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USGS: 3.5 magnitude earthquake hits south Monterey County

June 25, 2024 2:49 PM Scott Rates

SAN ARDO, Calif. (KION-TV) Tuesday afternoon at 2:20 p.m., an earthquake registering 3.5 shook parts of south Monterey County. The quake’s epicenter…

Additional Rain Chances this week

March 4, 2024 4:00 PM Dann Cianca

There are no major storms on the horizon, but we will have several chances of rain over the next week. A weather system is currently approaching from…

PG&E staging in parts of California, including Central Coast, ahead of storm system

February 29, 2024 11:31 AM Briana Mathaw

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — PG&E is preparing ahead of power outages expected from what they’re referring to as a “potent” storm system heading…

Shelter-in-place order and road closures issued for parts of Monterey County

February 3, 2024 2:13 PM Katie Nicora, Derrick Ow

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) TV – Monterey County issued an evacuation order and evacuation warning for several parts of the county ahead of an…

Downed tree forces road closure in Aptos

January 20, 2024 12:44 PM Katie Nicora

APTOS, Calif. (KION) – Aptos Street at Soquel Drive in Aptos was shut down Saturday morning after a 50-foot tree fell on and blocked the entire…

Tree and power lines down close road in Santa Cruz County

December 30, 2023 12:18 PM Scott Rates

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CALIF. (KION-TV) – A tree down into power lines has temporarily closed 17230 Laurel Road in Los Gatos, according to the…

Deadly tornadoes leave thousands displaced or without power in Tennessee

December 11, 2023 7:53 AM CNN Newsource

Originally Published: 11 DEC 23 02:40 ET Updated: 11 DEC 23 08:27 ET By Elizabeth Wolfe and Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of Tennesseans…

Floods, storms and fires displaced 20,000 children every day over past six years, UNICEF report finds

October 6, 2023 9:20 AM CNN Newsource

Originally Published: 06 OCT 23 09:47 ET By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — More than 43 million children have been driven from their homes by floods,…

Watsonville Councilwoman to host winter storm prep meeting

September 27, 2023 1:22 PM Derrick Ow

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- Watsonville City Councilwoman Ari Parker will be hosting a community meeting to get community members ready for this…

Hurricane Hilary could dump over a year’s worth of rain on parts of the Southwest

August 18, 2023 10:08 AM CNN Newsource

Originally Published: 18 AUG 23 01:12 ET Updated: 18 AUG 23 11:48 ET By Mary Gilbert and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Concern is growing Hurricane…

Hurricane Hilary is rapidly intensifying, could bring significant flooding to Southern California, Southwest

August 17, 2023 11:49 AM CNN Newsource

Hurricane Hilary is rapidly intensifying, could bring significant flooding to Southern California, Southwest Originally Published: 17 AUG 23 03:17 ET…

Big waves becoming more common off California as Earth warms, new research finds

August 2, 2023 2:57 PM Associated Press

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Waves are getting bigger and surf at least 13 feet (about 4 meters) tall is becoming more common…

San Benito County will not have cooling centers during excessive heat watch

July 14, 2023 10:14 AM Dania Romero

HOLLISTER Calif. (KION) – More than a third of Americans are dealing with the extreme heat this weekend. Monterey County opening up cooling centers.…

California announces $288 million for drought and flood projects

June 8, 2023 5:24 PM Derrick Ow

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)- On Thursday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that $288 million will fund multiple drought and flood projects…

Prescribed burn underway in San Benito County

May 8, 2023 1:19 PM Derrick Ow

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. (KION-TV)- If you happen to see smoke in the Fremont’s Peak area, it is part of a prescribed burn that CAL FIRE BEU is…

Capitola businesses enjoying more customers as warm weather arrives

April 27, 2023 11:05 AM Lindsey Selzer

CAPITOLA, Calif. (KION-TV)- With this warm weather comes a crowd at the beach, but more importantly, the sun brings people and money to businesses…

