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KING CITY — City of King’s Downtown Streetscape Project was among this year’s winners of the 22nd Annual Transportation Excellence Awards, presented by the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC). “It is great that our city was recognized by TAMC for our Downtown Streetscape Project,”...

UNITED AWARDS MONTEREY COUNTY — United Way Monterey County is currently accepting nominations for its LIVE UNITED Awards. The 46th annual community service awards honor volunteers who made significant contributions in Monterey County in the areas of Education, Human Service, Youth Volunteer, Community Service and...

SALINAS VALLEY — Nearly 400 people with a professional stake in the safety of fresh fruits and vegetables consumed worldwide gathered at Hartnell College on May 4-5 for the 17th Annual Western Food Safety Conference. The conference, held on Hartnell’s Main Campus in Salinas as...

KING CITY — Virginia and Yannis Gelos of King City have been selected as the first recipients of King City in Bloom’s “Yard of the Month” award, which will be presented every month to a home selected for its tidiness and beauty in the...

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...

COVID-19 TESTS KING CITY — A pop-up Covid-19 testing site will take place outside the King City Recreation Department on Thursday, July 9, starting at 10 a.m. The testing site is the result of a partnership between Mee Memorial Hospital and Natividad Medical Center. Testing...

SALINAS VALLEY — California Rodeo Salinas has awarded $30,000 in scholarships this year — a record for the Rodeo Association — to local students, several of whom are from South Monterey County. “The Rodeo Association’s generosity will impact these students’ lives, and they will in...

MEAL PROGRAM SALINAS VALLEY — United Way Monterey County is partnering with Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley to help expand their food delivery programs to residents who have currently tested positive for Covid-19 and are in their isolation period. This initiative provides one...

KING CITY — Multiple law enforcement agencies served three search warrants in King City early Wednesday morning, resulting in one arrest for illegal firearms. Soledad Police Department detectives executed the warrants in the 600 block of Luckett Street, 900 block of Broadway Street and 100...