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High-tech upgrade in the works for Salinas Valley cooling facility

SALINAS VALLEY — A campus redevelopment project is underway in Salinas, which is aimed at improving agricultural technology in the Salinas Valley and advancing the nature of agriculture work. The Growers Ice Co. lot, located at the corner of Merrill and Abbott streets, was originally...

Enforcement efforts continue against unlicensed cannabis cultivators in Monterey County

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office’s Bureau of Investigations, in cooperation with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and other state and local agencies, continued enforcement efforts in July against the unlicensed cannabis industry. Last week the Monterey County Cannabis Enforcement Unit...

Seaside courthouse ranked higher than Greenfield’s

A local delegation of South County officials attended a public meeting Aug. 29 in San Francisco to receive information they already knew was coming.

King City student among college art scholarship recipients

MONTEREY COUNTY — The Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC) has awarded five $2,500 scholarships to high school seniors to support their higher educational goals.  Recipients of the scholarship are Daisy Swanson (York School), Joshua Cho (Pacific Grove High School), Isabella Jolie Apodaca (King City...

Monterey County closes evacuation center as Dolan Fire containment increases

SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County has closed its evacuation center at the King City High School gym now that the Dolan Fire is nearing full containment in the Santa Lucia Mountains west of the Salinas Valley and no evacuation orders are currently in place. ā€œHelp is...

Monterey County confirms first 3 cases of Delta variant

MONTEREY COUNTY — Three residents have been infected with Covid-19 that was caused by the Delta variant, confirmed Monterey County Health Department on Thursday. According to Public Information Officer Karen Smith, the Health Department has been monitoring the emergence of variants of the virus that...

New York City and California to require vaccines or tests for workers

The push to mandate coronavirus vaccinations amid sharply rising caseloads nationwide accelerated Monday, as the country’s most populous state and its largest city both announced that they would require hundreds of thousands of government workers to get inoculations or face weekly testing. At the same...

Salinas Valley News Tidbits | June 14, 2020

BOOK RETURNS KING CITY — King City Library’s book drop is unlocked. Librarian Robin Cauntay made the announcement last week on Facebook, thanking the community for their ā€œpatience and library loyalty.ā€ While patrons are not able to go inside the building, they are able to...

Salinas Valley News Tidbits | June 4, 2020

GROCERY GENESIS SOLEDAD — A weekly farmers market begins today, June 4, at 4 p.m. at the Soledad Historical Society building, 137 Soledad St. Organizers aim to run the market every Thursday until October, with safety guidelines in place. VIRTUAL VALIDATION KING CITY — A virtual graduation...

King City gang members sentenced to life in prison for 2019 Greenfield murder

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KING CITY — A Monterey County judge has given life sentences to two Sureno gang members from King City for their involvement in the 2019 murder of a Greenfield man. On Sept. 29, Judge Mark E. Hood sentenced Eduardo Solis, aka ā€œSleepy,ā€ 21, and Jose...
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