California State Assembly Speaker Rivas hosts District 29 leaders
SACRAMENTO āĀ California State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas hosted a delegation of mayors, councilmembers and county supervisors from Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and Santa Clara counties for a full day of state legislative activities in Sacramento.
During the April 9 visit to the State Capitol,...
Gang-related shooting kills 1 in Greenfield
GREENFIELD ā A 20-year-old Greenfield man has been arrested after he allegedly shot and killed another man in a gang-related incident Saturday morning.
According to the Greenfield Police Department, local officers responded to a victim of a shooting in the 50 block of Fourth Street...
Local Sea Cadets volunteer with Food Bank for Monterey County
SALINAS VALLEY ā Chesty Puller Battalion of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, a nonprofit organization chartered by the Federal Government in 1962 that aims to instill principles of leadership within youth ages 10 to 18, recently volunteered with the Food Bank for Monterey...
King City resident smashes baseballs in Mexico
KING CITY ā King City resident and 2010 high school graduate Marc Flores has been hitting the covers off baseballs this season for the Rieleros de Aguascalientes professional baseball team of the LMB Zona Norte.
The Rieleros (Railroaders), founded in 1975, play their games at...
First Tee students in King City receive laptops to support remote learning
KING CITY ā Students in South Monterey County were able to advance their studies as 150 refurbished laptops were distributed last Saturday to youth participating in First Tee Monterey County.
The first wave of students was mostly from Chalone Peaks Middle School, with a follow-up...
Hundreds celebrate Mission San Antonio de Paduaās 250th anniversary
JOLON ā More than 200 guests attended Mission San Antonio de Paduaās āEnchanting Afternoon in the Gardenā last Saturday to celebrate its 250th anniversary.
āIt was a wonderful event,ā said Mission Administrator Joan Steele about the Nov. 6 celebration, which coincided with the Holiday...
Fort Hunter Liggett hosts Youth Fishing Derby this Saturday
Fort Hunter Liggett will host the annual Youth Fishing Derby on Saturday, April 14, at Del Venturi Pond to celebrate the Army Reserveās 110th birthday and the Month of the Military Child.
New well registration program aims to protect Salinas Valley groundwater
SALINAS VALLEYĀ ā Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) and the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA)Ā have launched a new well registration program to better understand and protect groundwater resources in the Salinas Valley.
All well owners are asked to register their wells for free...
Enrichment program teaches hundreds of South Monterey County youth about farming
KING CITY ā Hundreds of third-graders recently roamed the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City to learn about agriculture during the annual South County Farm Day.
Students from Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield and King City schools attended the free educational enrichment program on Jan. 26,...
Performing arts group spearheads renovation at King Cityās historic Robert Stanton Theater
KING CITY ā Steve Wilson, a board member with Southern Monterey County Center for the Performing Arts, finished painting the back wall of Robert Stanton Theater at King City High School on July 9 after 10 days of painting.
Wilson did the labor while SMCCPA...























