Monterey County Statewide Articles

AS BERNARD “RAHEEM” BALLARD stood behind the podium inside of the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’s chapel, the incarcerated man was greeted by a loud standing ovation.He was attending the first-ever film festival inside of a prison. The crowd had just …

The East Bay Municipal Utility District said this week the 2024-25 fall run of Chinook salmon currently underway on the Mokelumne River has already set a new record for the most salmon returning to spawn.More than 30,000 fish have been …

Jigs will be danced, the streets of London will be strolled, ale will be consumed and all kinds of other entertainments will be enjoyed on the opening day of the Great Dickens Christmas Fair at the Cow Palace in Daly …

A man installing Christmas lights in Escondido died when he was electrocuted by a power line, reported NBC.

Two men have been accused of lying about their Hollywood connections to defraud investors of over $167,000, prosecutors said.Avi Fogel, now known as Avi King, and Christos Chrestatos were indicted by a federal grand jury for wire fraud and conspiracy …

On Thursday, rain poured across the northern edge of the state, slowly moving south. Santa Rosa Airport saw 4.93 inches of rain, shattering its previous daily record in 2001 of 0.93 inches.

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has fired another shot across the bow at embattled Sheriff Christina Corpus during a session to provide updates on a scathing independent report about her office.  Corpus is accused of retaliating against her …

Judge Howard Shore presides over a sentencing in February 2018 in San Diego. Photo by John Gibbins, The San Diego Union-Tribune

Cal State has a goal to graduate 40% of its freshmen within four years. It now graduates 36% — it’s highest rate ever. On other goals, the system is further behind.

Floodwaters devastated the small communities of Pajaro and Planada in early 2023. California gave each town $20 million to recover – but as residents face down another winter, much of the aid has yet to reach them.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies found two men shot outside a VFW hall in La Mirada. Eric Ortiz, 34, was killed. Juan Garcia, a member of the Mexican Mafia called "Topo," was seriously injured, according to a law enforcement source.

It's a huge jump toward gender equality in California's Capitol, where only men have served as governor and women made up one-quarter of state lawmakers just eight years ago.

Once bustling with city employees, the Civic Center mall has been made desolate by telecommuting options and online access to municipal departments.

From January to September, 1,224 dogs were euthanized at L.A.'s six shelters — 72% more than in the same period a year earlier, a Times analysis found.

Homicide investigators arrested a 19-year-old suspect after four people were found fatally shot inside a burning Lancaster home early Saturday.

If Tran wins, Chispa will have succeeded outside its base for the first time, showing that O.C. is about to enter a new political era — despite MAGA's takeover of Washington.

Whooping cough — highly contagious and potentially dangerous — has surged in California to levels not seen since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

For years, Sun Valley and Pacoima residents were plagued by illness and didn't know why. It turns out the DWP had hidden a methane leak at the Valley Generating Station.

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