Salinas Valley News Briefs | May 28, 2025
RESURFACING PROJECT
KING CITY ā King City Tennis Courts are now closed for renovation. Resurfacing of the courts located adjacent to the King City Golf Course began last week and is anticipated to be completed within three weeks. It will include resurfacing of all the...
King City Homekey housing project collapses, funds missing
KING CITY ā California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit last week against the developer of King Cityās troubled Project Homekey motel conversion, and the City of King is named as a defendant.
The project at a former Days Inn near the Highway 101...
Fort Hunter Liggett closes in on Net Zero goals
JOLON ā Fort Hunter Liggett recently conducted a groundbreaking ceremony to build a $21.6 million electrical microgrid, which will make it the first Army installation to achieve Net Zero for critical operations.
That means it will be capable of generating and distributing electricity for 14...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | May 18, 2023
FAIR BEGINS
KING CITY ā The 79th Annual Salinas Valley Fair begins Thursday, May 18, and continues through Sunday, May 21, at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds, 625 Division St., in King City. Gates open at 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. daily, with the Fair closing...
CSUMB Salinas City Center rebrands as One Main Street under new ownership
SALINAS VALLEY āĀ Hartnell College Foundation and the National Steinbeck Center have formally assumed ownership of the CSUMB Salinas City Center from Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB).
The building will be renamed One Main Street. The announcement was made during a press conference Wednesday morning and...
Monterey County Dance Theatre reveals āNutcrackerā leads
KING CITY ā Monterey County Dance Theatre and Monterey County Dance Foundation recently announced the selection of 10-year-old Ella Guidotti as Clara in the 2023 production of āThe Nutcracker Ballet.ā
Guidotti began her dance journey with MCDT in 2016, when she was just over 3...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Sept. 11, 2023
VOTER TRAINING
SALINAS ā Monterey County Elections is hosting a voter registration drive training at 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11, at the Government Center at Schilling, Cayenne Room at 1441 Schilling Place - North Building, in Salinas. This training will provide an overview of:...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | March 20, 2024
WEAPONS REPORT
KING CITY ā King City Police Department will host a community meeting on Wednesday, March 20, to discuss the annual Military Weapons Report. The meeting will detail weapons currently in the inventory of the department that meet the description of military weapons as...
Remembering 9/11: Fort Hunter Liggett, South County cities reflect on tragedy 18 years later
SOUTH COUNTY ā Everybody remembers what they were doing on Sept. 11, 2001. Shawn Sullivan, chief of the Fort Hunter Liggett Fire Department, was an airman stationed at Hurlburt Field on the Panhandle of Florida when he learned that two commercial airliners slammed into the World...
Demolition crew takes down old water tower in King City
KING CITY ā The water tower on the north end of First Street in King City was taken down on June 23.
The tower, which was not currently in use, had been built by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in 1929 at the...



