CSU Monterey Bay experts say winter rains could have lasting impacts on agricultural fields

April 12, 2023 12:41 PM Ricardo Tovar

SEASIDE, Calif. (KION-TV) – The winter storms devastated the Central Coast after three months of unprecedented weather barraged agriculture fields,…

Governor Newsom requests Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for storm relief

March 28, 2023 4:59 PM Ricardo Tovar

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION-TV)- Governor Newsom announced Tuesday that he would continue his efforts to seek aid for communities negatively impacted by…

SPCA Monterey County gives update on pets being reunited with families in Pajaro

March 13, 2023 2:47 PM Katie Nicora

Linda and her pet dog, Oscar, who was rescued from Pajaro evacuation…

Family at Lovers Lane shows KION storm damages

March 22, 2023 11:41 AM Karl Cooke

HOLLISTER, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Lovers Lane is cleaning up after the most recent round of rain. At least the fifth flood warning this year was…

Tuesday’s storm left thousands of families in Santa Cruz County with no power

March 22, 2023 5:33 PM Nataly Gutierrez

BEN LOMOND, Calif. (KION-TV)- Fallen trees and power lines on the roadways trapped some people in the Santa Cruz mountains Tuesday evening. Many…

Current closures on Santa Cruz highways due to storms

March 21, 2023 1:46 PM Ricardo Tovar

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- Caltrans warns people that several trees have been reported down and are blocking roads in the county after a…

Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Seaside, Monterey and Marina

March 21, 2023 1:02 PM Ricardo Tovar

MONTEREY PENINSULA, Calif. (KION-TV)- The National Weather Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for parts of the Monterey Peninsula until…

Evacuation orders and road closures for Monterey County

March 9, 2023 1:12 PM Ricardo Tovar

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON MARCH 20, 2023 AT 10:53 am : The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has lifted many evacuation orders but…

Evacuation warnings issued and school closures for San Benito County

March 9, 2023 12:19 PM Ricardo Tovar

SAN BENITO COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- San Benito County has issued flood watches, evacuation orders and school closures. Evacuation Warnings: San…

Blanco Road has reopened

March 13, 2023 11:00 AM Ricardo Tovar

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- UPDATE ON MARCH 14, 2023 AT 6:46 A.M.- CHP Monterey said that Blanco Road has been reopened after it was shut down…

Main Street reopened in Soquel after pipe failure led to flooding that washed it away

March 11, 2023 11:11 AM Ricardo Tovar

SOQUEL, Calif./ (KION-TV)- Main Street is now open after crews worked for more than 24 hours straight to fix it. Friday’s heavy rains pummeled Santa…

Monterey County Day use parks to remain closed through weather events

March 10, 2023 4:19 PM Ricardo Tovar

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Monterey County Parks announced due to an abundance of caution day use parks would remain closed throughout…

President Biden approves emergency declaration for Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties

March 10, 2023 11:13 AM Ricardo Tovar

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV)- President Biden declared an emergency declaration for a few counties on the Central Coast. Monterey County and Santa…

Sandbag locations in Santa Cruz County

March 7, 2023 12:32 PM Ricardo Tovar

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- More wet weather is expected in the coming days and the County of Santa Cruz wants people to know how to…

Northbound Highway 17 had Santa Cruz County drivers taking detours

February 24, 2023 10:42 AM Karl Cooke

SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Drivers in the Santa Cruz mountains had to take different routes Friday. CHP closed off the north section of…

Santa Cruz Mountain residents asked to cancel all travel due to winter storm

February 24, 2023 10:08 AM Ricardo Tovar

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV)- The County of Santa Cruz has advised that snow, ice, falling trees, and downed wires are impacting several roads…

USGS: 3.8 magnitude earthquake hits near San Juan Bautista

January 19, 2023 9:32 AM Scott Rates

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. (KION-TV) Thursday morning at 9:26 a.m., an earthquake registering 3.8 shook parts of the Central Coast. The quake’s…

