Measure Q passes in Santa Cruz County, what it is
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — Voters in Santa Cruz passed Measure Q this week, which helps support the County’s approach to water and wildfire…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — Voters in Santa Cruz passed Measure Q this week, which helps support the County’s approach to water and wildfire…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that they have arrested 71-year-old Oscar Rodriguez…
Continue ReadingCENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — Stay up to date with the 2024 local races along the Central Coast. We will continue to update the projected…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — KION sent three reporters to cover the three local counties on election night, 2024. Briana Mathaw reported…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) Polling places across Monterey County, Santa Cruz County, and San Benito County officially opened for voters on…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Santa Cruz County Elections Office says around 124 addresses were missing Central Fire District of Santa…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) – PG&E is warning of potential Public Safety Power Shutoffs, or PSPS, for areas in the Santa Cruz Mountains…
Continue ReadingDAVENPORT, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Monday that they were called out around 8:20 a.m. for reports of a…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Focusing on the the candidates for Santa Cruz County Board Of Supervisors District 2. This competitive race…
Continue ReadingCENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) – In March 2023, the Pajaro levee was breached during winter storms, causing devastation to the surrounding…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Concerns are growing over the future of the pacific cultural center in Santa Cruz as school officials…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — According to the American Psychological Association (APA), election stress–especially in 2024–is a very real thing.…
Continue ReadingCENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — With election day approaching next week, many polls and offices across the Central Coast are receiving their 2024…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — CAL FIRE CZU says forward progress has been stopped on a wildfire that sparked along Highway 17 near Summit…
Continue ReadingCAPITOLA, Calif. (KION-TV) — The City of Capitola announced Thursday that they’ve chosen Captain Sarah Ryan as the city’s new Chief of Police. They…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — An influx of anchovies led to a mass die-off in Santa Cruz Harbor over the weekend. The smell of the dead…
Continue ReadingWATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) — The City of Watsonville unanimously approved an affordable housing project proposed by Habitat for Humanity Tuesday…
Continue ReadingCAPITOLA, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Capitola City Council will be receiving a weather report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — A major construction update for West Cliff residents. The city invited the media to tour the ongoing repair…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — CHP Santa Cruz says Eastbound 129 at Carlton Road is closed due to an overturned delivery truck. The CHP said…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The city of Santa Cruz gave KION a behind the scenes look at crucial structural repairs underway at the Santa…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Santa Cruz City Council discussed the downtown plan expansion that aims to transform a 29-acre…
Continue ReadingMONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — PG&E announced Wednesday that the company is partnering up with California 211 to alert customers in its…
Continue ReadingAPTOS, Calif. (KION-TV) — Cabrillo College announced Wednesday that they’ve been named the best community college in California. According to a…
Continue ReadingWATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter announced that it will be temporarily shuttering its Watsonville location due…
Continue ReadingPAICINES, Calif. (KION-TV) — CAL FIRE BEU announced Monday that it will be holding prescribed burns in San Benito County if the weather permits.…
Continue ReadingWATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Watsonville City Council will be voting on a number of agenda items Tuesday afternoon. One of these items may be a…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — CHP Santa Cruz released the identification of a man who was driving a black 2014 Mazda 3 on southbound State Route 9…
Continue ReadingFederal regulators gave a strong push to electric-powered air taxis Wednesday by issuing a final rule for operating the aircraft and how pilots will…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office says forward progress has been stopped on the Buena Fire burning near…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — Santa Cruz County residents have been issued a red flag warning as PG&E’s public safety power shutoff is…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — The City of Santa Cruz announced Friday that it will be instantiating a Safety Enhancement Zone downtown Santa Cruz…
Continue ReadingCENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — PG&E announced Wednesday that Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties may see power shutoffs…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — Scotts Valley Fire confirmed Thursday that a truck that had caught fire on northbound Highway 17 near Sugarloaf Road…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — On this day decades ago, the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake rocked Santa Cruz County and the Bay Area. The…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — At 5:04 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17, 1989, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rattled along the Loma Prieta fault line in…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — A troubling development for BCycle riders in Santa Cruz. Significant theft and vandalism having to do with…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — CAL FIRE CZU said they were performing prescribed burns in the Santa Cruz Mountains west of Boulder Creek on Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY (KION-TV) – A 44-year-old Watsonville man who was killed in a late-night crash Sunday on Highway 1 north of Buena Vista Drive has…
Continue ReadingCAPITOLA, Calif. (KION-TV) — The suspect from a deadly crash that took place on December 1, 2023 in Capitola, plead no contest in court Friday in…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Capitola police said one person was arrested after a chase through Santa Cruz County involving multiple…
Continue ReadingCENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) — Some people living on the Central Coast were treated to a light show as the northern lights were visible for some…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Santa Cruz County released its 2024 Community Health Assessment (CHA) that will layout county goals over the…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Santa Cruz County Office of Response, Recovery and Resilience (OR3) announced Thursday that it’s launching a…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that the closing arguments in the trial of Theobald Lengyel…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The county’s agriculture department announced Wednesday that there is an infestation of an invasive beetle…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — The Santa Cruz City Council announced that they’ve rejected a proposal that would have eased rental restrictions on…
Continue ReadingPAJARO, Calif. (KION) – The people of Pajaro will soon be getting some relief after last year’s funding. The county is setting aside $2 million out…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — A major development for residents along Mountain Charlie Road in the Santa Cruz mountains. The county…
Continue ReadingSANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — Santa Cruz County is one step closer to banning cigarette butts locally. The Board of Supervisors moved forward with…
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