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November 5, 2025

King City Homekey housing project collapses, funds missing

King City Days Inn Project Homekey
KING CITY — California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit last week against the developer of King City’s troubled Project Homekey motel conversion, and the City of King is named as a defendant. The project at a former Days Inn near the Highway 101...

Track and Field | South Monterey County track teams head to Masters Meet

SALINAS VALLEY — Track and field teams from South Monterey County will be competing this Saturday at the Pacific Coast Athletic League Masters Meet at Pacific Grove High School. The top competitors will qualify for the Central Coast Section semi-finals that will take place Saturday,...

King City Chamber dinner to award top business and community leaders

KING CITY — King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture will recognize the 2022 winners of the organization’s annual business and community awards this weekend.  The 2023 Annual Awards Dinner is scheduled for Saturday, March 4, inside the Orradre Building at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds,...

Salinas Valley Fair ‘kicks off’ 2023 season

KING CITY — It was a packed house inside the Orradre Building at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City on April 15, as 600 supporters of the Salinas Valley Fair attended the annual Fair Kick-Off dinner, dance and auction fundraiser. Guests were served a...

City of King hosts community meeting for Riverbed Wildfire Prevention Plan

King City Riverbed Wildfire Prevention Plan Map
KING CITY — Reducing hazards of fire and floods in the riverbed area adjacent to the community has been an ongoing objective for the City of King. “The City has made significant progress in obtaining permits to perform annual silt removal to reduce flooding and...

Condors lay first egg of year at Pinnacles National Park

Pinnacles National Park condor egg
SOLEDAD — Pinnacles National Park biologists have confirmed the first condor egg within the park for 2024. The parents, Condors 868 and 931, are a new pair and have chosen a nest cavity in a place that no condors have used before. Condor 868 is a...

Greenfield teen arrested for possession of ‘ghost gun’

KING CITY — On March 16, at about 10:13 p.m., officers from the King City Police Department responded to the 400 block of Jayne Street regarding a report of subjects cocking a handgun and getting into a vehicle not known to the area. When officers...

Construction resumes on Highway 101 in King City

Road work sign
KING CITY — With the passing of cold and wet weather conditions, work has again begun on a construction project to rehabilitate the Highway 101 mainline and ramps and to perform a seismic retrofit and widening on the Salinas River Bridge near King City. On...

Hartnell Panther runners from South Monterey County moving on

SALINAS VALLEY — Distance runners from Hartnell College and South Monterey County will be continuing to run and compete at universities in California and beyond after signing Letters of Intent. Last Saturday at the Hartnell College gymnasium, Ashley Ochoa from Gonzales High School and Daniel...

King City’s State of the City Address emphasizes long-term financial stability and community engagement

King City State of the City Address
KING CITY — Long-term financial stability seemed to be the theme of this year’s State of the City Address, during which City of King officials provided an update on King City’s progress over the past year while presenting their latest efforts and challenges. The Jan....
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