People living along the Salinas River fearful for potential flooding

January 12, 2023 11:01 AM Karl Cooke

MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIF. (KION-TV)- Hour by hour, the Salinas River continues to rise. In Gonzales, people like Jean Salcido’s friend have already…

5-year-old swept away in Paso Robles floodwaters

January 10, 2023 9:44 AM Associated Press

PASO ROBLES, Calif. – Rescuers ended the search for a 5-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters in central California while the entire coastal…

Some hotels offering lower rates for evacuees in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties

January 9, 2023 2:54 PM Ricardo Tovar

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV)- With Monday’s storms bringing in at least 1 to 1.25 inches of rainfall an hour to some parts of the Central Coast,…

Santa Cruz County state parks to be closed until Jan. 10 due to storm

January 6, 2023 11:55 AM Ricardo Tovar

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV)- Due to extensive storm damage sustained during the most recent storm most Santa Cruz County state parks will be closed…

Potential flood warning issued in parts of Santa Cruz County

January 3, 2023 3:53 AM Victor Guzman

Santa Cruz County is bracing for yet another storm as a powerful system is set to travel through areas still recovering from flooding and landslides…

Flood Watch issued for Central Coast to New Year’s Eve night

December 29, 2022 1:28 PM Ricardo Tovar

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV)- The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for Northern and Central California for Friday night through…

Flooding reported in parts of the Central Coast as rain pours over the area in latest round of storms

December 27, 2022 8:55 AM Victor Guzman

Multiple reports of flooding have come in as the Central Coast deals with the latest round of…

Highway 9 north of Boulder Creek reopens after fallen tree blocked road

December 12, 2022 1:22 AM Victor Guzman

CHP-Santa Cruz is at the scene of a fallen tree along Highway 9 that’s left a portion of the road shut down between Redwood Grove and Boulder…

More weather-related outages in Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach as storm lingers on Central Coast

December 12, 2022 5:16 AM Victor Guzman

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KION-TV) — PG&E crews remain busy along the Monterey Peninsula as new outages are reported in Pacific Grove and Pebble…

WX ALERT: Highway 1 in Big Sur closed in both directions

December 10, 2022 4:57 PM Scott Rates

Highway 1 is closed from Ragged Point to Palo Colorado Road due to flash flood warnings issued for the Colorado Fire and Dolan Fire burn scars,…

Watsonville and Gilroy expecting possible hail and strong winds

November 2, 2022 2:07 PM Ricardo Tovar

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV)- The National Weather Service is issuing a special weather statement telling people in Watsonville and Gilroy to watch…

Cooler Week Ahead

September 13, 2022 6:34 PM Dann Cianca

We have officially entered a different weather pattern! I hope you enjoyed the extreme heat and dryness and then very warm & muggy conditions,…

California ISO declares Energy Emergency Level 3, rotating outages likely

September 6, 2022 4:11 PM Ricardo Tovar

Calif. (KION-TV)- PG&E has announced that the grid operator could ask them to initiate rotating outages throughout the state. They have notified…

Santa Cruz beach sees influx of tourism during hot Labor Day Weekend

September 5, 2022 10:37 PM Karl Cooke

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION TV)- This long holiday weekend is wrapping up, and tourists are still looking to beat the heat. Some people say they are…

Oakland fire saves six-month-old in car during heatwave

September 5, 2022 11:04 AM Ricardo Tovar

OAKLAND, Calif. (KION-TV)- The Oakland Fire Department said they helped get an infant locked in a car Sunday. A family in east Oakland called…

What to do if you have to work outside during a heat wave?

September 2, 2022 4:09 PM Melody Waintal

CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) The extreme heat is coming to the Central Coast. Monterey and San Benito counties issued heat watches as dangerous…

Quiet Weekend

August 5, 2022 7:48 AM Courtney Aitken

WEATHER STORYWe’ll remain on the edge of the monsoon moisture for the better part of the next week, but we’ll get a break from it this weekend. A…