Community Foundation for Monterey County reports record year of impact
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) has released its 2024 Annual Report, highlighting a record-setting year of philanthropic impact.
The report, āGrow.Grant.Lead.,ā reflects a remarkable year of generosity, collaboration and community leadership, with $44.4 million granted through 3,091 grantsāthe highest in CFMCās...
City of King organizes first full-scale disaster drill
KING CITY ā The City of King recently assembled its first full-scale emergency operations exercise in cooperation with multiple agencies to better prepare local leaders and first responders in the event of a major disaster.
The Oct. 10 drill, led by City Manager Steve Adams...
Farmers suffer losses as Salinas Valley fields flood
Salinas Valley was initially spared the worst of the damage as storms battered California last month. But then the Salinas River overflowed its banks Jan. 10, breaching berms and levees.Ā Over the ensuing hours and days, thousands of acres of some of the countryās most...
General Election 2020: Latest results for South Monterey County races, Nov. 4
SALINAS VALLEY ā South Monterey County voters have returned their ballots to choose candidates for school boards and city councils as well as decide the fate of local measures in the Nov. 3 general election.
As of Wednesday, the latest results from Monterey County Elections...
King City High School celebrates 2023 Homecoming
KING CITY ā King City High School Mustang Marching Band performed last Friday afternoon during the annual Homecoming Parade.
The young musicians were marching ā and not riding on a flatbed ā for the first time in six years, according to new Music Director David...
Arts4MC announces 2025 Spring Community Arts Grant recipients
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC) has announced the newest recipients of its 2025 Community Arts Grants, awarding $109,000 in total funding to 16 local organizations bringing arts and culture to communities across all five supervisorial districts.
These grants, up to $7,500...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Dec. 21, 2022
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KING CITY ā Monterey-Salinas Transit announced Dec. 13 the inaugural trip of Line 34, which travels clockwise within King City every 30 minutes on weekdays, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. MST staff and King City Mayor Mike LeBarre, an MST board member,...
King Cityās rail station gets major backing
KING CITY ā King Cityās Accelerated Access Rail Platform and Multi-Modal Transit Center has received a significant first step in funding after the California Transportation Commission approved to reserve $7.5 million from the Interregional Improvement Program for the project on March 16.
āThis is amazing,ā...
Soledad student wins local Voice of Democracy contest ā again
SALINAS VALLEY ā Each year one āOutstanding Spokesperson for Freedomā is chosen to represent the Sgt. Frank Lillard Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6747 in King City as its Voice of Democracy youth delegate.
What is different about the 2020-21 Voice of Democracy youth writing...
South Monterey County leaders encourage use of ballot boxes
SALINAS VALLEY ā Ballot drop boxes have appeared in recent weeks at both city hall and library locations throughout the Salinas Valley, with some being indoors and others outdoors.
Greenfield Mayor Lance Walker took to social media on Oct. 11 to let voters in South...























