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KING CITY — Officers from the King City Police Department and deputy sheriffs from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office responded to a physical fight involving multiple subjects in the 1000 block of Broadway Street on Aug. 30 at about 7:22 p.m. A group of juveniles...

JOB SEEKERS MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Workforce Development Board is inviting job seekers to a virtual job fair on Wednesday, Sept. 15, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Those interested need to register in advance on the Premier Virtual platform at https://pvapi.premiervirtual.com/s/0W94rx. The virtual...

KING CITY — King City student Ashley Madrid left last Saturday to begin her yearlong studies at the Kirov Academy of Washington, D.C., in order to pursue the art of ballet. Monterey County Dance Foundation awarded Madrid a $3,000 scholarship that has made it possible...

KING CITY — Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a San Lucas man last Sunday. Monterey County Sheriff’s Office detectives, with the assistance of the SWAT teams from the sheriff’s department and the Salinas Police Department, served two search warrants...

KING CITY — King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture hosted its annual awards dinner on Sept. 4 and recognized Citizen of the Year Steve Adams, Business of the Year Aera Energy and Friend of the Community Dawn Owens.  A crowd of hundreds gathered inside...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday used the full force of his presidency to push two-thirds of U.S. workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, reaching into the private sector to mandate that all companies with more than 100 workers require vaccination or...

SENIOR SOCIAL SOLEDAD — Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley has created a new monthly program for active seniors, age 60-plus, called SOCOS SOCIAL (SOuth COunty Seniors SOCIAL). The program kicks off in Soledad on Tuesday, Sept. 14, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m....

KING CITY — A King City teenager has been arrested on charges related to the possession of firearms and drugs, including cocaine and marijuana. According to the King City Police Department, officers were on patrol on Aug. 27 at about 11:08 p.m. when they contacted...

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad Education Center Director Ana Gonzalez spoke about the first week of classes at the new facility during Soledad City Council’s Sept. 1 meeting. Gonzalez said she was excited to see students at the center, which began offering some in-person classes on...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) and Monterey County Behavioral Health announced Aug. 20 they had been awarded a grant in the amount of nearly $4 million for mental health services, after having applied in February 2020. “We are excited to have...