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NEW YORK, New York (KION) – While Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson took home the 2024-25 Calder Memorial Trophy, Calgary Flames goaltender Dustin Wolf ended up finishing second in voting.

The Gilroy native received 15 first-place votes with a total of 1,169 points from the Professional Hockey Writers Association. He finished 65 points ahead of San Jose Sharks forward Macklin Celebrini in third, who garnered 11 first-place votes and 1,104 points.

Wolf went 29-16-8 between the pipes for the Flames in his rookie season, recording three shutouts in 53 games. The seventh-round pick also finished with a 2.64 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage.

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Jeanette Bent

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION-TV) — The City of Santa Cruz is welcoming its annual Woodies on the Wharf event on Saturday, June 21.

The event is “Northern California’s largest Woodie show featuring 100’s of woodies,” according to the Santa Cruz Woodies, a local chapter of the National Woodie Club.

The event organizers suggesting that Woodie car owners should arrive early on Saturday morning to secure their favorite parking spot on the wharf.

In addition to the car show on Saturday, there are other events scheduled from Thursday, June 19 through Sunday, June 22.

A parade, awards ceremony and tailgate party will follow the Saturday show. A full list of the weekend’s lineup is available at SantaCruzWoodies.com.

Admission is free and no registration fee for show cars. Tickets will be sold for raffle prize drawings throughout the show.

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Jeanette Bent

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — The City of Santa Cruz adopted an updated hazard severity zone map from the state’s fire marshal.

The City of Santa Cruz saying that the updated map ensures alignment with state law and supports statewide as well as local wildfire preparedness efforts.

Small portions of the city (.6%) is represented in orange, which indicates high wildfire risk.

According to the city, nobody lives in those areas.

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Dania Romero

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Watsonville police say that they’ve confiscated nearly 1,000 pounds of illegal fireworks only four days into the department’s fireworks enforcement efforts program. 

Officers said that a group of people, including a teenager, is suspected of selling fireworks across Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey counties. 

The investigation led authorities to a home in Hollister, where the fireworks were being stored, according to police.

Watsonville PD also found an illegal assault rifle and half a kilogram of cocaine. 

Investigators say that the case is ongoing and will now be forwarded to the District Attorney’s office for prosecution. 

“we’re still combing through the evidence and interviewing people, reviewing data that we obtained to determine the charges,” said Juan Trujillo, a Sergeant with the Watsonville Police Department.

Every year, ahead of the 4th of July, it’s the same loud booms that Sherry Bernate is just sick of hearing.

“We hear just bombs and not real bombs, but just loud, loud, piercing fireworks. Sometimes I think people are just shooting rounds up into the sky. It starts in June and it goes right up to the end of August,” said Bernate.

Being from the North State, she’s seen firsthand how destructive illegal fireworks can be.

“When I lived in Redding, my sister and brother-in-law, my nephew, and my nieces had to all evacuate from their homes because of fire,” said Bernate.

“There’s various risks associated with using the fireworks. They can cause fires, they can cause accidents. We commonly see people at the emergency room being treated for injuries consistent with setting them off,” said Trujillo.

Watsonville PD says fines can be up to 1,000 per violation. For example, it’s $1,000 for simply having the fireworks. Another $1,000 is added on for lighting them within 50 feet of a structure, and penalties can keep stacking up.

However, safe and sane fireworks are allowed.

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SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) — Monterey County is recognizing community activists and their families for their hard work in banning the short-handle hoe among farmworkers. Many of those activists had the opportunity to stand alongside supervisors and the legendary norteño band, Los Tigres del Norte. 

Guests ranging from Dolores Huerta, Luis Váldez, and Los Tigres del Norte joined together to recognize fifty years since the prohibition of a farming tool known as “el cortito.”

Maurice “Mo” Jordaine, former CRLA attorney & retired superior court judge, says, “a farmer who told me that he had a bad back as a result of using the short hoe. I went to the law library at Stanford and couldn’t find any law, and finally found a regulation that said no unsafe hand tools shall be used.”

“Mo” Jordaine, along with Marty Glick, members of California Rural Assistance, led the efforts. “We had two hearings, we went with the industrial safety committee, we submitted the case, and they ruled that it wasn’t unsafe because unsafe had to be a long-term injury. couldn’t be like immediate,” said Glick, former Salinas CRLA director.

