Teens arrested after allegedly threatening taxi driver with a knife
Two teens are in custody at juvenile hall after Salinas Police say they attempted to rob a taxi driver and threatened him with a…
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Salinas PD: Missing boy reunited with family
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) UPDATED 6/27/20 11:28 p.m. 12-year-old Mario Lopez Martinelli has been found and reunited with his family, according to the…
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Hitchcock Road Animal Services shares ways to find lost pets ahead of July 4
Hitchcock Road Animal Services is sharing free ways to get lost and found pets home ahead of 4th of July…
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Brothers arrested in Monterey County for allegedly manufacturing guns
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said two people were arrested and 45 guns were confiscated after an agricultural…
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Salinas CVS will test for COVID-19
CVS has expanded its COVID-19 testing capabilities in California by opening 35 new drive-thru testing sites, and one of them is in…
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Salinas Public Library reopens for curbside pickup
The Salinas Public Library announced that it has begun offering limited curbside pickup and material return…
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Hartnell College receives exclusive grant from National Endowment for the Humanities
Hartnell College said it is the only community college in California and one of 300 institutions nationwide to get funding…
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Salinas PD responds to Attorney General police reform proposal
California Attorney Xavier Becerra recently announced an agenda for police reform aimed at improving use-of-force procedures and addressing bias in…
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Fire crews clean up Salinas structure fire near homeless camp
The Salinas Fire Department is cleaning up after a fire damaged a building near a homeless…
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Fire near Old Stage Rd in Salinas fully contained
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) UPDATE 6/22/2020 6:15 p.m. Cal Fire reports that the Stage Fire near Old Stage Road is 100% contained at 51 acres. UPDATE…
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Salinas residents bring Black Lives Matter movement to their neighborhood
Salinas residents create black lives matter chalk…
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Salinas spa set to re-open as Monterey County enters stage 3
For more than three months Aquablue Skin and Body Spa was closed. That will change Saturday when the spa in downtown Salinas opens back up with…
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Salinas man pleads no contest to lewd acts with two children under the age of 14
A Salinas man accused of inappropriately touching two children his wife babysat has pleaded no…
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Pride flag raised for first time at Salinas City Hall
For the first time in its history, the City of Salinas has raised a pride flag in honor of Pride…
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“It’s a good day for DACA recipients” says local immigration attorney
Supreme Court blocks Trump Administration’s attempts to end legal protections for young…
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Fresno County kidnapping, attempted rape suspect arrested in Salinas
A Fresno County man initially arrested on kidnapping and attempted rape charges has been re-arrested in…
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Second suspect arrested in connection to October homicide at Salinas Motel 6
A suspect has been arrested in connection to a shooting that killed one person at a Motel 6 in…
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Watsonville man sentenced to prison for DUI crash that caused “extensive injuries”
A Watsonville man has been sentenced to 5 years and 8 months in prison for a DUI crash that caused extensive…
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Nursing home workers call attention to “unsafe conditions” during COVID-19 pandemic
Nursing home workers met outside Windsor the Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Salinas Thursday to voice concerns about their safety during the COVID-19…
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Monday is the first day of Summer classes at Hartnell College, but the campus is quiet. Students and staff are starting another semester of online…
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Northridge Mall in Salinas prepares to reopen
After nearly three months under a lock-down due to the Covid-19…
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Man arrested on child sexual abuse charges in Salinas
Salinas police say 38-year-old Victor Ramirez Dimas was arrested and charged…
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Salinas Fire Chief resigning a year after joining department
Chief Pablo Barreto with the Salinas Fire Department says he will be resigning from his position as Chief at the end of the…
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Cold case: Salinas 18-year-old gunned down in 2002
This week we revisit a cold case that has led a Salinas mother to turn her grief into action following the death of her 18-year-old…
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Protesters in Salinas rally for BLM on Sunday
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) In Salinas, another protest was held just outside of Star Market on East Blanco Road on Sunday.…
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Mask concerns for certain health conditions
James Conners of Salinas says he has paperwork to prove that he doesn’t have to wear a mask because of his health…
