Meet some of the first Monterey County babies born in 2020
With the new year comes new beginnings, and some Monterey County families were among the first to get new…
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Salinas Valley Memorial emergency room nurse receives Daisy Award
An emergency room nurse at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System has received a Daisy Award for extraordinary…
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Victim of deadly shooting on Garner Ave identified as Salinas man
The Salinas Police Department identified the victim of a deadly shooting on Garner Ave as 27-year-old Esteban Elias…
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Salinas man dies in homicide on Garner Avenue in Salinas
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) UPDATE 12/30/2019 6:20 p.m. Salinas police have identified the man killed in a shooting on Garner Street on Dec. 19. Officers…
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Del Rey Oaks burglary suspect arrested at condos on Christmas Eve
A burglary suspect was arrested after Del Rey Oaks police responded to a report of someone driving a stolen golf cart in the Oaks Condominiums on…
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Popular Salinas tamale shop has a new buyer
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) Potential plans to close a local bakery famous for its masa for holiday tamales are on hold for now. The family that owns Leal…
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Central Coast closures and outages during Sunday storm
SALINAS, Calif. Sunday’s rain storm has led to a series of closures and crashes around the Central Coast. MONTEREY COUNTY: Salinas Police tells KION…
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Reward raised for information that leads to arrest in deadly Salinas hit-and-run
A Monterey County family is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction of the person responsible for hitting…
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Local leaders make special Christmas delivery to homeless in Salinas
Local leaders and Santa Claus will make a special Christmas delivery to homeless people and families at the homeless shelter on West Alisal Street in…
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Salinas homicide rate shows dramatic decline
Police are still putting together the pieces of a shooting in Salinas, Thursday night.…
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Man accused of sexually assaulting child with special needs appears in court
A man accused of making an autistic child orally copulate him in a restroom at a Salinas restaurant appeared in court…
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Hundreds of strawberry farmworkers get $1000 after settlement
Hundreds of strawberry farm workers collected thousand dollar check in Salinas on Friday after a local agriculture company settled with a labor…
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Salinas man sentenced for robbing two women at gunpoint
A Salinas man was sentenced to 19 years and four months in prison for robbing two women at…
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Police look for suspects in credit card theft at Salinas gym
Salinas police are looking for two people they believe stole credit cards at a local gym and used them to buy…
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Suspect in Chinatown shooting charged with attempted murder of a police officer
The suspect in a Chinatown-area attempted murder has been charged with three counts of attempted murder of a police…
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Police tell KION the suspect in Monday morning’s attempted homicide in the Chinatown area is in critical condition after an officer-involved…
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Central Coasters react to impeachment of Donald Trump
With the House of Representatives voting in favor of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Wednesday, many in Salinas were thinking about…
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Police: Norteno gang member arrested in connection to bank robbery, attempted murder of police officer
Police said a suspected Norteno gang member was arrested in connection to a Pleasanton bank robbery and attempted murder of a police officer based on…
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Fourth person convicted of 1991 murder denied re-sentencing
A fourth person, Eugene Ballance, was denied re-sentencing for his part in a 1991…
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Vehicle sought in Salinas hit-and-run death
A woman who police said was hit by a vehicle with her dog has died as a result of her…
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GRID Alternatives Closing Salinas Office
Grid Alternatives, a local non-profit which helps low income single family homes in our area is closing it’s office doors in Salinas due to a lack of…
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Salinas police: Man found with stolen vehicle arrested on drug charges
A man was arrested early Tuesday morning after he was found in a stolen vehicle, according to…
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Salinas Police: Large fire at Wax Paper Company building extinguished
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE: The fire at the Salinas Wax Paper Company has been extinguished. Authorities have not yet determined the source of…
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Public invited to meeting addressing financial health of city of Salinas
here is a special meeting Monday evening to address the financial health of the city of…
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Kids battling cancer spend day with Salinas Police and Santa Claus
