Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies destroyed thousands of opium poppy plants over the weekend that were being grown in a field in Moss Landing.
Last week, sheriff’s investigators learned of the grow site and confirmed that the plants were indeed Papaver Somniferum, commonly known as opium poppies. Read More …
A Los Osos man and Monterey County elementary school teacher no longer faces a child molestation charge, after San Luis Obispo County prosecutors dropped the case against him. [Tribune] In May Read More …
A Santa Cruz man whose life was saved by a firefighter and who once dreamed of himself becoming a fireman has been identified as the gunman who shot and wounded a Read More …
Deputies arrested a man Monday evening who allegedly shot a U.S. Forest Service worker. The suspect then led officers on a chase through Fort Hunter Liggett in southern Monterey County. Shortly Read More …
A shark attacked a man who was spear fishing in the area of Pescadero Point near Pebble Beach Friday afternoon. The victim suffered massive blood loss but survived, according to the Read More …
The Santa Maria City Council has selected a new chief executive who has held management positions up and down the Central Coast and who once departed a job in Monterey County Read More …
The Nacimiento Dam, which is located in San Luis Obispo County but owned and operated by Monterey County, received a classification from the state of California as being an “extremely high Read More …