Crime Reports

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY May 1412:01 p.m. Under the influence of a controlled substance on Broadway St.5:46 p.m. Violation of a court order and probation on Calcagno St.8:00 p.m. Matter of Record on US 101 N/B.9:52 p.m. Verbal domestic...

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 Reports are obtained from the local police departments. GREENFIELD Dec. 237:09 a.m. Vehicle theft on 9th St.8:21 p.m. DUI hit-and-run on 5th St.8:21 p.m. DUI hit-and-run on Oak Av.8:21 p.m. Hit-and-run traffic collision on Oak Av.9:25 p.m. DUI on 5th St. Dec. 2412:01 a.m. Violation of probation...

Police Briefs are obtained from the local Police Departments.

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Police Department has made two arrests linked to the ongoing issues of gang violence in South Monterey County. On Friday, 21-year-old Romeo Tejeda-Gonzalez was taken into custody on Highway 101 south of Gonzales. He was wanted for his involvement in a series...

Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY May 94:49 a.m. Attempted theft on Patterson St.6:14 a.m. Grand Theft on Willow St.8:25 a.m. Vandalism on King St.9:04 a.m. Theft (catalytic converter) on Ellis St.10:15 a.m. Vandalism on Bishop St.10:32 a.m. Vandalism...

SOLEDAD — A Monterey County jury has convicted Moises Meraz Espinoza, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, of two counts of assault by a life prisoner for two separate, violent stabbings of fellow inmates, announced Monterey County District Attorney’s Office on...

SALINAS VALLEY — A new nonprofit organization, Holding on to Hope, has been formed to bring a Family Justice Center to Salinas, a place where survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse and human trafficking can find help and healing under...

GREENFIELD — A 22-year-old resident from Soledad has been arrested in connection with a 2018 shooting that killed a Greenfield man. On Feb. 20, 2018, 32-year-old Joseph Suniga was shot and killed while riding his bicycle in the 700 block of Apple Avenue in Greenfield....

CALIFORNIA — California Highway Patrol (CHP) is highlighting new public safety laws passed during this year’s legislative session and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Unless otherwise noted, these laws took effect Jan. 1, 2026. “CHP is committed to keeping the public informed so they can...