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CHOWDER DINNER KING CITY — Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum (MCARLM) presents the Drury Tankersley 30th Annual Clam Chowder Feed on Friday, Jan. 24, at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City. Takeout is from 3 to 7 p.m., and dine-in will be...

KING CITY — An FFA caravan hit Broadway Street last Wednesday as part of the FFA Week lineup for the Future Farmers of America at King City High School. The caravan had 35 vehicles, including diesel trucks from L.A. Hearne and Bassetti Farms, which blew...

KING CITY — Once again the Salinas Valley Fair drew thousands of people to King City for a long weekend of family-friendly activities and entertainment, including its first-ever huge concert headlined by multiplatinum country singer Dylan Scott on Saturday night. The 79th annual celebration featured...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Sheriff Steve Bernal spoke to King City Rotary during its Aug. 26 luncheon about how the Sheriff’s Office has dealt with such community issues as the recent fires, river littering and the Covid-19 pandemic reaching the county jail. “It’s been...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County is enacting the state’s latest health restrictions early to help reduce the spread of Covid-19 and patient overflow at area hospitals after monitoring local and regional intensive care unit (ICU) capacity. On Wednesday, the county's Board of Supervisors unanimously approved...

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 “Sleepy,” 21, and Jose...

KING CITY — Carlos Acevedo from King City High School has been awarded a College Arts Scholarship from the Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC). Acevedo is one of 15 graduating high school seniors in Monterey County to receive the scholarship this year, and is...

SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Board of Supervisors will host a special ceremony on Tuesday, June 10, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a landmark legal case that arose out of the Salinas Valley and outlawed the use of “El Cortito,” or the short-handled...

KING CITY — A King City teenager was arrested Friday in connection with the March 31 shooting that killed a 31-year-old local man. Members of the King City Police Department and Monterey County Strategic Weapons and Tactics Team served a search warrant April 16 in...