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Robert Hesse was expecting an imminent promotion to manager of Sub Zero Ice Cream, a nitrogen ice cream shop in Ventura, California, when it shut down in March because of the pandemic. “I like to work,” said Hesse, a college graduate who turns 26 on...

KING CITY — Construction of a new Future Farmers of America facility is underway at the former Mildred Street parking lot of King City High School. The facility will include agriculture classrooms and shops for students of the King City FFA program, which was recently...

WREATHS BOOTH KING CITY — Wreaths Across America, sponsored by Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated, will have a booth at the King City Center near Safeway from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. Information and application forms to donate for a...

SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Dance Foundation hosted “A Toast to Dance” fundraiser earlier this month at Scheid Vineyards in Greenfield to raise money for new costumes. The Saturday afternoon event consisted of a variety of “The Nutcracker Ballet” dance performances, musical entertainment by the...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County’s health officer is joining 10 other officials from the Bay Area in stressing the importance of taking safety precautions, such as masking indoors, as the region experiences a new surge of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. The Bay Area now has...

KING CITY — King City Council recently awarded the bid for implementing the Downtown Streetscape Project to Monterey Peninsula Engineering (MPE), which started construction on June 12.   The project will expand the corner bulbouts, redesign the medians and add decorative crosswalks on Broadway Street, from...

SAN ARDO — San Ardo resident Angel Rojas Lugos, 43, was found guilty on March 15 by a Monterey County jury of two counts of oral copulation on a child 10 years old or under and 14 counts of forcible lewd or lascivious acts...

FOOD DISTRIBUTION SALINAS VALLEY — Food Bank for Monterey County announced its South Monterey County weekly drive-through food distribution sites and times. Soledad will be on Mondays from 10 to 11 a.m. at 425 Gabilan Drive. Greenfield will be on Tuesdays from 10 to 11...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Aspire Health and Montage Health Foundation hosted its third annual Healthy Youth Field Day on May 19 in partnership with Monterey Bay Football Club at Cardinale Stadium in Seaside, bringing together 150 elementary students and their teachers for a morning of...

SALINAS VALLEY — California Rangeland Trust has announced the conservation of the 9,400-acre Silacci Ranch in San Benito and Monterey counties. The project was completed by the Rangeland Trust with funding from the California Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB), the California Strategic Growth Council’s Sustainable Agricultural...