Salinas Valley News Briefs | July 26, 2022
ELECTION CANDIDATES
MONTEREY COUNTY ā The candidate filing period for elective offices up in the Nov. 8 General Election opened July 18. Candidate forms must be completed and submitted by the 5 p.m. deadline on Friday, Aug. 12. Any candidates seeking municipal office will file...
Motherās nightmare turns to gratitude as Mee Memorial doctors resolve sonās emergency
KING CITY ā In January 2023, Darlene Noriega faced every parentās nightmare when her son faced a major medical emergency.
While in class at Soledad High School, Noriegaās oldest son Zion experienced spontaneous pneumothorax, an unexplainable lung collapse. The condition is caused by a buildup...
Local law enforcement takes part in annual Torch Run
King City and Greenfield police departments participated in carrying the Special Olympics Northern Californiaās āFlame of Hopeā through their respective cities last week for the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run.
Dangerous herbicide used on California crops banned
SALINAS VALLEY ā A dangerous herbicide banned immediately by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been sprayed on crops in many California counties and has contaminated groundwater in low concentrations in the Salinas Valley and Santa Barbara County.
The weed-killing chemical, known as DCPA or...
Salinas Valley Grad Notes | Dec. 16, 2024
Don Bolin of Soledad and Blas Trujillo of Greenfield were named to the Summer 2024 Presidentās List at Southern New Hampshire University. The summer terms run from May to August. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum GPA of 3.700 and above for...
Salinas Valley News Tidbits | Nov. 10, 2020
VETERAN RESOURCES
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County Military and Veterans Affairs Office will host a virtual veteranās resource fair on Tuesday, Nov. 10, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. Veteran service organizations will virtually meet for people to see from...
Army Reserve Support Command helps enhance unit readiness at Fort Hunter Liggett
JOLON ā 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...
King City man arrested for DUI, firearm charges
KING CITY ā Officers from the King City Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 400 block of Ellis Street for a vehicle code violation on April 9 at about 10:26 p.m.
During the traffic stop, the driver ā 39-year-old Efrain...
Monterey County supervisors approve $250,000 for Food Bank to help during COVID-19 crisis
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County Board of Supervisors has approved $250,000 in support for the Food Bank for Monterey County, officials announced Friday.
The nonprofit agency has seen the number of people it serves quadruple since the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis hit.
āThere are many nonprofit agencies...
Why Covid took off in California, again
Between reinstated mask mandates and spiking coronavirus case numbers, this summer is starting to feel a little too much like 2020.
Even in California, a state with a vaccination rate well above average, the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has nearly doubled in the...






















