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....
Yes, Steinbeck wrote a werewolf novel. Don’t expect to read it.
Nine years before John Steinbeck published his Pulitzer Prize-winning historical masterpiece, “The Grapes of Wrath,” he was working on a lighthearted detective novel featuring a werewolf.
The manuscript, “Murder at Full Moon,” was completed in 1930 but was never published. A single copy has been...
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...
Mee Memorial Healthcare System chosen to participate in Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project
KING CITY — Mee Memorial Healthcare System, based in King City, has been selected to participate in the Rural Healthcare Provider Transition Project (RHPTP), which is designed to help strengthen the foundations of small rural hospitals and certified rural health clinics in the key elements...
Soledad student wins local Voice of Democracy contest — again
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 police offer advice against recent package thefts
KING CITY — Officers from King City Police Department have increased patrol and asked residents to be vigilant in reducing package thefts and property crimes as they have taken several related reports.
While package thefts stopped on Dec. 31, reports have come in later, causing...
San Antonio School plans for safety during distance learning
LOCKWOOD — San Antonio School’s new secure perimeter fence was finished Sept. 16, having been completed by Central Coast Fence of Grover Beach.
The new fence includes gates locked to the outside except staff with keys, but which can be opened from the inside without...
Monterey County remains in Orange Tier
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County will remain in the moderately restrictive Orange Tier in the state’s reopening blueprint system as determined Tuesday, following County Health Officer Dr. Edward Moreno’s announcement last week that the region could possibly shift soon.
During a press briefing May 5,...
Monterey County reports nearly 1,000 total cases of Covid-19
MONTEREY COUNTY — Another 181 residents tested positive for novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Monterey County over the past four days, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to nearly 1,000 countywide on Monday.
According to the latest report from Monterey County Health Department, data revealed...
