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CAR WASH KING CITY — Sun Street Centers will host a car wash fundraiser to support its Men and Women’s Residential Program in King City on Saturday, May 27. The car wash will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 641 Broadway St....

AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM GREENFIELD — Greenfield Recreation Department will be offering an after-school program beginning Feb. 1 at the Recreation Center in Patriot Park. The free program for grades first through sixth will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:15 to 5:15 p.m. and Wednesdays from...

PAICINES — Pinnacles National Park has issued a warning to visitors about a disease outbreak that affects dogs and other animals after recently finding several sick or dead gray foxes on park trails. In a Nov. 7 news release, park staff said one of the foxes has tested...

KING CITY — Salinas Valley Fair announced in a YouTube video the selection and crowning of Ashley Rosilez of Templeton as 2020 Miss Salinas Valley Fair. Rosilez was crowned by her sisters at their home over a recorded Zoom meeting while the panel of judges...

LOS ANGELES — Deaths from COVID-19. Aging baby boomers. Fewer children. Restrictions on immigration. These factors, as well as the soaring cost of living, are forcing California — long associated in the public imagination as a destination and place of growth — to confront the...

CALIFORNIA — Cal Fire has launched a new Online Burn Permit application platform that offers the public a user-friendly way to request a burn permit.  Burn permits that are available on this platform include the following:  Residential Burning (LE-62A) is burning outdoors at a single or...

AUTHOR TALK SALINAS — Laureen Diephof, an accomplished columnist, photojournalist and world traveler, will be a guest speaker at the El Gabilan Library, 1400 N. Main St., in Salinas on Tuesday, July 11, at 5 p.m. Throughout her career, Diephof worked as a reporter for...

KING CITY — Community Food Pantry of King City is again partnering with Goodwill Industries for another collection drive in April. The Food Pantry is asking local residents to bring new or gently used items, such as clothing, shoes, books, blankets, linens, curtains, dishes, kitchenware,...

Hundreds turned out for King City Rotary Club’s 2024 Crab Feed last Friday at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City.  King City High School Interact Club members assisted with the all-you-can-eat crab dinner, which also included a DJ and line dancing this year. Proceeds from...