FULLERTON, Calif. (KABC) -- Chrisa Cornejo is mourning the death of her 17-year-old daughter, Trinity Cornejo.

Fullerton police have not confirmed with Eyewitness News that Trinity had a fentanyl overdose, and there is no autopsy report available yet. However, her mother believes fentanyl is behind her daughter's death.

Salinas, Calf.- The Salinas Valley Memorial HealthCare System held a Walk with the Doc event, Saturday Morning. The focus of the walk was to let people know about the dangers of fentanyl...

Drug overdoses are a growing epidemic nationwide and San Benito County residents are experiencing it first hand. 

Overdoses have spiked in the county the last year. Emergency Services of San Benito County reported 48 overdose calls in 2021. As of Aug. 14, ambulance personnel have responded to 42 calls for overdose, EMS Manager Kris Mangano said...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The Dept. of Justice is warning of a rise in what's called rainbow fentanyl- a brightly colored version of the synthetic opioid that dealers are using to target teens and young adults...

The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office announced it made an arrest for possession of a firearm, suspected methamphetamine, suspected cocaine and fentanyl. The Sheriff’s Office did not identified the person who was arrested...

Hundreds of fentanyl pills have been seized by the San Benito County Sheriff's Department.

On Saturday at 2:30 a.m. Sergeant Mull and Deputy Zanella checked on a vehicle near the front entrance of the Monterey RV Park located at 1400 Hwy 101...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION) Both the Santa Cruz Police Department and the Monterey County Sheriff's Office report several recent overdoses and some may be linked to marijuana laced with Fentanyl...

SAN JOSE — San Jose’s top cop and his second-in-command were flagged down this week by a woman reporting that her boyfriend had taken a drug and was not responsive, and an officer is believed to have saved the man’s life, police said...

The Monterey Police Department has reported finding rainbow-colored fentanyl. Two people were arrested in possession of the multi-colored fentanyl in the city....

Eric Taylor was successful in securing his job as sheriff-coroner in the June 7 election by winning 65.7% of votes cast in the race. His opponent, Juan Guevara, received 34.3% of the vote. He was appointed by the Board of Supervisors in 2021 following sheriff Darren Thompson’s retirement...

The growing opioid crisis on the Central Coast was highlighted Monday night after Hollister police responded to two opioid overdoses in the same night.

Fortunately, both people survived after police administered six doses of Narcan, the nasal spray that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.

On June 11, about 40 people attended the Fentanyl Awareness & Prevention event at the Veterans Memorial Building in Hollister. San Benito County Behavioral Health Department organized the gathering, which featured 14 booths hosted by organizations sharing informational resources covering health topics, abuse prevention, education and youth services...

Hollister Police were busy Feb. 17-18 responding to numerous high-priority calls, including a violent robbery involving a juvenile victim, a fentanyl overdose and a stolen trailer that resulted in an arrest.

The California Highway Patrol is calling it the largest fentanyl bust in Central Valley history.

On Jan. 21, officers with the patrol's Merced unit confiscated a massive drug haul — 75 pounds of counterfeit Oxycodone pills believed to contain fentanyl with a street value worth an estimated $3 million, a statement from CHP said

A drug dealer has been charged with the murder of a 12-year-old San Jose girl who fatally overdosed on fentanyl.

The 16-year-old San Jose charged minor sold the drug to the girl in 2020. She died shortly after consuming three-quarters of a single pill. Jane Doe became the youngest person to fatally overdose in the county in 2020.

On Tuesday the Salinas Police Department released information on the latest results from their Violence Suppression Task Force, a specialized unit tasked focusing on uncovering gang activity.

San Benito County is reporting a spike in drug overdoses likely linked to counterfeit pills containing fentanyl.  From January 1, 2021 to today, there have been 36 individuals requiring naloxone administration by Emergency Medical Services.  Of the 36 reported cases, 17 have occurred in the last three months, which is very concerning.

Overdoses continuing to rise, some bay area venues are providing fentanyl testing strips to patrons and the public for free. 

More than $1 million dollars worth of illegal drugs are now off the streets in Monterey County, thanks to a multi-agency effort led by the Salinas Police Department.

Along with our neighboring counties Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Santa Clara, as well as across California, is witnessing a significant spike in the number of drug-related overdoses and deaths in recent months. There have been 18 overdoses to date for 2021, as compared to 38 in 2020 and 23 in 2019.  These overdoses represent overdose calls resulting in administration of Narcan® by first responders.

San Jose had recently seen a spike in deaths due to individuals being sold methamphetamine that the users did not know contained fentanyl. 

Santa Cruz Police said they responded to the encampment at East Levee Monday morning for the latest overdose. Of the 14 overdoses, there have been two deaths.

"In April 2020, shortly after shelter-in-place took effect, drug-related overdose cases fell at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula to less than half than before the pandemic began, from over 40 per month to only 17, says Reb Close, a CHOMP emergency room physician and co-founder of Prescribe Safe Monterey County. In summer, the numbers jumped back up to pre-pandemic levels and since January, they’ve steadily increased. “It’s just been really getting out of hand,” Close says."

For at least the second time in less than a month, police delivered the Narcan medication to a San Benito County resident June 1 who had just suffered a drug overdose, according to authorities.

