seaside Police arrest driver for DUI after crashing into 7-11

December 29, 2023 11:00 AM Karl Cooke

Seaside PD SEASIDE, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Seaside Police have taken a driver into custody for DUI after crashing into a 7-11 on Sonoma Avenue Thursday…

Power outage in Marina leaves over 7000 customers in the dark, officials said power restored

December 28, 2023 12:03 PM Dania Romero

MARINA, Calif. (KION-TV)- A recent power outage in Marina affected over 7,000 customers on Thursday morning. Parts of the Central Coast were without…

Monterey County Road Closures

December 28, 2023 3:21 PM Derrick Ow

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- Due to high tide conditions and coastal flooding, there are a few road closures along the Monterey Peninsula. CAL…

Soledad man arrested after allegedly stealing a boat and trailer from Lake San Antonio, deputies say

December 27, 2023 6:44 PM Derrick Ow

SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION-TV)- Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said that they have arrested a 39-year-old Soledad man who allegedly stole a boat and…

Monterey businesses getting ready for First Night Monterey

December 27, 2023 11:28 AM Nataly Gutierrez

MONTEREY, Calif., (KION-TV)- Business owners in Monterey are gearing up for New Year’s Eve weekend and they feel this year might be better than last.…

Five Monterey County stores receive Healthy Refrigeration Grant Program Projects

December 27, 2023 11:55 AM Dania Romero

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- Five Monterey County grocery stores received Health Refrigeration grants to provide fresh fruits and vegetables…

Crews working to reopen the Carmel Lagoon channel

December 12, 2023 6:22 PM Derrick Ow

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON DEC. 27, 2023 AT 4:15 PM- The Monterey County Public Works Department are racing against the clock to…

Salinas Police Activities League President and CEO Jeff Lamb has passed away

December 26, 2023 3:35 PM Derrick Ow

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Tuesday, The Salinas Police Activities League announced that their President and CEO Jeff Lamb has passed away. The…

Minor flight delays causing some travel headaches at Monterey Regional Airport

December 26, 2023 10:59 AM Dania Romero

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The travel rush is on at airports across the country. People are jumping on flights for the holiday, including here at…

Three suspects arrested in Christmas Day theft that led to a car chase, deputies say

December 26, 2023 5:16 PM Derrick Ow

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said they have arrested three suspects who led deputies on a car chase that…