Salinas News

An armed woman was arrested Wednesday after she robbed a man in his driveway and later crashed into his vehicle after he chased her, Salinas police said.

The prosecutor in the Jodi Arias case has asked a judge to reject her attorneys' request to delay until next year the retrial of the penalty phase in her case.

Salinas police confirmed Tuesday a badly decomposed female body discovered over the weekend in the Natividad Creek bed near the end of Garner Avenue could belong to Leticia Morales-Soto, who went missing on Thanksgiving Day 2012.

Salinas police are awaiting DNA results to try to identify a woman whose body was found over the weekend in Natividad Creek Park.

Friends and families are invited to celebrate the new energy in Chinatown and the summer season beginning in the garden.

The program is free to anyone 18 and younger. Adults accompanying a child may eat free too.

For 5,144 homeless children in Monterey County, worrying about school supplies may be the last thing on their minds.

A Watsonville man is in critical condition after he reportedly was beaten by a relative of a minor he allegedly committed lewd acts upon, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.

SALINAS, Calif- Unless you have been hiding under a rock you have probably heard the name Jose Castaneda and all of the controversy surrounding him.

Priscilla Nadene Curenio, 24, is described as 5'5" with brown hair and brown eyes.

Eastside Walks, a project of the Coalition for Sustainable Transportation , will be organizing a walk on Salinas Street on Wednesday.

Officers responded to the incident at 8:10 p.m. Both victims advised no injuries stemmed from the attack in which the unknown driver of a green Honda opened fire on the house.

The total gross value of Salinas Valley crops totaled mre than $4.14 billion in 2012 -- an all-time record high, the Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner said Tuesday.

SALINAS, Calif- Monday night, two suspected gang members stole a car in Salinas, drove it to a home on Eagle Dr. and then fired multiple shots into the home, says Salinas Police.

Located in Salinas, California, this hotel is just 1 mile from John Steinbeck Center.

Most Saturday mornings, you can find Michael Gomez -- "Chief Cupcake Head" of Shweet desserts -- setting up shop at the farmers market on Gabilan Street in Salinas.

The potential for changing the political landscape on school boards across the Salinas Valley come Nov. 5 looks huge -- on paper.

Salinas police officers are looking for the suspects of a drive-by shooting on Ebro Circle near Cherokee Drive on Monday afternoon.

Central Coast News learned more on Monday about the court process that could let a man convicted of trying to sell his 8-month-old daughter at a Walmart off the hook.

A 17-year-old boy and a man in his 20s were transported to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries after someone in a brown Honda pulled up in front of their home at about 4:20 p.m. Monday and shot at them.