Monterey County News Archives

The Monterey County Board of Supervisors supported lowering the fees for solar energy installations on Tuesday.

Two puppies found abandoned in a Dumpster in Monterey County over the weekend are in the care of the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Monterey County's efforts to plug its budget hole by making services pay for themselves may have put plans to encourage alternative energy on ice.

CASTROVILLE, Calif- The bomb squad was called to North Monterey County High School today for what turned out to be a hoax.

Monterey County judges have sentenced three defendants busted in the massive auto-theft sting dubbed Operation Money Train.

Monterey County Sheriff's investigators arrested a man in Salinas today who's suspected in North Carolina of serious sex crimes against a child.

Two puppies were found abandoned in a Central Coast trash bin, SPCA officials said Monday.

The National Weather Service has forecasted a wind advisory in effect from 2 a.m. Tuesday to 11 a.m. Wednesday for all higher elevation areas in the Monterey Bay Area; and northern Monterey Bay, southern Monterey bay and Big Sur Coast.

A higher percentage of children in Monterey County are covered now by some form of health insurance than in 2001, according to a recently released county health study.

While residents are likely to be reeling from the Great Recession for years to come, California governments expect to suffer even longer.

Monterey County Superior Court will be closed Wednesday as part of the statewide and judicial branch plans to reduce budgetary costs.

Monterey County medical professionals are being told one of their classic lines: "This will only hurt a little bit." They are among the first to roll up their sleeves for a swine flu shot, in hopes of keeping them from spreading the new virus to patients or getting ill.

A San Benancio Middle School student last week was found with what appeared to be a list of people he wanted to kill, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office said today.

A middle-aged man stood outside a Salinas motel in handcuffs next to an officer holding a knife and a crowbar.

A 70-foot female blue whale that officials believe was struck by a ship has washed ashore on the Northern California coast.Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say the whale was spotted on the shores near Fort Bragg in Mendocino County Monday night, hours after an ocean survey vessel reported hitting a whale a few ...

A commander campaigning for sheriff has been placed on paid leave while he is investigated by the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.

A former Monterey County high school teacher is facing at least three years in prison after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the suffocation death of her longtime companion.

Save the day for a homeless dog - and find a faithful companion who will be at your side for all of life's adventures - by adopting a dog from Monterey County Animal Services during American Humane's Adopt-A-Dog Month in October.

Central Coast News is on the scene of a shooting on El Ranch Way in unincorporated Monterey County.

Monterey County District Attorney's Office said Lynne Nicole Feurer, 66, of Pacific Grove, plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the death of her cohabitant, Joseph Cupita.

SALINAS, Calif- Hartnell College and the Mission Trails Regional Occupational Program will host the 14th annual Non-Traditional Career Fair on Hartnell's main campus in Salinas on Tuesday, October 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This hands-on, non-traditional career and employment fair will present career options and employment opportunities for area job ...

Grape harvesting in south Monterey County vineyards stopped Tuesday as a storm hit the area, but the picking went on almost until the first drops of rain fell.

Theresa and Marcus Curtis have skeletons in their closet - literally. The Curtises begin decorating their 1885 home for Halloween, inside and out, by Oct.

The morning after a custodian was robbed, tied up and left in a janitor's closet, a Soledad Unified School District official said the district is examining ways to heighten campus security.

The rainfall from Tuesday's storm was great news for Monterey County's reservoirs, but bad news for some local schools.

Convicted child molester James Lamb's request for an unconditional release so that he could move to Arizona has been denied.

Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has announced Morgan Hicks, 33, will be arraigned in Monterey County Superior Court on Friday for breaking into 20 residences and stealing dozens of credit cards and a vehicle during a "three-county crime spree." On Aug 28, Brown charged Hicks with 53 criminal counts of residential burglary, identity theft, ...

Monterey County, California Says 'No' To New Helicopter ... For Now The Monterey County, California Board of Supervisors did not approve funding for a new Robinson R44 helicopter for the Sheriff's department at it's meeting Tuesday, but left the door open for funding in the future.

A Solano County administrator accused of violating confidentiality guidelines and favoring American Medical Response served on one of the two panels that evaluated competing proposals for Monterey County's ambulance contract.

California's electricity grid manager has declared a power emergency after strong winds knocked down a high-voltage transmission line in Monterey County.

The Monterey County Sheriff's Office is investigating a stabbing death in Castroville.

An earlier-than-expected winter-like storm packing a punch powerful enough to cause mudslides and other rain-related havoc will move into Monterey County today, forecasters said.

Some people shook their heads in disbelief. Others wiped their tears. They had good reason, as a domestic violence survivor described her abusive 20-year marriage to a group of about 200 on Friday.

The Monterey County Sheriff's Office was investigating the death of a 45-year-old Castroville man whose body was found Friday morning in a wooded area on the Monterey County coast.

The Monterey County Board of Supervisors approved a plan Tuesday to work with Salinas to fight gangs and focus local requests for federal and state grants for the battle.

Monterey County District Attorney Dean D. Flippo announced today that three Salinas Sureno gang members have been convicted after a month-long jury trial.

Gang-related violence has dominated headlines and kept law enforcement working overtime in Salinas and other parts of Monterey County this year.

A Thomas Crown-like art heist from Pebble Beach that has taken many twists in the past nine days has hit an information snag.

There are more problems for schools in King City. Tonight, the California Teachers Association is suing to force the Monterey County School Superintendent to approve a deal reached several months ago.

Eleven days ago, two Pebble Beach men reported an extraordinary art theft that has become more extraordinary as the news has dribbled out.

Health care providers in Monterey County will receive more than 4,000 doses of the first pandemic H1N1 vaccine next week, according to the county's department of health.

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.5 struck this morning in Monterey County near Greenfield.

On Oct. 8, the Community Foundation for Monterey County will honor Julie Packard as the recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Trustee Award for her community service and philanthropic leadership.

As they worry about their loved ones in the South Pacific, some Monterey County residents with Samoan roots are rallying to fill a container of food and supplies to send to the tsunami-ravaged islands.

Police investigating the alleged multimillion-dollar theft of paintings from the California home of a former Harvard Medical School professor and a Boston art dealer said they found a typed ransom letter that demanded money for the artwork and threatened to kill the victims if they alerted authorities.

Monterey County supervisors Tuesday praised the "creative" approach officials took to patch an estimated $23.5 million hole hacked into the county's budget by fiscal wrangling in Sacramento.