Leadership changes at South Monterey County Joint Union High School District
KING CITY ā Students at both Greenfield and King City high schools returned to campus for in-person learning last week, and in addition to the switch from the previous school yearās virtual format, the leadership has also changed.
At the top level, Jordan Mulder has...
King City High School announces new stadium protocols to increase safety
KING CITY ā King City High School has instituted new stadium protocols during Mustang football games in an effort to increase public safety.
In a letter that circulated Oct. 6 to parents, community members and students, KCHS Principal Michael Gray announced that all spectators would...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | April 30, 2025
CHAMBER MOVING
KING CITY ā During the month of May, the King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture office will be moving to the former Rustler building at 110 Vanderhurst Ave., next to the new Downtown Plaza. No exact date has been chosen yet. The...
Monterey County requests more federal disaster funding
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County is seeking additional assistance from the Federal Emergency Disaster Administration (FEMA) to help recover from nearly $80 million in estimated storm damages.
Last week the county was added to the federal major disaster declaration for California for areas affected by...
CHP K-9 sniffs out drugs worth $227K during traffic stop near King City
KING CITY ā Last Friday, Nov. 29, at about 11:30 p.m., a California Highway Patrol (CHP) Coastal Division K-9 Unit conducted a traffic stop on a pickup for speeding, in excess of 65 mph, on Highway 101 near King City.Ā
During the traffic stop, the...
Salinas Valley News Tidbits | Sept. 23, 2020
VETERAN BANNERS
SOLEDAD ā Veterans and active duty banner program applications are available in Soledad. The program will recognize Soledad residents who have served or are serving in the military. The program will honor those individuals with a banner displaying their name and picture hung...
Disaster microloans continue to be available to businesses in South Monterey County
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Cal Coastal will continue its small business disaster microloan program and even expand the offerings to larger loans to help during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, announced CEO Lee Takikawa during a county press conference Aug. 14.
āThe county has just received notification...
Hitting the waves
South County girls between the ages of 5 and 17 took part in surf camp this past week with the Wahine Project at Casa Verde Beach in Monterey.
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Dec. 15, 2021
PARK CLOSURES
KING CITY ā City of King has temporarily closed the Aera Soccer Park and Creekbridge Baseball Park beginning Dec. 9 through Feb. 28 for repairs and renovation. City staff will be aerating, seeding, performing gopher abatement and restoring the grass during the winter...
San Ardo man sentenced to life in prison for child molestation
SAN ARDO ā A Monterey County judge sentenced Angel Rojas Lugos, 43, of San Ardo, to 142 years to life in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on May 19.
On March 15, a jury found Lugos guilty of two counts of committing oral...























