Salinas Valley News Briefs | Feb. 8, 2023
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
KING CITY ā The FEMA Mobile Disaster Assistance Registration Intake Center trailer will be in King City and San Ardo this week to offer disaster assistance for those impacted by winter storms. With hours of operation from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily,...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | March 2, 2023
GRAND OPENING
SOLEDAD ā Grocery Outlet in Soledad will have a grand-opening celebration on Thursday, March 2, beginning at 7 a.m. The new grocery store, locally owned and operated by Zeke and Crystal Reyes, is located at 401 Nestles Road. A ribbon-cutting and donation ceremony...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | March 8, 2022
COVID MEMORIAL
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a resolution honoring local residents who have died from the Covid-19 virus as well as survivors. The resolution establishes every March 1 as āCovid-19 Victims and Survivors Memorial Dayā in Monterey County....
San Antonio School earns state award for behavioral strategies
LOCKWOOD ā San Antonio Union School District has received an award from the state of California recognizing its successful positive behavioral intervention and support strategies at the silver level, school officials announced Aug. 4.
This represented a shift from when the school district had the...
Fort Hunter Liggettās Youth Fishing Derby draws hundreds
Fort Hunter Liggettās 16th annual Youth Fishing Derby opened on a sunny morning April 14 at Del Venturi Pond, drawing more than 200 local children age 15 and younger to compete for prizes.
Monterey County enacts regional stay-at-home order effective Sunday
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County is enacting the stateās latest health restrictions early to help reduce the spread of Covid-19 and patient overflow at area hospitals after monitoring local and regional intensive care unit (ICU) capacity.
On Wednesday, the county's Board of Supervisors unanimously approved...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Jan. 22, 2025
BURN PERMITS
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Cal Fire San Benito-Monterey Unit has announced that hazard reduction burning in State Responsibility Areas (SRA) of San Benito and Monterey counties will require an official permit, effective Jan. 16. āHazard reduction burning is an essential tool in wildfire prevention,...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Nov. 19, 2025
DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS
SAN ARDO ā Beginning Nov. 18, Granite Construction Company, under a contract with the County of Monterey, will be installing an infiltration chamber on Railroad Avenue and Short Street in San Ardo. The chamber will be situated below grade in front of the...
King City Police arrest teen for theft
KING CITY ā King City Police Department responded to a report of two subjects looking into vehicles and checking car doors in the early hours of Nov. 24.
Upon arrival, officers located the subjects and attempted to contact them, but they fled on foot.
Officers apprehended...
Monterey County reports 4 more deaths from Covid-19 on Saturday
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Four additional deaths related to Covid-19 were reported Saturday in Monterey County, bringing the countywide total to now 30.
According to the Monterey County Health Department, all four residents were adults, two of whom had "significant medical history."
"It is a difficult report...



















