San Ardo School reopens with new Covid-19 safeguards
SAN ARDO ā Students returned to in-person instruction Nov. 2 at San Ardo School, one of the first campuses to reopen in Monterey County with new Covid-19 safety precautions and the first to do so in South Monterey County.
The waiver, submitted by San Ardo...
Salinas Valley Fair board parts ways with CEO
SALINAS VALLEY ā Leadership at the Salinas Valley Fair has shifted after TJ Plew announced Oct. 7 she was no longer the CEO for the fairgrounds in King City.
āI am no longer professionally affiliated with the Salinas Valley Fair,ā Plew posted on social media....
Hartnell College breaks ground at new Soledad Center
SOLEDAD ā Hartnell College has broken ground on its new
Soledad Education Center and celebrated the start of construction this month
with a groundbreaking ceremony that was attended by more than 100 community
members, local students and elected officials.
Scheduled to open in spring 2021, the 16,750-square-foot
multipurpose educational...
Bernosky to speak at luncheon
Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated will be holding its monthly luncheon meeting Tuesday, June 6, 11:30 a.m., at Lawrenceās Restaurant, 611 Canal St., King City.
King City wins statewide award for public safety
KING CITY ā The City of King has won the 2019 Helen Putnam
Award in the public safety category for its Comprehensive Plan to End Youth
Violence, announced the League of California Cities at its annual conference in
October.
This yearās award winners were honored Oct. 16 during...
Monterey County closes Toro Park indefinitely due to wildfire damage
SALINAS ā Toro Park will be closed indefinitely due to extensive damage from the wildfires, Monterey County announced Wednesday night.
The county park, located 6 miles from downtown Salinas, is currently being used as a base camp for Cal Fire and was already closed to...
PHOTOS: Operation Santa Claus parades through Pine Canyon
PINE CANYON āĀ South Monterey County Fire Protection Districtās Pine Canyon Station hosted Operation Santa Claus last Sunday evening.
The firefighters dressed up as festive characters and drove their firetrucks through Pine Canyonās neighborhoods outside King City to wave to onlookers and toss candy canes to...
King City Chamber announces 2019 business, community awards
KING CITY ā King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture has announced the 2019 winners of the organizationās annual awards ā The Garden House as Business of the Year; Dr. Timothy and Phoebe Cheney as Citizens of the Year; and Monterey County Dance Theatre...
CDC issues E. coli warning on romaine lettuce from Salinas Valley
SALINAS
ā Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as public health and
regulatory officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7
infections linked to romaine lettuce harvested from the Salinas Valley.
Based
on new...
Residents encouraged to sign up for free clean drinking water
State Water Board bilingual staff, along with Monterey County Public Health, will have a booth to sign up any qualified residents this Sunday for free bottled drinking water if they have domestic wells with high nitrate levels.