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FIRE RESOURCES MONTEREY COUNTY — Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce has released a resource guide for the Monterey County fires to assist those affected by the fires to respond to the crisis. The guide is available for free through the “Local Fire Resources” link on...

LOCKWOOD — San Antonio Union School District has received an award from the state of California recognizing its successful positive behavioral intervention and support strategies at the silver level, school officials announced Aug. 4. This represented a shift from when the school district had the...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — On an unseasonably warm day in February, two men working with a local community group went door to door in an ethnically diverse neighborhood to persuade people to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations. It was just after 11 a.m. when they...

At about 9 a.m. on June 28, CAL FIRE received reports of a vegetation fire near the community of Bradley in southern Monterey County.

FARES RETURN TO MST MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey-Salinas Transit will reinstate fare collection throughout its bus system beginning Aug. 1. Passengers will once again pay at the front door of buses by placing their fare in the farebox. MST had gone fare-free on March 18...

KING CITY — Portola-Butler High School in King City partnered with Hartnell’s Office of College Readiness to facilitate a Feb. 22 field trip for 30 students to both the Alisal and Main campuses in Salinas.  The morning started with a tour of the Alisal Campus...

KING CITY — King City Post Office will be renamed in honor of late postmaster and veteran Rudolph “Rudy” Banuelos. Banuelos, who was born in 1927 to immigrant parents from Mexico, enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard and served in World War II. After serving...

BIG SUR — A project to replace a culvert and repair erosion on Highway 1 south of Limekiln State Park has begun, resulting in long-term one-way traffic control. The construction project on Highway 1 on the Big Sur Coast is located at Post Mile 20.4,...

KING CITY — As the only hospital within 50 miles of King City, serving an area of several thousand square miles, Mee Memorial Hospital has a long, storied history as the cornerstone of its rural community. This year the state-of-the-art facility — the core of Mee...

SALINAS VALLEY — An excessive heat warning has been issued for parts of Monterey County, including the cities of Greenfield and King City as well as southern Salinas Valley. The warning takes effect beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday and continues until 1 p.m. Friday, according...