SF News Swimmer in Suspected Monterey Shark Attack Was a Triathlete, Swam at Same Beach for 20 Years The 55-year-old swimmer who went missing during a presumed shark attack in Pacific Grove Sunday was identified as Erica Fox, a triathlete who took part in Escape From Alcatraz for 20 years and swam at Lovers Point every Sunday for two decades.
SF News Nine-Year-Old Girl Attacked and Bitten by Sea Lion at Monterey Peninsula Beach A sea lion attacked a nine-year-old girl who was taking a surf lesson at Monterey County’s Asilomar State Beach, though the young surfer is doing just fine, except for a few sea lion-bite puncture wounds.
SF News Three Dead After Twin Engine Plane Crashes Near Point Pinos Off Monterey Coast A small twin-engine plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Point Pinos near Pacific Grove around 10:55 p.m. Saturday. All three people on board died. Recovery was completed Sunday morning as authorities launched an investigation into the cause.
SF News Mother and Daughter Arrested After Infant Dies at Unlicensed Monterey Daycare Following the death of a 3-month-old infant, a Monterey County mother and daughter have been arrested for allegedly running an unlicensed daycare out of their residence.
SF News Man Gets Five-Year Prison Sentence for Huge Marijuana Grow In Los Padres National Forest Found After Dolan Fire A 56-year-old man will be doing five years in prison for running a giant illegal cannabis grow that was discovered in a Monterey-area national forest after the Dolan Fire, which itself was started by another rogue marijuana grower.
SF News Yet Another Battery Fire at Monterey County’s Moss Landing Power Plant, Just 33 Days After Its Last Battery Fire Following last month’s lithium battery fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant in Monterey County, another fire broke out at the same plant Tuesday night, but this one did not require the evacuation of 1,200 people like the last one did.
SF News Fire Raged Thursday Night at Monterey County's Moss Landing Battery Plant, At Least 1,200 Evacuated The fire is still going as of Friday at the Moss Landing Power Plant in northern Monterey County, though it is largely contained — but parts of Highway 1 remain closed and at least 1,200 residents had to be evacuated.
Arts & Entertainment Brad Pitt Moving to Monterey County, Buys Himself A Getty House (In L.A.) Some Big Divorce Energy coming from movie star Brad Pitt, as he’s bought a “historic, castle-like oceanside home” in Monterey County’s Carmel Highlands, but he also bought Aileen Getty’s SoCal house for the occasional L.A. work trip or hook-up.
SF News Mother, 7-Year-Old Son Found Dead in Water Off Monterey County Coast in Suspected Drownings The days-long search for a missing 7-year-old boy concluded when divers found his body in the water near Moss Landing Harbor, after his mother was also found dead in a suspected drowning Wednesday.
SF News With Floods Threatening Closure On Multiple Roads, Monterey Peninsula Could Become an 'Island' This Week Flooding on the Salinas River was expected to crest Monday ahead of another round of rain, and ways of ingress and egress to the Monterey Peninsula were potentially all going to be cut off.
SF News Paul Flores Found Guilty In 1996 Murder of Kristin Smart A 26-year-old mystery out of San Luis Obispo came to a conclusion Tuesday, as Paul Flores was found guilty in the murder of 19-year-old Kristin Smart. His father, Ruben Flores, was found not guilty by a separate jury of being an accessory after the fact.
SF News Monterey Sheriffs Question Assault Suspect, Find 80 Firearms and 50,000 Rounds of Ammo What started as questioning over the alleged sexual assault of a minor turned into a trove of guns, ammo, and prescription narcotics, and as you can imagine, this Pebble Beach suspect is now in jail.
SF News [Update] Small Plane Crashes Straight Into House In Monterey; Two Dead A twin-engine Cessna plowed right into a house near the Monterey Airport Tuesday morning, and while the house was empty, the pilot, a passenger, and a dog all did in the crash.
SF News Willow Fire In Monterey County Reaches 26% Containment, Evacuations Lifted Some mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted in the remote mountains of the Ventana Wilderness east of Big Sur as firefighting crews have gained the upper hand on the week-old Willow Fire.
SF News Horse and Pony Rescued From Chest-Deep Mud in Monterey County A mare and a smaller horse who might be her foal were rescued Thursday night after becoming stuck in deep mud in Monterey County — in an area south of Salinas where significant debris flows occurred during this week's storms.
SF News Big Sur Tribe Gets Little Sur Land Back, 250 Years After It Was Colonized Yes, there is a Little Sur, and 1,200 acres of it are going back to the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County in the first-ever granting back of their lands.
SF News 52-Year-Old Monterey County Man Arrested In String Of Windshield-Shattering Projectile Incidents An arrest has been made in connection with a series of nearly 70 separate incidents in which mysterious projectiles were hitting vehicle windshields along Highways 101 and 156 in Monterey and San Benito Counties last year.
SF News Dangerous Monterey County Inmates Nabbed At Mexico Border A pair of inmates who escaped prison in Monterey County on Sunday clearly didn't have much of a plan for evading capture. While they appear to have succeeded in the cliche flight to Mexico, they were caught by authorities trying to cross back into the U.S. from Tijuana around midnight last night.
SF News Two Inmates Charged With Murder Escape From Monterey County Jail A pair of dangerous inmates with reported gang ties escaped from a jail in Monterey County on Sunday morning, and they have not been found.
SF News Lettuce Prices Soar After Heatwave Wilted Salinas Crop The prices of both romaine and iceberg lettuce have tripled in many stores around Northern California after crops grown in the Salinas Valley were destroyed by the mid-June heatwave.
SF News NorCal Police Chief Abruptly Retires After Offensive Facebook Posts Come To Light A recently hired police chief in the town of Seaside, in Monterey County, has fallen victim to what's becoming a strangely common pitfall of public figures with insufficient social media skills and controversial
SF News 9-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Swept Out To Sea At Carmel Beach A young boy who had been playing in the surf with his father is dead after being knocked down by a large wave and swept out to sea in Carmel. The incident occurred
SF News Prosecutors Seeking Death Penalty For Tami Joy Huntsman In Death Of Two Small Children 40-year-old Tami Joy Huntsman will be facing the death penalty when she goes to trial in February for the abuse and murder of 3-year-old Delylah Tara and 6-year-old Shaun Tara in November 2015.
SF News Soberanes Fire Nears Big Sur, Almost 20,000 Acres Burned, 300 Evacuated, 10 Percent Contained A fire burning since Friday in rough terrain south of Carmel-by-the-sea, north of Big Sur has crossed the 19,000 acre mark as of Tuesday morning, and it remains only 10 percent contained
SF News Salinas Couple Tami Joy Huntsman And Gonzalo Curiel Charged With Children's Murder The pair suspected in the deaths of two small children found in a Northern California storage locker earlier this month have been charged with murder, child abuse, torture, and conspiracy with special circumstances.