The increase mirrors a surge in drug overdoses in California and around the country during the pandemic. What’s notable about the victims in Santa Clara County is their youth. One was a 12-year-old girl.

A Monterey County man is in custody and charged by a federal grand jury for a 2019 deadly fentanyl overdose and the intent to distribute the drug, according to a U.S. Department of Justice release.

The scene still plays over and over in her head: Walking into a Santa Rosa home and finding her 1-year-old son dead next to his unconscious father. Sitting nearby on a piece of foil was the killer – the powerful narcotic fentanyl.

The Central Valley is seeing an increase in counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl and causing a surge overdoses and deaths. 

Two Monterey County doctors, Dr. Eric Jacobson and Dr. Paul Tocchet, are facing accusations of negligence and petitions to revoke their medical licenses by the California Medical Board

A kilo of heroin with a street value of at least $80,000 and an illegal short barreled assault rifle was seized by Watsonville police.

San Benito County is not exempt to the high use of pain medications. Although there has been a significant decrease in pain medication prescriptions in the past two years, in part due to the awareness campaigns by the San Benito County Opioid Task Force, there are still approximately 25,650 opioid prescriptions made annually to residents of this county, according to the California Department of Public Health Opioid Dashboard

A 19-year-old Seaside man has been arrested and charged with selling a counterfeit street drug laced with Fentanyl that killed a Carmel Valley man last month and the arrest coming just months after another 19-year-old was accused of selling a similar drug that took the life of a 16-year-old girl in Seaside.

Hollister is a community where everyone somehow knows each other. Some of the people we can recognize by driving through town are neighbors, coworkers, family and friends. Once in a while, you become familiar with the local residents who may be under the influence, and a bit distracting on the side of the road. It can be hard to imagine how someone like that can recover from being in such a terrible situation. However, one of these people who came to be known for her singing in the street, looking disheveled, being homeless and walking around town with a balloon has proven that recovery is possible.

Early in the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, staff at San Benito County Behavioral Health began to move essential services to telecommute outlets. When the shelter-in-place order came from the Board of Supervisors in mid-March, Behavioral Health was able to continue to provide care without in-person visits.

Sun Street Centers announces it has reopened the doors to its Women’s Residential and Perinatal Recovery Program in Hollister, CA on June 8, 2020. This state-licensed recovery program located in Downtown Hollister provides a supportive environment for single women and women with small children seeking a life free from the devastating effects of drug and alcohol addiction.

Opioid-related overdoes and deaths continue to be a problem across California and the country. San Benito health and law enforcement leaders spent Saturday getting the message out about these dangerous drugs and how to help with drug abuse.

San Benito County Public Health Services invites the community to meet health care providers and state government representatives to discuss the local opioid crisis.

To fight back against the epidemic, the San Benito Opioid Task Force is focusing on educating teenagers about the dangers of taking recreational pills, especially when they’ve been bought off the street.

Since the uptick in overdose deaths from both opioids and stimulants such as methamphetamine, their work is becoming even more important.

It is believed fentanyl has been laced in counterfeit prescription narcotics that are being sold in our community. Multiple agencies are asking you to please not take any medication that hasn't come from your doctor and pharmacist.

San Benito County Sheriff's Office put out a warning of increase in opioid overdoses due to counterfeit pills containing the potent drug, fentanyl.

The program enables their ER to treat anyone who is experiencing withdrawal from opioids or anyone who needs support quitting.

There are treatments that work, but rehab facilities don't have to use them. A Gilroy family learned that the hard way.

The Hollister Police Department & Hollister Fire Department revived a man after he was found not breathing from a suspected opioid overdose. Made possible by training from SBC Opioid Task Force members and provided with Narcan 

Since 1968, Sun Street Centers has worked to treat patients with alcohol and drug addiction. On July 12, Sun Street Centers received a renewed, three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF International). This is the third time Sun Street Centers has received this accreditation in the past 10 years.

The San Benito County Opioid Task Force has been diligently working to address the opioid epidemic locally since its formation in late 2017. The Task Force has recently made significant strides which will help further accelerate efforts to combat local opioid issues through increased services, prevention efforts, and selection for grant funding.

A 23-year-old man was arrested Saturday morning at a Watsonville home after a police dog sniffed out 138 grams of heroin hidden under a floorboard and officers discovered four firearms, including an assault rifle. Andy Viorato-Briseno, of Watsonville, was taken into custody on suspicion of possession of narcotics while armed and possession of a controlled substance for sales.

The fentanyl drug overdose crisis that first erupted back east has come to Fresno County in a case where a Fresno man died of an overdose, Sheriff Margaret Mims said Monday.

One person has died and four are in critical condition after a mass drug overdose at a house in Chico, Calif. A total of 12 people were taken to the hospital.

San Benito County Opioid Task Force updated the San Benito County Board of Supervisors on its achievements since its establishment 1 year ago and launched its website live from the meeting.

2 individuals lives have been saved in San Benito County by Naloxone, an overdose reversal medication, made possible by a grant secured by Public Health Services and Emergency Services

San Benito County Public Health Officer Dr. Gail Newel discusses joining in on the lawsuit versus pharmacy giants.

San Benito County joins more than 30 counties in California to file legal action against pharmaceutical companies over the opioid epidemic.