The legal process took 5 years, prompting similar responses from other states to ban the use of the short hoe during the weeding season. Grace Acia, daughter of activist Hector de la Rosa, recalls the teachings he left behind. “Always ask why so that we can understand the process and then make positive changes,” Grace said. She added, “if we don’t help, then who else will? And I take that with me always.”

She says her father was always available to help the farm working community, meeting with them at home even after hours. She adds that it was his mission, one that many others continue to this day. 

Luis Váldez,  playwright and founding artistic director for Teatro Campesino, says the battle continues. “The struggle has always been to figure out how the balance works out, and that requires activism. That requires a kind of work that we have seen from our leaders.” 

Legendary norteño band – Los Tigres del Norte – receiving the symbolic keys to the county for the work they have done for the migrant community. The county announcing the official Tigres del Norte day on June 10.

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Victor Guzman

BIG SUR, Calif. (KION) – A man from Elk Grove has been identified as the person killed in a crash on Highway 1 on Tuesday morning.

The victim was identified as 24-year-old Fernando Arredondo Delgado of Elk Grove.

According to CHP Monterey, a car had hit a pedestrian near the Rocky Creek Bridge around 5 a.m. on June 10.

One person killed after Highway 1 crash near Rocky Creek bridge along the Big Sur Coast

BIG SUR, Calif. (KION-TV) — CHP-Monterey confirms one person is dead after a vehicle hit a pedestrian north of the Rocky Creek bridge on Tuesday morning.

The CHP says service is limited so no other information is available at this time.

Initial reports of the crash came in around 5 a.m..

The CHP has not identified the person killed in the crash.

This is a developing story

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Jeanette Bent

PAJARO VALLEY, Calif (KION-TV) — Pajaro Valley leaders are holding a rally on Monday calling for other local leaders to push-back on proposed federal cuts to the SNAP program.

They say the effects it could have on local farms could be detrimental.

The event is being organized by the Pajaro Valley Collaborative and will feature speakers from Second Harvest Food Bank, Community Bridges and the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau.

Leaders say that the new federal budget will cut $300 billion from SNAP, the biggest cut in the program’s history.

This, and it could affect more than 33,000 people in the county.

The rally is happening on Monday at 11 a.m. in front of Second Harvest Food Bank in Watsonville.

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Victor Guzman

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION-TV) — Rowers could be seen leaving Monterey as part of the annual World’s Toughest Row competition.

The trip spans 2,800 miles and consists of five teams this year.

Families, friends and supporters could be seen cheering on the rowers as they started their journeys just after 6 a.m. on Friday.

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Jeanette Bent

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) — A new walking, talking AI robot calif is paying a visit to Cannery Row next month.

One of PETA’s newest creations, Charli XC Cow, is making a national tour and making a cameo in Monterey County.

The famous calf has been previously featured on the “Late Show” with Stephen Colbert.

Also, the robot animal will be asking passersby mooo-ving questions. Then, if the person says they’re wearing vegan leather, Charli breaks out into a special robot dance.

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Dania Romero

WATSONVILLE, Calif. (KION-TV) — Encompass, the largest nonprofit provider in the county, according to the CEO, Shellee Stopera, could close this location in Watsonville as soon as the end of this month.

“It’s a very heartfelt situation that we’re in, you know, imagining that these individuals, because they’ll have nowhere else to go,” said Stopera

Many of its clients are on Medi-Cal. The future of the affordable health care option is in limbo after Governor Gavin Newsom’s plans to add new restrictions.

“I believe a third of the population has medical. So that’s the demographic that we’re serving. And of course you know, state-level things are coming down, changing and modifying what medicals is gonna look like,” said Stopera.

The non-profit has received $125 from the county for room and board per day. That number is going down to $75 per day. Stopera says that’s not enough to keep the doors open.

“Those discussions had begun with the county informing them that, you know,w we have to look at something different because we can’t sustain 75 dollars,” said Stopera

Those discussions led the county to contribute over $400,000.

But with a deficit of over 600,000 from Encompass, it still was not enough.

This is not the first closure the non-profit has faced. Patients at the Live Oak facility had to be transitioned to other programs or discharged.

And that may happen to the patients in Watsonville.

“Where do these individuals have to go? Where will they go? What’s the impact? You know, will they find, you know, well, you have situations where, you know, they’re more present out in the community, creating and affecting the dynamics in the community,” said Stopera.

Shellee says they have been notified and will work with them to get them transferred to a different program, but worst comes to worst, some may be laid off.

We reached out to the county for comment, but have not heard back.

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