Monterey County looks to eliminate prior cultivation requirement for outdoor cannabis growers
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County Board of Supervisors narrowly voted Jan. 9 to make changes to its outdoor cannabis cultivation pilot program, allowing growers to double their canopy size and eliminate a requirement that made permit applicants prove cannabis was cultivated on the property...
King City prepares for annual Beautification Week 2025
KING CITY ā King Cityās Beautification Week has arrived, and residents and businesses are urged to pick a project to beautify the town.
Beautification Week 2025 will run from June 20-29 under the sponsorship of the King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture in partnership...
Photo | King City golfers earn first-team honors
This yearās boys golf players from King City High School are Aden Pena, Jake King, Max Tugel, Israel Santiago, Christopher Martinez and Tanner King. Both Pena and Tugel earned first-team all-league honors in the Cypress Division based on their golf scores.
King City officers help escort Flame of Hope
KING CITY ā Police officers and community members from King City, Greenfield, Soledad and Gonzales escorted the Flame of Hope torch through the Salinas Valley last week as part of its journey to the 2023 Special Olympics Northern California Summer Games.
The 2023 Law Enforcement...
Photo | King City tennis, pickleball courts open
KING CITY ā The newly resurfaced tennis courts and four newly added pickleball courts at the City Park, next to King City Golf Course, are now open for play.
A separate future project to add a pedestrian access ramp to the facility is being planned...
Arts Council for Monterey County and partners secure $250K grant for local arts
CENTRAL COAST ā Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC), along with its partners ā San Benito County Arts Council and Arts Council Santa Cruz County ā have been selected as one of 36 recipients in a competitive grant program designed to boost economic growth...
Soccer | Gonzales boys defeat King City to reach CCS semifinals
SALINAS VALLEY ā With wins last Saturday, the Gonzales and Greenfield boysā soccer teams will be playing Wednesday night in the Central Coast Section Division IV semifinals.
In the first round of Division IV playoffs, the Spartans defeated South Monterey County rival King City by...
Community Human Services equips Monterey County park rangers with Narcan
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Community Human Services (CHS) has provided the Monterey County Parks Department with 17 cases of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, the opioid overdose reversal medication, free of charge.
This represents over 200 individual doses of Narcan that park rangers can administer to distressed...
Football | King City Mustangs to rely on youth for upcoming challenge ahead
KING CITY ā A young King City High School football team opened the 2023 season with a squad that had its share of untested and inexperienced players.
This upcoming fall season will be no different for the Mustangs, who will once again be a youthful...
King City High School senior receives arts scholarship
KING CITY ā Carlos Acevedo from King City High School has been awarded a College Arts Scholarship from the Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC).
Acevedo is one of 15 graduating high school seniors in Monterey County to receive the scholarship this year, and is...