Monterey County sheriff’s personnel surround a Salinas apartment complex on Wednesday afternoon, where a suspect who shot a deputy was barricaded. A Monterey County sheriff’s deputy survived being shot twice Wednesday morning by an AK-47-wielding man who was shot and killed by law enforcement after a nine-hour barricaded standoff inside a Salinas residence. Sheriff Tina Nieto said the 40-year-old Grant …
A police officer tapes off dangerous areas of driftwood along Capitola Beach on Tuesday on California’s storm-battered Central Coast. Many low-lying areas along the Salinas River valley in Monterey County, from the coast to Jolan Road, were under evacuation orders or warnings “until further notice.” Flooding could sever access between the Monterey Peninsula and areas north of it, including Salinas, …
Gavin Newsom says he will soon announce a replacement for Xavier Becerra, who resigned to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Diana Becton has been the district attorney for Contra Costa County since 2017 and is supported by the California Legislative Black Caucus. California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu is supported for the attorney general’s post by …
