Metal butterflies adorn mural landscaping at Mee Memorial Healthcare System
KING CITY — A joint project with the King City High School Agriculture Department and the community has produced colorful wrought-iron butterflies to decorate the pollinator plantings at the new mural at Mee Memorial Healthcare System.
Located at 809 Broadway St., behind 7-11, the planter underneath...
Lancaster wins Miss California Rodeo Salinas 2025 title
SALINAS VALLEY — Rachel Lancaster has been crowned Miss California Rodeo Salinas 2025 following two days of competition July 2-3 at the Salinas Sports Complex.
Lancaster, Miss Marine Corp. League #014, vied for the title with three other accomplished young women: Emily Drost, Miss San...
E. coli found in San Ardo water supply
SAN ARDO — San Ardo residents are still being advised to avoid drinking water from the town’s water system after testing confirmed the presence of E. coli bacteria.
According to an update from Monterey County Health Department’s Environmental Health Bureau on Jan. 18, the rural...
Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit returns March 18-19 with virtual format
SALINAS VALLEY — Salinas Valley Ag Tech Summit returns March 18-19 for its eighth annual event, recognizing the increasingly international scope of the produce industry, with a number of presenters from Latin America and a diversity of experience and expertise from California.
There is...
Roses get much-needed trim at King City’s Robert Stanton Theater
KING CITY — Volunteers from Sun Street Centers recently helped Southern Monterey County Center for the Performing Arts board members with some much-needed upkeep at the Robert Stanton Theater in King City.
The Covid-19 pandemic prevented the organization from caring for the roses in front...
King City Loaves and Fishes donates $10,000 to county food bank
KING CITY — Loaves and Fishes recently donated $10,000 to the Food Bank for Monterey County, passing along donations made to them for local assistance efforts.
“We figured $10,000 was a good donation that will go quite a ways with helping with the food,” said...
Monterey County Dance Theatre moves youth classes outside
SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Dance Theatre found an outside-the-box solution to teaching dance to area youth by taking lessons outdoors.
Last Monday, Aug. 10, was the first day students from throughout South Monterey County gathered at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds’ Steinbeck Square in King...
King City honored among California’s ‘Cutest Small Towns’ near national parks
KING CITY — The internet site TheTravel.com has recognized King City, Calif., as one of the “Cutest Small Towns Near California National Parks.”
Among a list of seven small towns, King City was recognized for its proximity to Pinnacles National Park, just 27 miles to...
CHP helicopter rescues man stranded in river near King City
KING CITY — California Highway Patrol’s Coastal Division Air Operations assisted Monterey County Sheriff’s Office and Cal Fire BEU with the rescue of an individual trapped in the Salinas River near Jolon Road in King City on March 11.
The rising river washed a driver...
