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MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Workforce Development Board (MCWDB) is teaming up with the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce, Salinas United Business Association and the Small Business Development Center for a virtual Retail Industry Job Fair on Wednesday, Oct....

KING CITY — A young man seen carrying what appeared to be an assault-style rifle outside a Meyer Street residence Tuesday night was later identified and arrested, according to the King City Police Department. Police said the incident occurred on Dec. 9 at about 9:51...

The hundreds of new laws that Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed over the past several weeks include plenty of “firsts.” California has become the first state to force the garment industry to pay workers by the hour, instead of per item. The first to ban...

JUNGLE BOOK SALINAS — ARIEL Summer Camp performers will present “Disney’s The Jungle Book KIDS” on Friday, June 24, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, June 25, at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Karen Wilson Children’s Theatre in Salinas. Adapted from Disney’s...

MONTEREY COUNTY — In order to support small businesses facing financial impacts from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Monterey County Workforce Development Board, in partnership with the California Office of the Small Business Advocate, has established the Covid-19 Microbusiness Grant fund. The fund will provide grants to eligible...

KING CITY — Hands That Help SoMoCo hosted its fifth fundraising event last month, this time honoring King City resident Susan King as she battles cancer. Organizers described King as facing her diagnosis “with courage and grace” and said “she is definitely a fighter.” They...

KING CITY — A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the killing of three people in King City. Following a pair of local search warrants executed Friday morning, King City Police arrested the teen for three counts of homicide. Detectives said they found...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Siembra Latinos Fund has now topped $80,000 in cumulative grants after awarding $23,000 to six nonprofit organizations in August for projects and programs serving Latinx residents throughout Monterey County. An affiliate fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, Siembra Latinos Fund...

JOLON — In a traditional Change of Command Ceremony, Col. Charles Bell passed on command of the U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett to Col. Lisa Lamb last month. Bell, who held the post since June 2019, now faces his next assignment as chief of...

Six-hundred-dollar checks. Universal prekindergarten. Forgiveness for back rent, traffic tickets, utility bills. Big investments in the electrical grid, broadband, wildfire prevention, drought mitigation. Tax breaks for small business and Hollywood. Flush with a huge surplus and threatened by a campaign to recall him from office,...