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SALINAS VALLEY — Volleyball teams in South Monterey County are just a week away from starting divisional play in the Pacific Coast Athletic League and have just a handful of games to complete the pre-season schedule. KING CITY The King City Lady Mustangs won both their...

KING CITY — With a private practice in San Luis Obispo and Templeton, Dr. Lant Abernathy will be heading north two to three times per month to see patients and perform surgeries in King City. Witnessing his father contentedly practice medicine for 35 years, and...

KING CITY — Trailing in their first match of the volleyball season two games to one, the King City Lady Mustangs played better down the stretch and defeated South Monterey County rival Greenfield High in a 3-2 non-league battle. “There was definitely first-match jitters the...

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...

KING CITY — Students from three classrooms at Santa Lucia Elementary School in King City have completed their first month of the Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program. The new program, launched this school year, teaches students from all backgrounds in a blend of Spanish and...

CENTRAL COAST — In downtown Salinas on Aug. 19 — joined by several dozen Central Coast elected officials, law enforcement leaders, business owners and local and state lawmakers — Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas championed historic new retail theft laws that will protect business owners,...

SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County high schools hit the gridiron last Thursday, Friday and Saturday to mark the beginning of the football season. King City, Greenfield and Gonzales came out winners, while Soledad fell at home in the pre-season opener. KING CITY In a contest that...

KING CITY — Sol Treasures in King City recently began a new exhibition featuring creations by local youth artists Elliot Riley and Harper Stamps. Artwork by Riley, 19, and Stamps, 12, was installed Aug. 14, and a Meet the Artists evening was held Aug. 16,...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Sun Street Centers has been awarded a $50,000 Community Impact grant from the Lauralie and J. Irvine Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC). This two-year grant will support the Safe Teens Empowerment Project (STEPS), aimed at increasing peer-to-peer education...

MONTEREY COUNTY — In recent weeks, there has been a surge in fraudulent job postings targeting job seekers, announced Monterey County District Attorney’s Office. These deceptive postings lead unsuspecting individuals to fake websites asking them to provide sensitive personal information, including direct deposit details. They...