Supreme Court rules against union recruiting on California farms
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a California regulation allowing union organizers to recruit agricultural workers at their workplaces violated the constitutional rights of their employers.
The vote was 6-3, with the court’s three liberal members in dissent.
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Jan. 30, 2025
ARMY CONCERT
JOLON — Gary Sinise & The Lt. Dan Band, with opening act Stolen Silver, will be performing at the historic Hacienda as part of Fort Hunter Liggett’s 250th Army Birthday Kick-Off Concert on Friday, Jan. 31. This free concert is open to the...
Photo | King City High School alum supports Marines with legal services
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sergio GarciaAnguiano — a King City High School Class of 2022 graduate and legal services specialist with Legal Services Support Team (LSST), Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) — fills out paperwork at MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, Calif., on...
King City High seniors celebrate graduation at in-person ceremony
KING CITY — King City High School’s Class of 2021 saw more than 220 students finish their journey with a graduation at War Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
Last year’s graduation included both an online ceremony as well as an outdoor ceremony in a drive-thru format...
Pacific Grove student named Monterey County’s next Youth Poet Laureate
MONTEREY COUNTY — After a competitive selection process, the Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC) has announced Maram Haddad as the 2024-25 Monterey County Youth Poet Laureate (YPL).
Starting in May, Haddad will serve a one-year term where she will participate in various county events...
Finally, California is about to reopen
We’ve been waiting for this week for a long time.
After more than a year of complex, evolving rules governing where Californians can go and what we can do, on Tuesday, nearly all of them will go away.
California, the nation’s most populous state, will be...
Climbing advisories in effect at Pinnacles National Park
SOLEDAD — Annual measures to protect nesting raptors of Pinnacles National Park, located five miles east of Soledad, were reinstated as of Jan. 18.
According to Park Superintendent Blanca Alvarez Stransky, 12 pairs of Prairie and Peregrine Falcons produced a total of 40 fledglings last...
King City’s Santa Lucia School unearths 1970 time capsule
KING CITY — Officials at Santa Lucia Elementary School in King City opened a time capsule from 1970 on April 29, after the Covid-19 pandemic delayed the originally planned 2020 opening.
The school’s 570 current students and their teachers were in attendance for the ceremony,...
San Ardo man arrested for child sex abuse
SAN ARDO — Monterey County Child Protective Services contacted the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office on March 20 at about 9:45 a.m. to report it had received information about an incident involving the sexual abuse of a child.
At that time, the Sheriff’s Office Investigations Unit...
