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KING CITY — King City Cemetery, an official Wreaths Across America location, will host a wreath-laying ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, joining more than 4,500 other locations across the country this year for National Wreaths Across America Day with over 3...

GRAB AND GO MEALS SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Free Libraries has begun offering grab and go meals and activity bags starting this week and lasting through April 30. Pickup times are as follows: Gonzales Library on Thursdays, 10 to 11:30 a.m.; Greenfield Library on...

KING CITY — The team from City of King was among the fall winners of the Move It Monterey County Challenge, which occurred Oct. 1-31. Presented by Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) in co-sponsorship with Blue Zones Monterey County and MY Museum, the goal...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County's Health Department has administered more Covid-19 vaccine doses to children ages 5-11 than any other local vaccine provider, county officials said Tuesday. As of Sept. 29, the Public Health and Clinic Services divisions of the Health Department have administered 28...

BIG SUR — Containment on the Willow Fire has increased substantially over the past week, as firefighters continue working around the clock to improve direct control lines and extinguish individual hot spots. The wildfire, located southeast of Big Sur in the Ventana Wilderness of the...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Representatives from several area chambers of commerce spoke about how Monterey County businesses are dealing with the Covid-19 shutdowns during a Dec. 2 media briefing. Monterey County has been tracking data about economic impacts, including the loss of more than 47,000 jobs...

KING CITY — Loaves and Fishes recently donated $10,000 to the Food Bank for Monterey County, passing along donations made to them for local assistance efforts. “We figured $10,000 was a good donation that will go quite a ways with helping with the food,” said...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) presented $84,750 to five Monterey County nonprofits at the Monterey County Board of Supervisors meeting Dec. 3. Rural community and business leaders from across the state raised the funds during the Basket Drawing and Auction at...

KING CITY — A Greenfield resident has been arrested in connection with a stabbing that killed a man Wednesday night in King City. King City Police Department responded to a stabbing report at about 7:28 p.m. on Sept. 14 at a motel in the 0...

A 37-acre vegetation fire near Greenfield injured three firefighters who were battling the blaze Sunday afternoon, Cal Fire officials said.