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Photos | Remembering 9/11: King City FD attends Patriot Day commemoration

Personnel from King City Fire Department attended the Patriot Day commemoration in Greenfield on Monday. City of Greenfield hosted the special ceremony, held outside the Greenfield Civic Center, to mark the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Along with KCFD, Greenfield firefighters and...

SPCA Monterey County caring for jelly bean-sized rescued baby hummingbirds

MONTEREY COUNTY — Every spring, the SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center rescues hundreds of baby birds. These tiny birds receive critical care while they are raised at the SPCA, and then released back into the wild to fly free. Some of the...

6 cited at King City DUI checkpoint

KING CITY — King City Police Department reported that no one was arrested for DUI at a DUI checkpoint on Aug. 22. The DUI checkpoint was held on Broadway Street at Canal Street from 6 to 10 p.m. that Thursday. Six drivers were cited for operating...

Pinnacles National Park takes on massive paving project this spring, early summer

Pinnacles National Park
SOLEDAD — Pinnacles National Park will break ground on a park-wide paving project beginning at the end of April, resulting in some closures for visitors during the late spring and early summer period. The massive project will address necessary repairs to every road and paved surface...

Wrestling | Soledad’s Ramirez sole qualifier from South Monterey County for State Meet

SOLEDAD — Soledad High sophomore Natalie Ramirez placed first in the 235-pound weight class at the Central Coast Section wrestling championships on Saturday to qualify for the California Interscholastic Federation State Meet. The state finals will begin Thursday, Feb. 27, at Mechanics Bank Arena in...

Jury convicts man of attempted murder, armed robbery and police shooting in King City

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KING CITY — A Monterey County jury has found Armando Rodriguez Garcia, 37, guilty of attempted murder of a peace officer, multiple counts of assault with a firearm, armed robbery and firearm possession offenses stemming from a violent confrontation involving a police shooting and...

City of King staff dominates ā€˜Move It’ spring challenge

KING CITY — The team from City of King dominated the ā€œMove It Monterey Countyā€ Spring Challenge, which occurred April 1 through May 5. Presented by Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) in co-sponsorship with Blue Zones Monterey County and MY Museum, the goal of...

King City’s Ortiz sworn in as CHP officer

CHP King City
KING CITY — Mario Ortiz of King City has successfully completed cadet training at the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Academy. He is assigned to duty at the CHP’s Central Los Angeles Area office. Officer Ortiz graduated from King City High School in 2021. Prior to attending...

King City celebrates 2025 Independence Day

KING CITY — Residents of King City came out in larger crowds than recent years in order to celebrate the Fourth of July over two days. This past Thursday, the fireworks show took place at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds Stampede Arena. Friday marked Independence Day...

County of Monterey supports California ā€˜AT HOME’ plan to address homelessness

County of Monterey
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to support AT HOME, a first-of-its-kind comprehensive approach developed by the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) in collaboration with county leaders throughout the state to effectively and equitably address homelessness in California. This program...
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