A Seaside restaurant was evacuated after an electrical fire broke out in its kitchen Sunday afternoon.
Battalion Chief Paul Blaha said the fire was reported shortly before 2:30 p.m. at Jose's Mexican Restaurant, 1612 Contra Costa St., and two engines from Seaside and one each from Monterey, Monterey Peninsula Airport and the Presidio of Monterey departments responded.
Firefighters chopped through the wall to extinguish the blaze, he said, and customers and staff were evacuated with no injuries and firefighters left the scene shortly after 4:30 p.m..
Damage was estimated at $3,000 to $4,000 to the structure and contents, Blaha said, adding that Marina and Monterey also sent engines to cover the Seaside fire station and the Monterey engine responded to a medical emergency in the city while the fire was in progress.
Driver dies in single-car crash
An Oakley woman was killed when her 2005 GMC Yukon ran off Highway 101 south of Salinas late Saturday night, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The CHP said the 40-year-old woman was driving north on 101 at 11:45 p.m., lost control, ran off the right side of the highway near Gould Road, and overturned into an agricultural field, fatally injuring the driver.
Coast guard rescues diver Sunday
A diver was brought ashore after he got in trouble off Monterey Sunday afternoon, the Coast Guard reported.
The diver was part of a group working off the commercial dive boat Silver
Small plane makes emergency landing
A light plane flying from Hayward to King City made an emergency landing Sunday afternoon at Salinas Municipal Airport.
Firefighters said the pilot flying the single-engine Cessna reported engine trouble about 4 p.m. and was able to land without incident at the airport.
— Staff reports