Long-term construction project continues on Highway 1 south of Limekiln State Park
BIG SUR — A project to replace a culvert and repair erosion on Highway 1 south of Limekiln State Park has begun, resulting in long-term one-way traffic control.
The construction project on Highway 1 on the Big Sur Coast is located at Post Mile 20.4,...
King City teacher seeks funds to build school garden
KING CITY — Kacey Hass, a seventh-grade life science teacher at Chalone Peaks Middle School, has started a GoFundMe page to raise money to start a school garden.
Hass is also the gardening teacher for both seventh and eighth grades, but the campus currently does...
Fort Hunter Liggett hosts community relations meeting
JOLON — Fort Hunter Liggett recently hosted a Community Relations Meeting, during which representatives from throughout the region came to discuss different projects and programs going on in South Monterey County and north San Luis Obispo County.
The quarterly meeting on Aug. 18 was a...
Mee Memorial doctor encourages students to get vaccinated
GREENFIELD — Dr. Joshua Deutsch, a physician with Mee Memorial Healthcare System, recently spoke to students at Greenfield High School to encourage them to get the Covid-19 vaccination.
Deutsch, who has shared his experiences of first-hand patient interaction in King City and Greenfield with Monterey...
Barbecue benefits Monterey County Veteran’s Day Parade
SALINAS — Old Town Throw Down, a barbecue fundraiser for the 2021 Monterey County Veteran’s Day Parade, raised an estimated $5,000 for the event last Saturday and had an attendance of about 5,000 guests.
Pork rib tickets sold out within the first hour of the...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Sept. 1, 2021
COFFEE COPS
KING CITY — King City Police Department will host its Coffee With a Cop event, meant to enable direct and friendly conversation between the community and their police officers, on Sept. 2 at Hestia Coffee Shop. The event will take place from 4...
King City Police investigating teacher misconduct at Santa Lucia School
KING CITY — King City Police Department has opened an investigation into allegations of teacher misconduct at Santa Lucia Elementary School in King City.
According to a KCPD news release, the parent of a fifth-grade student at the school contacted police on Aug. 27 with...
Covid-19 case rates continue to escalate in Monterey County
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Health Officer Dr. Edward Moreno said in an Aug. 18 press briefing that the county continues to have higher case rates of Covid-19 from the Delta variant, and that data is backing up the effectiveness of vaccines.
“In Monterey County,...
Monterey County Fair Junior Livestock Auction returns with in-person show Saturday
MONTEREY — The thrill of in-person bidding at a livestock auction with live auctioneers and an engaged audience returns this Saturday, Aug. 28, with the Monterey County Fair Junior Livestock Auction.
The 2021 auction, returning for the first time since 2019, begins at 10 a.m....
Lawmakers pave the way for more housing in California
California needs more housing. More condominiums, more town houses near mass transit, more suburban apartment buildings. There is no other solution to the state’s desperate homelessness problem and a deepening housing affordability crisis, according to a broad collection of economists and housing experts.
Yet for...
