Monterey County News

According to initial reports from the California Highway Patrol, a two-vehicle crash between a white Ford F150 and a burgundy Mitsubishi Gallant occurred at 5:10 p.m. at Castroville Boulevard and Paradise Road.

Three men who videotaped their gang-rape of an unconscious 18-year-old woman in a Tustin motel room last year were each sentenced today to six years in state prison.

SALINAS, Calif. a " Salinas courthouse workers have settled their lawsuit claiming they were injured by asbestos during courthouse renovations.Plaintiffs attorney Anne Kepner said Thursday that terms of the settlement are confidential, but all 190 plaintiffs will be compensated.Monterey County Superior Court Judge Albert Maldonado, his former ...

Two of Monterey County's HIV/AIDS awareness groups will soon become one. Citing economic and efficiency reasons, Monterey County AIDS Project and John XXIII HIV/AIDS Services are coming together forming the new Central Coast HIV/AIDS Services.

Two men died this morning when their car swerved off the road and slammed into a tree near Watsonville in unincorporated Santa Cruz County, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

The Monterey County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee is hosting a Veterans Remembrance Ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov.

In Monterey County, voters went to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots on a series of measures and school board races.

On Monday night just before 11:30 a Monterey County Sheriff's Deputy tried to pull over 29 year old Jesse Jurado of Watsonville.

Albert Hernandez and Matthew Ruiz, both 17, pleaded not guilty today in the Oct.

Monterey County Sheriff's deputies and Salinas Police conducted Sunday a search in the Boronda neighborhood for a gunman who fired shots at a home on Addington Street.

A 29-year-old man was arrested Friday in unincorporated Monterey County near Toro Regional Park after a traffic stop led to the discovery of drugs and paraphernalia in the vehicle he was driving, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.

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.