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RESURFACING PROJECT KING CITY — King City Tennis Courts are now closed for renovation. Resurfacing of the courts located adjacent to the King City Golf Course began last week and is anticipated to be completed within three weeks. It will include resurfacing of all the...

KING CITY — During this year’s Click It or Ticket campaign running from May 12 to June 1, King City Police Department is reminding travelers to always buckle up and secure children in the right car seats when visiting friends and family. KCPD will have...

CLEANUP DAY SOLEDAD — City of Soledad and other organizations have planned a Reuse, Recycle and Cleanup Day on Saturday, May 31, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Soledad High School. Soledad residents can dispose of such items as general garbage, electronics, TVs, computers,...

CENTRAL COAST — A multitude of elected officials, workers and law enforcement personnel from Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties gathered at the Government Center in Salinas last Wednesday to send a message to the immigrant community and the federal government. “Today we stand...

KING CITY — Armando Rodriguez Garcia was sentenced on June 26 to 15 years to life in prison, plus an additional term of 41 years and eight months, for a series of violent actions last year in King City. In May, a jury convicted 37-year-old...

KING CITY — Monterey County Supervisor Chris Lopez and Registrar of Voters Gina Martinez recently honored King City High School students Hayden Munoz and Amity Hearne, who led an effort to get their fellow classmates registered to vote. They secured more than 100 new voter...

KING CITY — King City Rotary Club has announced the return of the Rabbit Run on Saturday, July 12, beginning at 9 a.m. at San Bernabe Vineyards in southern Monterey County. The fourth annual fun run includes both a 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) course, 1-mile course and...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Aspire Health and Montage Health Foundation hosted its third annual Healthy Youth Field Day on May 19 in partnership with Monterey Bay Football Club at Cardinale Stadium in Seaside, bringing together 150 elementary students and their teachers for a morning of...

SALINAS VALLEY — Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) is spotlighting its transformative Programa Educativo para Agricultores (PEPA), a comprehensive training program empowering farmworkers to transition into successful organic farmers. This program is reshaping agriculture in the Salinas Valley, offering Latino farmworkers the tools and...

BEAUTIFICATION BBQ KING CITY — The public is invited to the annual Beautification Week Hamburger BBQ at San Lorenzo Park on Wednesday, June 18, hosted by the King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture and King City Rotary Club. The event is free thanks to...