SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this week that two Salinas gang members have pled guilty to racketeering…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – A new report shows the City of Salinas has a nearly $2 million shortfall in maintaining current homeless services, like…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION) – A 17-year-old Salinas native is graduating from high school with honors this week after graduating from college last week.…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – The Salinas City Council will hear a new report on how to tackle human trafficking on Kern Street during a special…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Salinas City Council is addressing prostitution and human trafficking. People living in certain areas are concerned…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – Five heroes of war will be honored with Fallen Heroes Memorial Signs throughout Monterey County in honor of their…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – One woman is dead after being involved in a crash in Salinas. According to Salinas Police, the accident happened around…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – The legacy of a fallen soldier and Salinas native is remembered today. The unveiling of a statue next to the Veterans’…
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MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) – A mother and daughter from Royal Oaks are arrested after the death of a 3-month-old infant on May 24. According…
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Hartnell College sent off their class of 2025 with a graduation ceremony at Rabobank stadium in Salinas on Friday, May 23rd. This year was the…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION) – A motorcyclist has been hospitalized after colliding with a car in Salinas. This was around 3 p.m. on John Street near the…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — In two months, the city’s grace period will come to an end, and parking enforcement will begin along city streets where…
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KING CITY, Calif. (KION-TV) –Today marks the last day of the Salinas Valley Fair. While it’s all about funnel cakes, turkey legs, and live…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — If you’ve noticed prices creeping up at Walmart lately, you’re not imagining things. The company has announced it…
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Several police officers from the Salinas Police department joined the 2025 Police Unity Tour for National Police Week. The tour is a nearly 300 mile…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — Another Central Coast festival is hitting the breaks this year. Although not canceled completely, the Salinas Valley…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION) – The City of Salinas is looking at a rental assistance program as an alternative for the community. Some local folks remain…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – After hours of public comment Tuesday night, the Salinas City Council deciding to repeal the four rental ordinances, just…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — Salinas residents are concerned about bike and pedestrian safety along various streets. May is National Bike Safety…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — In a significant legal development, the Monterey County Superior Court has ruled on May 5th, that a key provisions of…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — Governor Gavin Newsom urged cities and counties to ban homeless encampments this Monday morning. Newsom presented a…
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CASTROVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) – Organizers of the Artichoke Festival announced the 2025 event has been canceled, and the annual event will officially…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — It’s expected to be one of the busiest weekends of the year for flower shops, and local florists are feeling the…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) – On Saturday, nearly 8,000 PG&E customers are without power in Salinas, according to the utility. The affected areas…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION) – The annual Salinas Valley Health Farmers’ Market returns with a free mobile clinic for a Community Health Day on May 9. The…
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Everett Alvarez High School’s FFA opened a new produce store called Eagle Produce to kick off May. It is completely student run, from the planting to…
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MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) — Salinas Police say Natividad Road is back open after a crash on Wednesday that left thousands without power. As of…
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MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The REAL I.D. deadline is May 7th, and many in Salinas are taking care of last-minute appointments at the DMV…
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Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue confirms to Wake Up the city’s efforts to ask the state attorney general to file a criminal case against a CFO accused…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION) – Over one hundred students from the Monterey County Office of Education, ranging from moderate to severe disabilities,…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — People making it out to the streets of Salinas in what has been a national initiative. Marches and rallies have broken…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION) — Four new naloxone and fentanyl testing strips vending machines are being introduced in Monterey County. All the…
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MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Two arrests were made in Monterey County after alleged cases of sexual assault where the perpetrator contacted…
Continue Reading People in Salinas came together on Wednesday night to discuss ideas for the city’s long term plan for an expansion on the east side. It’s called the…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION) — A Salinas man has been sentenced for gross vehicular manslaughter and DUI in a deadly crash from 2024. According to the…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION) — Hundreds of community members responded to a call to action Sunday morning. Multiple organizations made their voices heard…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION) — People in Salinas are reacting after the city votes to pass an ordinance increasing sewer rates. The decision would…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION) — A ribbon cutting unveiled the second in a line of solar projects between the County of Monterey and Mynt Systems. The…
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MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and the first Latin pontiff, passed away at the age of 88.…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Salinas Police hosted a workshop Saturday to walk future recruits through what it takes to join the force. Salinas…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — California Attorney General announced another lawsuit against the Trump administration. They argue Trump’s tariffs…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — In recent hours, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke about the possibility of deporting American citizens who, according…
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (KION-TV) — The United States Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that the sixth member in Salinas-based “Murder Squad” criminal…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — Five people were arrested after a stolen vehicle report led to the location of a chop shop in Salinas on Sunday.…
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OXNARD, Calif. (KION-TV) — Duda Fresh Farm Foods, Inc. announced a recall on their four-pack bag of ready-to-eat celery sticks. The sticks are…
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MILWAUKEE, Wisc. (KION) – Seaside native Jamaree Bouyea made his first NBA start for the Bucks on Sunday as Milwaukee took down the Detroit Pistons…
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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — With peak flower sales season approaching, many local vendors are uncertain about the ongoing tariff war. Some vendors…
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SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION-TV) — An eight year-old girl was injured in Soledad after running into traffic in Soledad. Air Ambulance came to assist with…
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SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION-TV) — An inmate is dead with two others detained during a homicide investigation at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad.…
Continue Reading SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — The city of Salinas voted unanimously to send a letter of support to the state capitol, in support of Assembly Bill 63,…
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