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Watsonville Strawberry Festival returns for 28th year

July 27, 2022 4:03 PM Ricardo Tovar

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Watsonville Strawberry Festival is back beginning Friday, August 5. For that weekend, people can celebrate the…

Power restored to 2,000 customers without power in Watsonville

August 3, 2022 12:35 PM Ricardo Tovar

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE August 3, 2022, at 1:39 p.m.- Power has been completely restored to customers according to PG&E’s outage…

Off-duty San Jose cop arrested for DUI charge after vehicle crash

August 2, 2022 5:31 PM Ricardo Tovar

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KION-TV)- The San Jose Police Department faces another scandal in 2022 after an off-duty officer was arrested Sunday for allegedly…

Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office warns parents of illegal beach parties

July 28, 2022 5:49 PM Ricardo Tovar

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said that they have received complaints of teens throwing rowdy parties at…

Monkeypox vaccine allocation on the Central Coast

July 28, 2022 1:09 PM Ricardo Tovar

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV)- As of Thursday, there are 4,639 cases of monkeypox in the United States. California has 799 of those cases,…

Motorcyclist killed in Alba Road crash near Brookdale, Ben Lomond identified

July 23, 2022 5:28 PM Victor Guzman

The CHP is investigating a deadly crash along Alba Road west of Ben Lomond and…

PG&E: Power restored to majority of people who lost power overnight

July 25, 2022 4:14 AM Victor Guzman

About 2,000 people are without power Monday morning in the Santa Cruz…

Big Basin Redwood State Park reopens for first time since CZU Lightning Complex Fire

June 30, 2022 10:26 AM Ricardo Tovar

BOULDER CREEK, Calif. (KION-TV)– Big Basin Redwoods State Park reopened Friday July 22 for guests who signed up ahead of time for the first time…

Watsonville second-grader selected for Global Invention Convention

July 11, 2022 11:51 AM Ricardo Tovar

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)– A Pajaro Valley Unified School District 2nd grader will be one of five California students representing the state at…

City of Santa Cruz aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through food scrap program

July 21, 2022 2:35 PM Carina Nocon

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION) The City of Santa Cruz is launching a new program that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by properly disposing of…

Boat washes ashore on Capitola Beach

July 20, 2022 3:29 PM Ricardo Tovar

CAPITOLA, Calif. (KION-TV)- A boat washed up on Capitola Beach Wednesday morning. Niels Kisling Niels Kisling Niels Kisling The Harbormaster added…

CHP: Salinas man arrested in Watsonville for DUI, evading police over multiple counties and crashing into CHP car

July 20, 2022 1:59 PM Ricardo Tovar

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- California Highway Patrol said they arrested a man Tuesday night after receiving over 20 calls throughout the day over…

Santa Cruz County asks PG&E for more transparency after surge of recent EPSS outages

July 19, 2022 2:58 PM Ricardo Tovar

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- Santa Cruz County released a statement Tuesday urging PG&E to fine-tune their Enhanced Powerline Safety…

‘Testicle Festival’ returns to Watsonville in August for 14th year

July 20, 2022 11:55 AM Ricardo Tovar

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- The “Testicle Festival” put on by the Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee of the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau will…

Power outage affecting over 2,836 PG&E customers in Scotts Valley

July 19, 2022 2:40 PM Ricardo Tovar

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE JULY 19, 2022, at 3:58 p.m.- PG&E says around 2,836 customers are still without power after a fault was…

Felton man dies after hitting tree on Highway 9

July 18, 2022 12:29 PM Ricardo Tovar

FELTON, Calif. (KION-TV)- CHP Santa Cruz said that a person died after going off the road on Sunday morning on Highway 9 north of California Drive.…

National Farmworkers Jobs Program holds grand opening in Watsonville

July 17, 2022 4:46 PM Ricardo Tovar

A program aimed at providing farmworkers with job training and education services opened its doors on Friday.…

WATCH: Purse snatching in Santa Cruz caught on camera

July 12, 2022 3:17 PM Ricardo Tovar

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) UPDATE JULY 13, 2022, at 1:21 p.m.- The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said they made an arrest related to a purse…

Over 6,000 without power in Scotts Valley

July 13, 2022 10:35 AM Ricardo Tovar

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (KION-TV)– PG&E reports that 6,261 customers are without power in Scotts Valley as of 7:43 a.m. The cause is unknown, but…

Pesticide notification program launches in Santa Cruz County

July 12, 2022 6:22 PM Ricardo Tovar

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Santa Cruz County has partnered with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to offer a pesticide…