Banquet honors longtime swim coach for King City Mustangs
KING CITY ā King City High School swim teamās season-ending awards night, held earlier this month, ended with a surprise for head coach Cheryll Hill, who was thanked for her 30 years of coaching the Mustang teams.
āI was not expecting to be recognized,ā Hill...
CHP to deploy additional officers in King City area this weekend
KING CITY ā In an effort to reduce the number of motorcycle crashes, California Highway Patrol (CHP) King City Area will deploy additional officers beginning Friday on Highway 101 during Memorial Day weekend.
Officers will look for violations by both motorcycle riders and drivers that...
Track and Field | King Cityās Limosnero qualifies for State
KING CITY ā King City High School distance ace Israel Limosnero set a school record in the 800 meters at 1:55.17 last Saturday at the Central Coast Section Track and Field Championship Finals at Gilroy High School.
Limosnero led for most of the race but...
Softball | King City Mustangsā season ends after 2-1 loss
KING CITY ā In a season that had its ups and downs, the King City High girlsā softball team was able to win five straight games to sneak into the playoffs for the third consecutive year.
After last season ended the way it did, losing...
Thousands turn out for 2023 Salinas Valley Fair in King City
KING CITY ā Once again the Salinas Valley Fair drew thousands of people to King City for a long weekend of family-friendly activities and entertainment, including its first-ever huge concert headlined by multiplatinum country singer Dylan Scott on Saturday night.
The 79th annual celebration featured...
King City native in need of kidney transplant
KING CITY ā In March, the generous spirit of King City was on full display as community members rallied around a life-long resident in need of a liver transplant. The event supporting Rita McCormack Tavernetti at the Orradre Building raised more than $150,000, heightened...
Plane makes emergency landing in King City ag field
KING CITY ā Monterey County Sheriffās Office deputies responded to an emergency plane landing south of King City on May 17.
At about 10:49 a.m., the plane was traveling to Paso Robles when it suffered a catastrophic engine failure. The pilots turned back to land...
Deputy on horseback stops fleeing suspect in King City
KING CITY ā While at the Salinas Valley Fair on May 19 at about 7:30 p.m., a Monterey County Sheriffās Office deputy assigned to the Mounted Horse Patrol observed a physical fight outside the fairgrounds in King City between what appeared to be teenage...
King City woman who killed teen in 2013 granted parole
KING CITY ā California Board of Parole Hearings has granted parole and a future release date to Angela Zuniga, who was convicted of second-degree murder of a Salinas teenager in 2013.
Zuniga, of King City, was 21 years old at the time of the commission...
Salinas Valley athletes represent at college track finals
SALINAS VALLEY ā As high schoolers are gathering for the 2023 Central Coast Section (CCS) trials and finals, their college counterparts gathered for the Northern California Community College Track and Field Championships just last week on May 12.
Hartnell College has, and always will be, a school full of...