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CENTRAL COAST — Utility scams have continued at an alarming rate during 2024, with nearly 15,000 Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) customers reporting more than $334,000 in losses to scammers. The average scam victim lost over $600, and more than 500 customers have reported falling...

For the first time, more than 3 million people, on average, are receiving a COVID-19 vaccine each day in the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And Saturday the country reported over 4 million doses in a...

SALINAS VALLEY — A secret garden named Lesnini Field has been created along the Salinas River in South Monterey County to showcase art and to emphasize discovery. Created by California-based visual artist and writer Erik Bakke and Dutch visual artist and educator Andre Dekker in...

CALIFORNIA — As wildfire conditions across California are expected to increase steadily through the summer, state officials last month expressed concerns about cuts in staff and funding at federal agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service, a division within the Agriculture Department that partners with...

MONTEREY COUNTY — County of Monterey’s Treasurer-Tax Collector Mary Zeeb has announced a new tax payment option coming soon to local taxpayers.  “As part of my commitment to provide convenient, flexible and cost-effective ways for citizens to make property tax payments, I have engaged the...

KING CITY — Salinas Valley Fair has announced that this year’s Fair theme is “Barnyard May-Ham,” suggested by James Hinkle of King City. Hinkle is a sophomore at Palma High School and president of King City Rural 4-H Club. The 16-year-old said he submitted the idea...

ROSE GARDEN KING CITY — Mee Memorial Foundation will celebrate National Rose Month with a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, June 29, to unveil the new fountain, bricks and bench area at Mee Memorial Hospital in King City. This coincides with June being National Rose Month....

KING CITY — Mee Memorial Healthcare System CEO Rena Salamacha has been elected to serve as a representative on the National Rural Health Association’s Rural Health Congress. As the policy-making body of the National Rural Health Association (NRHA), the Rural Health Congress determines the association’s positions...

GREENFIELD — Monterey County Sheriff Steve Bernal and District 3 County Supervisor Chris Lopez visited the Green Bridge near Greenfield last Saturday after continued community complaints and discussion about the crowded parking and trashing of the area. Although parking isn’t allowed and entering the private...

TIRE RECYCLING SALINAS VALLEY — Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority will be hosting a tire recycling event from Oct. 15 through Nov. 12. Residents can dispose of their used tires (limit of nine per trip) for free at the three local facilities: Recycling and HHW...