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KING CITY — The Bitterwater School Parents, Teachers and Friends (PTF) is welcoming the community to its annual Christmas Dinner and Play, scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 17, inside the Pavilion at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City. This holiday event brings together families, neighbors...

SALINAS VALLEY — Chesty Puller Battalion of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, a nonprofit organization chartered by the Federal Government in 1962 that aims to instill principles of leadership within youth ages 10 to 18, recently volunteered with the Food Bank for Monterey...

UPDATE: The evacuation warning has been upgraded to an evacuation order for the River, Carmel and Dolan fire burn scar areas and evacuation zones effective Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. Temporary evacuation points have been set up at Toro Park School, 22500 Portola Drive, Salinas; Chualar...

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...

KING CITY — Steve Wilson, a board member with Southern Monterey County Center for the Performing Arts, finished painting the back wall of Robert Stanton Theater at King City High School on July 9 after 10 days of painting. Wilson did the labor while SMCCPA...

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT SALINAS VALLEY — National Night Out will take place Tuesday, Aug. 5, with free celebrations in all four South Monterey County cities. King City will kick off the annual community-policing event at 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the King City Fire...

KING CITY — The 26th Annual Lighted Christmas Parade celebrated the holiday season while bringing joy and peace to downtown King City in December. Presented by the King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, the evening parade drew hundreds of families and community members who...

KING CITY — The tradition of homecoming at King City High School is an event the town looks forward to every year. As the festivities of homecoming start to take place, the ASB leadership class would like to introduce the “Homecoming Horseshoe” that will be...

KING CITY — It took his own horrific knee injury to introduce Robert Limone to his future profession. The sports injury required two years of extensive physical therapy, but it turned out to be such a positive experience he decided to investigate further studies...

KING CITY — On Dec. 4, at about 1:11 p.m., officers from the King City Police Department were dispatched to the 500 block of Lynn Street on a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located two vehicles parked on Lynn Street that sustained damage...