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Salinas Police: Man demands jewelry posted on Snapchat at gunpoint
Salinas police have arrested a man accused of demanding jewelry posted on Snapchat at…
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SVMH sees positive results with COVID-19 treatments
The Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System said it has been using Remdesivir and convalescent plasma treatments to…
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Salinas Collision Reporting Center closes due to financial struggles
The Collision Reporting Center on Lincoln Avenue is closing its doors, according to Salinas…
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Salinas DMV closes after employee tests positive for COVID-19
The Department of Motor Vehicles office in Salinas is closed because an employee has tested positive for…
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City of Salinas to receive millions in federal grants to help homeless
Congressmen Jimmy Panetta announced Wednesday that the City of Salinas will be getting $5.8 million in federal government…
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Goodwill back in business on the Central Coast
Goodwill employees return to work after shelter in…
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Activists call for defunding of police to varying degrees
Protesters throughout the Central Coast are pushing to defund police departments. But the phrase means different changes to different…
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Activists rally at Salinas City Hall calling for reinvesting police funding into social services
Activists are taking their calls for reinvesting police funding into social services to Salinas city leaders Tuesday afternoon. It’s also referred to…
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Board of Supervisors vote to reduce beds at new Juvenile Hall in Monterey County
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors is set to discuss the possibility of reducing the number of beds at the new Juvenile…
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California Department of Education releases guidance for reopening schools
Hallways and desks are empty as some schools wrap up their final week before Summer break. “Some of the students have been dying to come back. They…
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17-year-old arrested for allegedly firing gun in Salinas apartment
Salinas police have arrested a 17-year-old for allegedly firing a gun inside an apartment where the suspect, an adult and two children…
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SPECIAL REPORT: Central Coast churches differ on re-opening amid COVID-19 pandemic
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) It has been over two months since mosques, synagogues and churches all over the Central Coast have had to adjust to a new way…
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Salinas Union High School District holds drive-up graduation ceremonies
Several high schools in the Salinas Union High School District are holding drive-up graduation ceremonies…
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Vehicle allegedly used in Salinas sideshow impounded
A vehicle been impounded by police because it was allegedly used in a sideshow over the…
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Group holds peaceful protest in memory of George Floyd in Salinas
Dozens turned to hundreds in Salinas, Monday. The group chanted, kneeled and held signs in solidarity along West Alisal…
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Salinas Target closing all day Tuesday
The store manager at the Target store in Salinas confirmed with KION that it will be closed all day…
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Salinas PD find AK-47 in pulled over car
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) The Salinas Police Department confiscated an assault rifle on Thursday after officers pulled over a car for a window tint…
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State reports 13 COVID-19 cases from Salinas’ Windsor the Ridge Rehabilitation Center
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) The California Department of Public Health is reporting 13 residents at Salinas’ Windsor the Ridge Rehabilitation Center have…
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Free Covid-19 Testing Site Appointment Concerns
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) – With free appointment-based testing sites on the central coast, getting tested for some people seems hard to come by,…
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When will swimming pools open?
The official start of summer is just around the corner, but will swimming pools open this season with the shelter-in-place order in effect? KION is…
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Salinas church: New guidelines too restrictive
SALINAS, Calif. (KION) Houses of worship across the Central Coast are getting ready to reopen after the state released new guidelines earlier this…
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Three suspects, one a juvenile, arrested in connection to Salinas armed robbery
Salinas police say three suspects, one of them a juvenile, have been arrested in connection to an armed robbery at a fast food…
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Stage 2 attestation approved by Monterey County Supervisors, now heads to state
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors is discussing plans to allow the county to advance into an expanded stage 2 of…
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Suspect arrested in connection to attempted murder on Mae Avenue
Police have arrested a suspect in connection to a January shooting on Mae…
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