This CA TV Station Will No Longer Have Local Newscasts

MONTEREY, CA — KION, the CBS station serving California’s Central Coast, will no longer have local newscasts, the station announced Tuesday.

Instead, KION is airing news by KPIX, the CBS station serving San Francisco, for viewers in Monterey, Salinas, Santa Cruz and the surrounding area, according to the announcement.

“KPIX News on KION represents an evolution in how KION serves its audience,” the announcement said. “While the station will no longer produce its own full local newscasts, the new partnership ensures Central Coast viewers receive trusted reporting, relevant community updates, and world-class CBS content all in one place.”

KION is owned by News Press & Gazette Co. and airs on channel 46.

"I did not see this coming,” one reporter told rival station KSBW. “I was out heading out to do a story about affordable housing in Santa Cruz and got a call to come back, and it just hit me out of nowhere.”

Telemundo 23 shares a newsroom with KION, but there is no plan to have a Spanish newscast moving forward for the majority-Hispanic Monterey County, according to KSBW.