SALINAS — As of Tuesday, KION-TV has shut down its local news operations, the station said in a statement. In its place, the Bay Area CBS station KPIX has formed a partnership with KION and will air its news broadcast in the Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel and Salinas areas.

CBS Bay Area will expand its weather forecasts to include the Santa Cruz, Monterey and Salinas areas, according to the statement. Those forecasts will come through the station’s augmented/virtual reality studio, which launched in 2023 and puts meteorologists into a virtual three-dimensional environment for their forecasts.

The statement also said the station will “add more resources” to cover the region but did not mention what those resources might be. KION airs on Channel 46. News-Press and Gazette bought KION in 2013

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