Court services expand in South County
Monterey County Superior Court continues to expand its self-help services in South County, with the Greenfield Self-Help Center preparing to operate on an additional day to assist residents seeking legal information.
Monterey County schools see drop in chronic absenteeism
MONTEREY COUNTY ā California Department of Education (CDE) on Oct. 18 publicly released Chronic Absenteeism data, which is a leading indicator of academic success, including standardized test scores and later graduation rates.
Students are considered to be chronically absent if they are absent for 10%...
Student-produced video gets red carpet premiere at MCARLM gala
KING CITY ā Last Thursday evening at a gala event at the Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum (MCARLM) in King City, members of the community were audience to the world premiere of āTeens in Quarantine,ā a video produced by the museum and...
What counts as āessential businessā in Monterey County amid COVID-19 stay-at-home order
MONTEREY COUNTY ā California residents have been advised to stay indoors, and only leave their home for essential items or services, since the statewide stay-at-home order went into effect March 19 to help combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Essential businesses, however, can stay open...
California Primary Election 2022: Latest results for Monterey County, statewide contests
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County voters have returned their ballots to choose candidates for various state and local offices in the June 7 California Primary Election.
According to Monterey County Elections, there are 208,274 registered voters in the county. The latest numbers show that 34,758...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Nov. 2, 2022
TREE REMOVAL
GONZALES ā City of Gonzales has begun the process of removing trees that are located off Fifth Street and Gabilan Court, where the future Community Center Complex will be. The contractor will use the parking lot during their work, which started Nov. 1...
King City Police arrest suspects in years-old murder cases
KING CITY ā King City Police announced the arrest of three suspects through the work of a multi-agency task force last Thursday.
New case developments in the 2016 murder of Martin Heredia and the 2017 murder of Hipolito Carreno caused officers to take action after...
First Tee students in King City receive laptops to support remote learning
KING CITY ā Students in South Monterey County were able to advance their studies as 150 refurbished laptops were distributed last Saturday to youth participating in First Tee Monterey County.
The first wave of students was mostly from Chalone Peaks Middle School, with a follow-up...
Caltrans awards grant for Salinas Valley Safe Routes to School Plan
SALINAS VALLEY ā California Department of Transportation has awarded a Sustainable Communities Transportation Planning Grant in the amount of $664,127 to the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) and its partners, Monterey County Health Department and Ecology Action, for the Salinas Valley Safe Routes...
Teacher Pathway Program grows at Hartnell College
Hartnell College has welcomed its newest Teacher Pathway Program cohort to campus. While it is the third cohort to participate in the program, it is the first to be held at the collegeās main campus in Salinas.






















