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KING CITY — Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum (MCARLM) will present the 31st Annual Drury-Tankersley Clam Chowder Feed and Steak Dinner on Friday, Jan. 23, at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds’ Orradre Building in King City. New this year, the event offers two menu...

KING CITY — South Monterey County Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees has appointed Tim Vanoli as interim superintendent effective immediately, following the resignation of Superintendent Jordan Mulder. Mulder, who had agreed to serve as superintendent for a three-year term beginning in February,...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Medical professionals from area hospitals discussed progress toward quelling the Covid-19 pandemic during Monterey County’s press briefing last week. Among the guest speakers at the May 19 briefing was family practice physician Dr. Joshua Deutsch from Mee Memorial Healthcare System, who spoke...

Hundreds turned out for King City Rotary Club’s 2024 Crab Feed last Friday at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City.  King City High School Interact Club members assisted with the all-you-can-eat crab dinner, which also included a DJ and line dancing this year. Proceeds from...

MONTEREY COUNTY — The 2026 winegrape harvest is underway in the Santa Lucia Highlands and across Monterey County, with some growers reporting one of the earliest starts in recent history. Caraccioli Cellars crews picked the first grapes of the season at Escolle Vineyard in the...

MONTEREY COUNTY — The Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE), a program of the Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC), has officially launched its recruitment for the LEAD (Leadership, Education and Development) Institute 2024 cohort, of which rising nonprofit leaders in Monterey, San Benito and...

Salinas Valley Art Gallery features plein air artist SALINAS — Salinas Valley Art Gallery will showcase the work of Monterey artist Suzanne Elliott during First Friday Salinas on Aug. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet Elliott, view her impressionist-style...

KING CITY — This weekend, audiences are invited to experience an electrifying celebration of movement, music and artistry as “Spring into Dance” takes the stage in a dynamic joint production by Monterey County Dance Foundation and Monterey County Dance Theatre. Unlike traditional storybook ballets, “Spring...

BIG SUR — A San Simeon man has been convicted of felony assault and misdemeanor battery stemming from an attack on a State Parks employee at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in Big Sur, announced Monterey County District Attorney’s Office. A jury found David Carl...

TOP SCHOLARS SOLEDAD — Joselyn Quezada and Liliana Negrete entered a virtual science fair competition, the Healthy Habits Virtual Science Fair, this past summer and were chosen as runner-ups among the thousands of entries on Nov. 2. The fair was hosted by Legends of Learning...