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KING CITY — Interim Police Chief Keith Boyd will become King City’s new chief of police beginning in June. According to City Manager Steve Adams, Boyd was appointed to lead the King City Police Department after an extensive recruitment, selection and background review process. This...

KING CITY — The 62nd annual “Nutcracker Ballet” leaps to the stage once again after Covid-19 caused a nearly two-year absence of the historic production in South Monterey County. The Robert Stanton Theater in King City will bustle with activity of live performance from Dec....

KING CITY — Monterey County Superintendent of Schools Deneen Guss recently surprised Annette Zambrano of Del Rey Elementary with a $500 check for receiving the Monterey County Teacher of the Year award. Zambrano, who has taught for 19 years, is a reading intervention teacher with...

CALIFORNIA — Millions of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customers will automatically receive the California Climate Credit on their April energy bill. Residential households with an active electric account will receive an electric credit of $58.23. Residential households with an active gas account will...

SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Elections continues to count ballots in the Nov. 3 general election, which will determine the outcome in South Monterey County races for school boards and city councils as well as decide the fate of local measures. As of Friday evening,...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Grants are still available to local small businesses in Monterey County that have suffered financial losses due to Covid-19. The Monterey County CARES Small Business Relief Program, administered by the Monterey County Workforce Development Board on behalf of the County Board of...

KING CITY — City of King in partnership with the King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture have encouraged the owners of Luigi’s and Pastability’s to open an Italian restaurant in King City. “A desire for more variety of businesses scored as a high priority...

RESTAURANT SPACE MONTEREY COUNTY — Supervisors from Monterey County have advocated for restaurants in the county to be allowed to open to 25% indoor capacity while in the purple tier, which the county is currently classified within. The next tier, red, would allow for more...

SALINAS VALLEY — Air quality in the Salinas Valley diminished over the past week as the Dolan Fire continues to spread through Los Padres National Forest’s Ventana Wilderness and northern areas of Fort Hunter Liggett. According to the U.S. Forest Service, conditions had degraded to...

SALINAS VALLEY — Ballot boxes have now been installed at the city halls in Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield and King City for voters to turn in their ballots directly to a collection site rather than going into the mail system. Voters need to bring their completed...