Scammers target PG&E customers, stealing more than $334K this year
CENTRAL COAST — Utility scams have continued at an alarming rate during 2024, with nearly 15,000 Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) customers reporting more than $334,000 in losses to scammers.
The average scam victim lost over $600, and more than 500 customers have reported falling...
1 found dead in King City riverbed fire
KING CITY — One person has been found dead in the riverbed area burned by the King Fire, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday.
The fire, located in the Salinas River riverbed behind McDonald’s and KFC on Broadway Circle in King City, started Wednesday...
Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published Oct. 2, 2024
Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments.
KING CITY
Aug. 2412:12 p.m. Minor illegally possessing live ammunition.
Aug. 2511:38 a.m. Traffic collision on N. Vanderhurst Ave.2:00 p.m. Missing person report on Jayne St9:20 p.m. No vehicle registration on San Antonio Dr.10:01 p.m....
Chauvin verdict reverberates across California
On Tuesday, Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted of murdering George Floyd, the Black man whose death under Chauvin’s knee led to a nationwide uprising against police brutality last summer.
The news was met with a kind of collective sigh of relief,...
Search warrants lead to 4 arrests for illegal guns in King City
KING CITY — South Monterey County Task Force served five search warrants in King City early Wednesday morning that resulted in the arrests of four local gang members for weapons-related charges, including the manufacturing of ghost guns.
The Task Force, which includes the Soledad and...
Police Briefs | Published Oct. 24, 2018
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Police Briefs — Published July 25, 2018
Police Briefs are obtained from the local police departments.
CDCR officials search for inmate who walked away from Salinas Valley State Prison
UPDATE: Delgado was located at a fast-food restaurant in Nipomo on June 26. He was taken into custody and transported back to Salinas Valley State Prison.
SOLEDAD — California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are searching for a minimum-security inmate who walked away from...
Police investigating murder in Greenfield
A Hispanic man was found dead from a gunshot wound Thursday night on the sidewalk near Oak Avenue Elementary School in Greenfield.
