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KING CITY — A Monterey County jury has found Armando Rodriguez Garcia, 37, guilty of attempted murder of a peace officer, multiple counts of assault with a firearm, armed robbery and firearm possession offenses stemming from a violent confrontation involving a police shooting and...

ROAD PROJECT PAICINES — A project to perform restoration on the curve alignment along State Route 25 is continuing from just north of the San Benito Lateral to two miles south of State Route 146 near Pinnacles National Park until the end of October. Travelers...

KING CITY — Officers from the King City Police Department conducted a DUI checkpoint on March 18 at the intersection of Broadway and Canal streets, with assistance from California Highway Patrol’s King City Area Office. More than 400 vehicles passed through the checkpoint from 6...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) has selected 28 emerging nonprofit managers to join the LEAD (Leadership, Education and Development) Institute’s 2025 cohort. LEAD is a year-long professional development institute offered by the CFMC’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence to foster strong, effective...

KING CITY — Mee Memorial Healthcare System has received the 2024 Women’s Choice Award for Emergency Timeliness as one of America’s top-ranking hospitals in the category. The Women’s Choice Award honors hospitals that receive extraordinary recommendation ratings and have demonstrated exceptional service and clinical standards...

KING CITY — After two years without a field trip due to the pandemic, fourth graders from Santa Lucia Elementary School in King City were able to board the O’Neill Sea Odyssey catamaran for a two-hour tour on the Pacific Ocean. Last month, students from...

SOLEDAD — Two inmates at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad have been found guilty of attempting to murder another inmate. After a two-week jury trial, inmates Brian Pacheco, 40, and Jason Partee, 42, were convicted Sept. 23 for stabbing inmate Manual Gonzalez in September...

VACCINE CLINICS SOLEDAD — Monterey County Health Department and Soledad Unified School District will host a Covid-19 vaccination clinic every Wednesday through April 13 for those needing booster or vaccine shots. The free clinic takes place from 4 to 7 p.m. in the multipurpose room...

MONTEREY COUNTY — At about 4:07 a.m. on Jan. 16, Monterey County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies at the Monterey County Jail in Salinas located an incarcerated person in their housing cell who was unresponsive.  “Deputies immediately began performing life-saving measures on the subject,” according to...

WEEDING VOLUNTEERS KING CITY — King City in Bloom will host its next weed cleanup at the city park and around the recreation building in King City on Wednesday, June 9. They will also lay gorilla hair at the golf course and recreation center. Those...