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KING CITY — Five personnel from King City Police Department were sworn in as part of a peace officer oath at City Hall last week. The event marked not only new arrivals, but also the first time certain ceremonies had been conducted before the public...

MURAL PROGRAM MONTEREY COUNTY — Arts Council for Monterey County’s Artist Spotlight returns with Kat Morgan on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at 12 p.m. via Facebook Live. Morgan, a mural hunter, has located hundreds of local murals and is launching a new course on the murals...

FRONT STREET SOLEDAD — City of Soledad is hosting a community listening session about the future of Front Street on Monday, Oct. 17, from 4 to 5 p.m. for local business owners and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for residents. The event will take place at...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County is being asked to close all bars and indoor operations for restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, zoos, museums and cardrooms following a recent surge of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations among residents in the area. Monday’s request came in the form of...

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community Center will host a number of activities through the week. Today, Zumba begins at 8:15 a.m. and a vaccination clinic begins at 3:45 p.m. On Aug. 12, art with seniors begins at 9:30 a.m., Zumba at 6 p.m. and...

The weather forecast Monday calls for sunshine across California, with barely a cloud on the horizon for the next week or so. Pour yourself a nice, cool glass of water — and then think about how you’re going to start conserving it. The lack of rain...

MONTEREY COUNTY — United Way Monterey County has partnered with the Monterey County Department of Social Services to provide rent and utility assistance to eligible residents who are experiencing unemployment and loss of income because of the Covid-19 pandemic. “All of us know someone who...

KING CITY — Through continuing investigation, King City Police Department detectives identified several subjects as persons of interest in the April 15 shooting of a juvenile in the 600 block of Bishop Street in King City. On May 11, KCPD officers, along with assistance from...

SAN ARDO — San Ardo student Zuliana Carbajal has been selected as the winner of the annual California Small School Districts’ Association’s holiday art contest for 2020. “I started drawing because it was a good stress reliever,” said Carbajal, an eighth-grader at San Ardo School....