The Salinas Police Department hit the road just after sunrise, Saturday. A parade of officers drove north to join the San Jose Police Department in…
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Substitute teacher placed on leave after reports of mistreatment of students
A Salinas parent is still coming to terms with what she heard happened in her daughter’s classroom at Dr. Oscar F. Loya Elementary School on…
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“Project Santa” grants hundreds of wishes this holiday season
Angela Rader is raising six kids this holiday season. “There’s never a dull moment. That’s for sure,” said…
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Hartnell College breaks ground on new nursing and health sciences building
Hartnell College broke ground today on the new Center for Nursing and Health Sciences Thursday…
Continue Reading One person wounded in Chinatown-area shooting
Salinas Police are investigating a shooting in the Chinatown-area of…
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Community leaders looking to bring Trader Joe’s to Salinas
Monterey County and the City of Salinas are launching a campaign to bring another Trader Joe’s to the Central Coast.…
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Suspect in murder of 16-year-old arrested on Cherokee Drive
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, with the help of Salinas police, arrested a man suspected of shooting and killing a 16-year-old San Joaquin boy…
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Soledad man killed in Salinas repair accident
Salinas police identify the worker killed in an industrial accident Monday night as 42-year-old Jose Luis Castro of…
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Salinas woman found guilty of threatening man, residential burglary
A Salinas woman was found guilty of several charges after her teen children infiltrated a closed pool and she threatened the man who tried to call…
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A 31 year-old man from Soledad was killed in an industrial accident at a Salinas semi truck yard…
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Better Ask Barry: Why is the Bruhn’s building headed to court?
SALINAS, Calif (KION) The City of Salinas and the owner of the long-abandoned Dick Bruhn’s building are headed to court over the immediate and long…
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Salinas to deploy license plate readers in town
The city of Salinas is planning to deploy mobile license plate readers in town in the coming year.…
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New E.coli cases linked to Fresh Express salad kits
A new outbreak of E. coli cases have been linked to Fresh Express Sunflower Crisp chopped salad kits, according to the…
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Salinas tied as 43rd deadliest city in 2018
Salinas is tied as the 43rd deadliest city in the country, according to 2018 murder rates in 65 major U.S.…
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Salinas gang member found guilty of 2015 murder
A Salinas Norteno gang member was found guilty of a 2015 murder by a…
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Three arrested for weapons violations in Salinas
Three people were arrested in Salinas over the weekend after they were found with guns they were not supposed to…
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Rollover accident on Highway 101 in Salinas
The California Highway Patrol is warning drivers to slow down in wet weather after a rollover accident Sunday on Highway 101.…
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Rain floods some Salinas streets
Rain brought flooding to Terven Avenue and Airport Boulevard in Salinas Sunday afternoon.…
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Man arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting child with special needs
A man is behind bars on suspicion of sexually assaulting a child with special needs and violating his…
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Did an escaped Monterey County inmate create the hole in the ceiling? Defense says no proof
One of two inmates who escaped from the Monterey County Jail last month had a preliminary hearing…
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Police investigating death of Salinas man as homicide
Salinas police are investigating the death of a transient man who died from complications after a possible…
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Number of reported E. coli cases linked to romaine lettuce jumps to 102
The number of reported E. coli cases linked to romaine lettuce grown in the Salinas area has grown to 102, according to the…
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Salinas firefighters respond to reports of people trapped in Carr Lake
The Salinas Fire Department responded to a report of people getting trapped in Carr Lake because of the rising waters from the rainfall on Tuesday.…
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Heavy rains causing leaky roofs in Salinas
Heavy rainfall in the last few days is keeping roofing companies busy with the amount of calls over leaky roofs.…
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Salinas City Council approves emergency no-fault eviction ban
The Salinas City Council has passed an emergency ordinance temporarily banning no-fault evictions, according to a county…
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Salinas man sentenced to probation for illegal cannabis operation
A Salinas man, 55-year-old Anthony Villafranca, will spend three years on probation and 45 days in jail for an illegal cannabis cultivation operation…
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