Sanks Brothers Sentenced in 2016 Chinatown Homicide

Sanks Brothers Sentenced in 2016 Chinatown Homicide

Monterey, CA…Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni announced today that yesterday, the Honorable Mark E. Hood sentenced Jerry Sanks, age 31 of Salinas, to 26 years and 4 months in state prison and Lenny Sanks, his brother – age 34 of Salinas, to 12 years 8 months in state prison. Jerry and Lenny Sanks […]

Local CHP Traffic Stop Results in Narcotics Seizure

Local CHP Traffic Stop Results in Narcotics Seizure

Monterey County, CA…California Highway Patrol officers initiate an enforcement stop on a suspected DUI driver and uncover 48 pounds of methamphetamine. On Thursday morning, October 21, 2021, at approximately 0130 hours CHP officers conducted an enforcement stop on a maroon Toyota Corolla traveling northbound on US-101 south of Chualar. CHP officers contacted the driver, a […]

Unrestrained Pickup Driver Perished in Head on Collision on Carmel Valley Road

Unrestrained Pickup Driver Perished in Head on Collision on Carmel Valley Road

Carmel Valley, CA…On Friday, October 8, 2021, at 12:44 PM, a green Ford F250 was traveling eastbound on Carmel Valley Road east of Scarlett Road. At the same time a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling westbound on Carmel Valley Road approaching the Ford F250. The Jeep Grand Cherokee drove the wrong way directly into […]

Seaside Woman Arrested in DUI Juvenile Fatal Crash

Seaside Woman Arrested in DUI Juvenile Fatal Crash

Monterey, CA…On Friday morning September 17, 2021, at 10:56 a.m. a silver Ford Fusion was traveling northbound on State Route 1 approaching the 8th Street overcrossing. The Ford Fusion was occupied by two 16-year-old passengers and the 18-year-old driver. The Ford Fusion lost control, rolled over, and one of the 16-year-old passengers was ejected and […]

Colton Herta Dominates in Laguna Seca Win & Palou Closes in on Title

Colton Herta Dominates in Laguna Seca Win & Palou Closes in on Title

Salinas, CA…Colton Herta continued his family’s success at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca with a dominant victory Sunday in the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey, while Alex Palou marched closer and closer to an even bigger win. Herta earned his second victory this season and fifth career victory, beating Palou’s No. 10 NTT Data Honda to […]

Herta Continues Mastery of Laguna Seca with NTT P1 Award

Herta Continues Mastery of Laguna Seca with NTT P1 Award

Salinas, CA…Colton Herta won the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey from the pole in 2019, the last time this NTT INDYCAR SERIES event took place at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. He’s halfway toward that dominant equation again at the track that could be nicknamed “Herta House.” Herta earned the NTT P1 Award on Saturday with […]

Monterey Bay Aquarium Breeds First Puffin Chick

Monterey Bay Aquarium Breeds First Puffin Chick

Monterey, CA…The new resident is the result of the Aquarium’s first attempt to breed tufted puffins on its premises. The Aquarium’s work is part of an Association of Zoos and Aquarium’s Species Survival Plan that oversees the health and breeding of over 180 tufted puffins at 14 different organizations with the goal of maintaining a genetically diverse, demographically varied, […]

Thieving Pair of Suspects Arrested After String of Vehicle Thefts

Thieving Pair of Suspects Arrested After String of Vehicle Thefts

Seaside, CA…The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office made the arrests yesterday…”This afternoon, Deputies responded to multiple reports of vehicles being burglarized on Highway 1 south of Carmel. During the investigation our Big Sur resident deputy located video of the suspect vehicle. Deputies knew the suspects would likely attempt to purchase items with the newly stolen credit […]

World’s Largest Battery Facility at Moss Landing Just got Bigger & Helping Grid Reliability this Summer

World’s Largest Battery Facility at Moss Landing Just got Bigger &  Helping Grid Reliability this Summer

Moss Landing, CA…Vistra (NYSE: VST) recently completed construction on Phase II of its Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility. The battery system is now storing power and releasing it to California’s grid when it is needed. The 100-megawatt expansion now brings the facility’s total capacity to 400 megawatts/1,600 megawatt-hours, making it the largest of its kind […]