King City teacher seeks funds to build school garden
KING CITY — Kacey Hass, a seventh-grade life science teacher at Chalone Peaks Middle School, has started a GoFundMe page to raise money to start a school garden.
Hass is also the gardening teacher for both seventh and eighth grades, but the campus currently does...
In-person career services reopen in Salinas to assist workers
SALINAS — One Stop Career Center in Salinas has reopened for in-person services after being limited to virtual offerings during the past year of pandemic shutdowns.
Laura Kershner, employment program representative for Monterey County Workforce Development, said the new location at 344 Salinas St., which...
Monterey County Health Department launches updated Covid-19 data dashboard
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Health Department’s Public Health Bureau has launched an updated Covid-19 data dashboard to further improve accessibility to data for residents and stakeholders.
The dashboard displays data on Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations, fatalities and outbreaks, as well as community testing and vaccination...
United Way Monterey County’s ‘Stuff the Bus’ helps local students in need
MONTEREY COUNTY — United Way Monterey County hosted its 12th Annual Stuff the Bus in July, during which volunteers assembled more than 3,100 backpacks that will be delivered to children experiencing homelessness in Monterey County.
In partnership with Monterey County Office of Education, United Way...
Monterey County schools extend closure until May 4 due to ongoing coronavirus pandemic
MONTEREY
COUNTY — Monterey County Office of Education announced Thursday that most of
the county’s school districts and charter schools are not anticipating to
reopen before May 4 due to ongoing concerns related to the novel coronavirus
(COVID-19).
In
a letter signed by the county superintendent and school leaders, the...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | April 14, 2021
FAIR KICKOFF
KING CITY — Salinas Valley Fair will host its Kick Off Take Out BBQ this year with an adjusted format to comply with pandemic gathering guidelines. The chicken barbecue with fixings will be served Saturday, April 17, from 12 to 3 p.m. at...
Fort Hunter to broadcast King City’s Memorial Day ceremony online
KING CITY — Fort Hunter Liggett is taking the helm of the annual Memorial Day ceremony at the King City Cemetery.
Instead of a public gathering, the army base will be conducting a Facebook Live Wreath Laying Ceremony broadcast to honor those fallen warriors who...
Monterey County’s Covid-19 isolation site at San Lorenzo Park sees surge in patients
SALINAS VALLEY — More patients are being relocated to an Alternate Housing Site at San Lorenzo Park in recent weeks due to an overall increase in Covid-19 cases countywide.
The King City site is called Operation Oasis by Monterey County staff, and has 10 trailers...
Remembering 9/11: Fort Hunter Liggett, South County cities reflect on tragedy 18 years later
SOUTH COUNTY — 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...
Closing underway of longtime law office in King City
KING CITY — Longtime King City attorney Peter D. Anderson died in September 2022 following 55 years of dedicated legal and community service.
Since his death, the process of closing Anderson’s law office is underway so that his clients can retrieve their files and get...
