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SALINAS VALLEY — This Earth Month, Scheid Family Wines celebrates nearly seven years of being 100% powered by renewable wind energy. The Greenfield family-owned and operated wine company, which has embraced sustainability as a core tenet since its inception in 1972, is the only winery...

KING CITY — King City High School senior Alan Alcaraz was one of two local teens selected as the 2023 Bank of America Student Leaders in Monterey County, partaking in an eight-week paid summer internship providing first-hand work experience to high school students. As part...

COLLEGE ELECTION RESULTS SALINAS — The latest results of the June 4 Special Vacancy Election for Hartnell Community College District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 6, show candidate Cesar O. Iracheta leading by more than 53% of the vote. According to the semi-final official results...

JOB FAIR KING CITY — Monterey County Office of Education will be partnering with King City Union School District to host a Paraeducator Job Fair on Thursday, April 7, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The event will take place in the Boardroom of the district...

KING CITY — The 62nd annual “Nutcracker Ballet” dazzled local audiences once again last weekend at the Robert Stanton Theater in King City. Produced by Monterey County Dance Foundation and Monterey County Dance Theatre, the holiday classic is one of the oldest “Nutcracker” productions in...

SALINAS — On Saturday, Nov. 2, Hospice Giving Foundation, in collaboration with Hartnell College and Hijos Del Sol Arts Productions, will celebrate the fourth annual Día de los Muertos event from 2 to 6 p.m. at Hartnell College’s Main Campus in Salinas. This is a...

SACRAMENTO — California voters will decide whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday, concluding an idiosyncratic election that has been held in the middle of a pandemic and closely watched as one of the first big indicators of the country’s political direction since...

SALINAS VALLEY — Each year one “Outstanding Spokesperson for Freedom” is chosen to represent the Sgt. Frank Lillard Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6747 in King City as its Voice of Democracy youth delegate. What is different about the 2020-21 Voice of Democracy youth writing...

KING CITY — King City Rotary Club hosted its first Rabbit Run 5K last Saturday with 77 participants, ranging in age from 1 to 76 years old, who either ran or walked the 3.1-mile course that began and ended at King City Golf Course.  More...

CENTRAL COAST — Caltrans is reminding motorists to expect an increase in traffic on the Central Coast during the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday weekend. With wet and cold weather in the forecast, motorists are encouraged to remember these safety tips: Reduce your speed in rainy, foggy, icy...