Salinas Fire Department is bringing back their Fire and EMS youth development program

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. — Nearly 200 people living south of Big Sur remain isolated after a series of storms caused mudslides on Highway 1, leaving them unable to travel by car on either side. On Friday, various agencies from Monterey County, first responders, and community volunteers such as the...

SPRECKELS, Calif. — A resource center where people impacted by the January storms in Monterey County can apply for assistance from local, state and federal agencies is moving to a new location. Hundreds of families registered for assistance at the Spreckels Veterans Memorial Building since it opened on Jan....

WATSONVILLE, Calif. — A Watsonville police corporal has been nominated for a national award, the department said on Thursday. Previous coverage in video player above. Corporal Isaak Rodriguez is one of 20 nominees for the 2023 RISE Awards. The awards honor law enforcement officers who saved a life or showed exemplary performance in a high-stress situation.

LAKE NACIMIENTO, Calif. — Monterey County Water Resource Agency is urging those who use or have access to Lake Nacimiento to retrieve and remove any property that is currently floating in the lake. According to water resource officials, the lake has a large amount of debris brought by the...

MONTEREY, Calif. — The Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) has granted more than $200,000 to nonprofit organizations for storm recovery. Organizations like Community Bridges, Casa de Cultura and Community Emergency Response Volunteers of the Monterey Peninsula (CERV) are among the organizations that have received grants. The community foundation...

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. — The Monterey County Probation Department conducted probation and parole compliance checks in all south Monterey County cities which resulted in 15 probation or parole violation arrests. According to Officers the search was conducted Thursday and Involved the King City Police Department, Greenfield Police Department, Soledad...

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. — A local nonprofit that works with underserved students in Monterey County, was named a Neighborhood Champion by the Bank of America Monterey Bay Region. The award comes with a grant that will allow Rancho Cielo to expand its programs. Rancho Cielo celebrated the neighborhood champion...

SOQUEL, Calif. — A nationwide nonprofit known for helping communities across the country and around the world recover from natural disasters is on the central coast helping one community dig out after a nearby creek overflowed spilling tons of mud into the small mobile home community. The group known...

CASTROVILLE, Calif. — A 15-year-old student at North Monterey County High School was arrested after staff found a bullet in his backpack, sheriff's deputies told KSBW 8. Deputies said school staff issued a shelter-in-place order around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday after they saw what they believed was a rifle scope. Staff confronted the student and found a bullet in his backpack, according to deputies.

MARINA, Calif. — Marina police are on the lookout for a man suspected of assaulting an employee of a business with a set of metal knuckles. According to police, the man wanted in connection to the assault is Miguel Ramirez Barajas Jr., 38, of Prunedale. Police said the alleged...

SALINAS, Calif. — The California Department of Public Health is closing dozens of state-supported COVID-19 test sites, including across Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. Test sites that are operating below 50 percent capacity will be closed. As of Monday, there was only one state-run OptumServe Testing Site in Monterey...

CAPITOLA, Calif. — Storm-damaged businesses in Capitola are still waiting on federal aid since applications opened about a week ago. At the federal level, businesses are only eligible for a small, fixed-interest rate loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration of up to $2 million. According to a spokesperson...

MARINA, Calif. — Marina police arrested one person and seized a handgun, ghost assault rifle, ammunition and high-capacity magazines at a home on Owen Avenue, investigators said. According to police, they were initially aware of an incident related to a suspected felony child abuse and child endangerment at the...

A brother and his sister have been arrested, accused of trying to murder their mother in Monterey county. That’s what sheriff’s deputies say James Stolich, 51, of San Francisco and his sister, Whitney Stolich, 47, of Topanga conspired to do earlier this month. “There's more here than meets...

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. — The Pacific Grove museum of natural history is preparing to celebrate Sandy the Whale's birthday on Saturday, Jan. 28. The Museum says they will host a free birthday celebration event running from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. featuring birthday cupcakes, sea-themed activities, and a special reunion from participants of the “Buy a Pound of Sandy” fundraiser.

MONTEREY, Calif. — An exhibit highlighting rare California art is underway. The Monterey Museum of Art is showcasing pre-1945 art by artists who during their time did not receive proper recognition for their work. “Primarily with this exhibition, we tried to highlight underrepresented artists or people who were working...