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December 4, 2025

Monterey County’s Covid-19 testing sites expand hours to meet demand

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County’s state-supported Covid-19 testing sites located in Seaside, Salinas and Soledad are expanding hours in response to an increase in demand for testing. The community testing sites will be adding additional days and appointment times as a result, announced Monterey County...

Salinas Valley News Briefs | Oct. 11, 2024

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ARIEL SHOW SALINAS — ARIEL Theatrical will enchant audiences with its adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s tale, ā€œPinocchio,ā€ featuring a wooden puppet on a journey to discover honesty, kindness and selflessness. With the support of friends like a Talking Cricket and the Blue Fairy, Pinocchio faces...

Army Reserve Support Command helps enhance unit readiness at Fort Hunter Liggett

JOLON — Combat Support Training Exercise 91-24-01 kicked off at Fort Hunter Liggett, where observer coach/trainers (OC/Ts) from the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command supported the exercise to ensure training units met the readiness level for future missions, overseas exercises and deployments. OC/Ts with...

Disaster CalFresh food benefits available for storm victims

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Department of Social Services (MCDSS) has announced that individuals and families impacted by recent severe winter storms may be eligible to receive Disaster CalFresh food benefits as part of continuing disaster recovery efforts.  A family of four with a monthly...

Summerhill named Monterey County’s first Poet Laureate

MONTEREY COUNTY — College professor Daniel B. Summerhill has been selected as Monterey County’s first Poet Laureate, with a two-year term that begins immediately. ā€œBeing the inaugural Poet Laureate of Monterey County is exciting but doesn’t come without its due responsibility and urgency,ā€ Summerhill said. ā€œI now have...

South County Animal Rescue hosts first Sweetheart Tea Party

A tea party took over the King City Recreation Center as South County Animal Rescue hosted its first Sweetheart Tea and Silent Auction last Saturday in King City.

Scammers swindled nearly $900K from PG&E customers in 2023

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CENTRAL COAST — Scammers continue to take advantage of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customers.Ā  In fact, in 2023, PG&E received nearly 43,000 reports from customers who were targeted by scammers impersonating the company, and customers lost approximately $875,000 in fraudulent payments, with the...

Overnight highway closures set for Sunday and Monday in King City

UPDATE (2 p.m., June 5): According to the City of King, Caltrans has rescheduled the highway construction for the evenings of June 6 and 7, with the detours mentioned below still in place. UPDATE (6:45 p.m., June 3): Caltrans has canceled the overnight closures due...

Salinas Valley News Briefs | March 22, 2022

TESTING KITS SALINAS VALLEY — Mee Memorial Healthcare System’s clinics in King City and Greenfield are offering free Covid-19 test kits to patients, employees and the local community. Each box contains two rapid antigen tests, and requests will be limited to four boxes per household....

ReCoverCA Homebuyer Assistance Program offers up to $300K for flood-affected households

Property in San Ardo flooded
MONTEREY COUNTY — Starting Nov. 10, the ReCoverCA Homebuyer Assistance (HBA) Program will provide up to $300,000 per household to help Californians impacted by the 2023 and 2024 floods purchase homes in safer locations. The financial assistance is provided as a Second Mortgage Loan, forgiven...
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