Monterey County News

A former school bus driver has been sentenced to a year in state prison for touching two female students in Monterey and threatening to rape one of them, according to the Monterey County District Attorney's Office.

Annette Banda was charged in January with 18 counts of lewd or lascivious acts involving a child ages 14 or 15, 18 counts of annoying or molesting a child under the age of 18, and four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with someone under the age of 18. Of those, 22 counts are felonies.

Nearly a month after an embezzlement charge against Peter Wise was dismissed, the owner of Oldtown Salinas' music store says business remains in a slump.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicolas Aquino was tackled and handcuffed at his own house in Carmel because a Monterey County sheriff's deputy thought he was a burglar.

A hearing in a lawsuit filed against the Monterey County Board of Supervisors suggesting the board repeatedly violated the state's Open Meetings laws last year was continued Tuesday.

Myers, chief of police in both Pacific Grove and Seaside, was the target of no-confidence votes last year by police associations in both cities.

San Francisco >> A San Francisco Superior Court judge has ruled Monterey County will be allowed to challenge the validity of the agreements at the heart of the failed regional desalination project.

A 27-year-old Salinas man was in stable condition Tuesday at a Bay Area hospital where he is receiving treatment for a single gunshot wound to his upper body, police Cmdr.

Monterey >> Monterey County is healthier than most counties in the country but still has a lot of work to do, according to a recently released study.

Wesley Robert Langkamp is doing the right thing, according to his attorney. Langkamp, 28, of Monterey, was charged in early April with two burglaries at the Asilomar Conference Grounds.

Anthony Vincent Perez, a.k.a. Tony Vincent, was arrested in April 2013 on nine charges related to business, insurance and tax fraud and evasion.

Rose Moreno of the Monterey County Health Department's Behavioral Health Bureau will give an overview of the proposed social host ordinance, For information, call 394-3727.

The video and audio communications equipment in the chamber are outdated and need to be improved for broadcasts to city residents, a council report says.

When I’m looking for an interesting wine at a bargain price — and at tax time, who isn’t? — I often have better luck with imports.

SALINAS>>A 27-year-old man suspected of burglary was shot and critically injured by a resident early Monday morning.

King City High School officials said they are unsure whether a teacher will keep his job after he pleaded no contest Friday afternoon to battering a student.

Monterey >> Judge Kay Kingsley will hear a lawsuit challenging the Monterey County Board of Supervisors' reliance on confidential employee reviews.

Officers first responded at 8:15 p.m. to Walker Drive and Metz Road but were diverted before arrival to the Jehovah's Witness Hall, 34021 Moranda Road.

We all know strawberries are big along the Central Coast; they jostle back and forth with lettuce as being the No.

A woman in her forties was struck and killed by a train in Salinas on Saturday, police said.