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MONTEREY COUNTY — Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) welcomed 23 emerging nonprofit managers to join the LEAD (Leadership, Education and Development) Institute’s 2026 cohort. LEAD is a year-long professional development institute offered by the CFMC’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence to foster strong, effective leadership...

KING CITY — Members of the King City VFW Post 6747 Auxiliary and the Valley Heritage Quilt Guild presented patriotic quilts to veterans on May 30 as part of a Memorial Day celebration at the post. Decorative quilts with red, white and blue fabrics were...

TAX PREP MONTEREY COUNTY — United Way Monterey County has launched its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance service, offering free tax preparation services through Tax Day, April 15. UWMC and IRS-trained VITA volunteers will provide this service in English and Spanish for anyone who earned less...

SALINAS VALLEY — Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6747 in King City recently awarded scholarships to four students from South Monterey County who participated in the local organization’s Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen youth contests. The Voice of Democracy audio-essay competition is open to...

KING CITY — King City Cemetery, an official Wreaths Across America location, will host a wreath-laying ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 10 a.m., joining more than 3,500 other locations across the country for National Wreaths Across America Day.   Coordinated and led by local...

WEAPONS REPORT KING CITY — King City Police Department will host a community meeting on Wednesday, March 20, to discuss the annual Military Weapons Report. The meeting will detail weapons currently in the inventory of the department that meet the description of military weapons as...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Board of Supervisors will review implementation of a countywide indoor mask mandate during a special meeting Wednesday.  The supervisors are expected to endorse it after earlier approving a mask mandate for all county buildings. The decision came after a late August...

STAGE AUDITIONS KING CITY — The Western Stage, a professional theater company in Salinas, is holding community auditions for its upcoming season. In South Monterey County, auditions will take place Saturday, Jan. 28, at Hartnell College’s King City Education Center. For more information or to...

LETTERS TO SANTA KING CITY — The organizers of King City Candy Cane Drive are hosting a Letters to Santa bin at 528 Division St. in King City through Dec. 18. Children can write letters to Santa and place them in the barrel. Organizers said...

KING CITY — A 17-year-old male riding his bicycle in the 500 block of North Third Street in King City was shot multiple times by a group of four to five assailants on Feb. 28 at about 9:30 p.m. The suspects approached the victim, displayed...