King City Police receive more than $100K in traffic safety grants
KING CITY ā King City Police Department has received more than $100,000 in grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety to improve local traffic enforcement services.
The first grant, worth $50,000, will be used to roll out a police traffic services program to deter...
Holiday book drive to benefit children in Monterey County
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Read to Me Project is conducting a book drive to gather 2,000 new and gently used books to be given to local children during the holidays in Monterey County.
Book donations are needed by Oct. 31 and may be dropped into a...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Oct. 27, 2021
STUDENT VACCINATIONS
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County will host the second virtual town hall meeting about Covid-19 vaccinations for students on Thursday, Oct. 28, so that families can get accurate information about these issues. The first meeting on Oct. 21 was presented in Spanish, and...
Greenfield internist joins Mee Memorial Hospital board
KING CITY ā Dr. Matthew A. Corvo, internist at the Albert and Donna Oliveira Clinic in Greenfield, has joined the Mee Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees this month.
āI am very excited for this opportunity to join the Board of Trustees and further help continue...
Scheid Family Wines announces winners of 2021 writing contest
SALINAS VALLEY ā Scheid Family Wines has announced the winners of the 2021 Scheid Writing Contest, which features students from both King City and Greenfield high schools.
Now celebrating its 33rd year of the program in Salinas Valley, Scheid Family Wines has donated more than...
MSTās South Monterey County operations facility opens
SALINAS VALLEY ā Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) recently celebrated the completion of its South County Operations and Maintenance Facility in King City after just over a year of construction.
MST Board of Directors and staff members gathered with community leaders as well as architectural and construction...
National Weather Service issues advisories for Bay Area for Sunday
The National Weather Service has issued several weather advisories for various parts of the Bay Area beginning Sunday.
There is a Flash Flood Watch in effect Sunday for the North Bay from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., for the Santa Cruz Mountains from 1 p.m....
Hartnell Foundation celebrates King City Education Center with donors
KING CITY ā Hartnell College Foundation invited donors to its King City Education Center expansion last Thursday for a luncheon and ribbon-cutting ceremony, celebrating completion of an 18-month project that doubled the size of the downtown center.
Hartnell Community College District Trustee Candi DePauw, whose...
As drought conditions worsen, California expands state of emergency
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Tuesday issued a proclamation extending the drought emergency statewide and asked residents to redouble their water conservation efforts amid an exceptionally dry year when wildfires have ravaged large swaths of the state.
The proclamation allows the state Water Resources...
King City Police investigating attempted homicide
KING CITY ā King City Police Department is requesting the publicās help in locating the suspect or suspects responsible for a shooting early Thursday morning.
On Oct. 21 at about 5:48 a.m., the department received a 9-1-1 call regarding shots that were heard in the...