Oral history interviews shine light on longtime residents of King City
KING CITY — Interviews from 2021 with Rudy and Joanne Banuelos, long-time residents of King City, are now available on the YouTube channel for the San Antonio Valley Historical Association.
The interviews were conducted in August and September 2021, just before the Banueloses moved to...
Cross Country | South Monterey County runners qualify for State Meet
SALINAS VALLEY — Gonzales High junior Giovanni Ochoa and Greenfield High sophomore Fabian Serrano ran well at last Saturday’s Central Coast Section (CCS) Championships and qualified for the California Interscholastic Federation State Cross Country Championships.
Ochoa earned an All-CCS medal for his seventh-place finish in...
King City High graduate Lisa Villanueva named All-State in softball
KING CITY — Lisa Villanueva, the 18-year-old daughter of Mac and Heidi Villanueva of King City, was recently named as a first-team All-State Small School softball player by Cal-Hi Sports.
Villanueva will be headed to Southern California next month to attend Fullerton Junior College, where...
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...
Planning gets underway for South County Family Justice Center
MONTEREY COUNTY — Community members are invited to attend a strategic planning event for South Monterey County’s Family Justice Center later this month.
A team from the Family Justice Center Alliance, a project of Alliance for HOPE International, is helping Monterey County with the planning...
Friendsgiving Lunch brings holiday warmth to Monterey County’s most vulnerable
MONTEREY COUNTY — Interim Inc. hosted its annual Friendsgiving Lunch on Friday at the OMNI Resource Center in Salinas, welcoming more than 147 clients and community members, including individuals experiencing homelessness or living with mental health challenges.
The Nov. 22 lunch also served an additional...
Cal Fire plans prescribed burn in South Monterey County starting March 22
PARKFIELD — Conditions and weather permitting, Cal Fire plans to conduct a multiple-day pile burning in Ranchita Truck Trail of Southern Monterey County near Parkfield, starting March 22.
The purpose of the project is to remove excess vegetation along the Ranchita Truck Trail Fuel Break....
King City man arrested for rape, kidnapping
KING CITY — On Dec. 30, a 17-year-old girl reported to King City Police Department that she was a victim of rape after attending a party in the 100 block of Bedford Circle in King City on Dec. 24.
“During the party, the suspect provided...
Bat tests positive for rabies in Toro Park
SALINAS — A bat found on April 2 near Toro Creek Road, in the Toro Park area of unincorporated Monterey County, has tested positive for the rabies virus.
Hitchcock Road Animal Services has investigated this incident and determined that while there was exposure to an owned...
Zavala joins King City PD as newest officer
KING CITY — King City Police Department recently welcomed the city’s newest officer, Javier Zavala, to the force.
Officer Zavala, a Greenfield native and Navy veteran, was sworn in Aug. 8.
Zavala graduated from Monterey Peninsula College Law Enforcement Academy in April. He is currently in...
