San Lucas students and teachers celebrate Read Across America
SAN LUCAS — Students at San Lucas School celebrated Read Across America on March 2, focusing on their own campus reading and festivities rather than taking the usual field trip to a neighboring campus due to the pandemic.
King City Mayor Mike LeBarre read to...
Highway bridge project near Bradley causes long-term lane closures
BRADLEY — A bridge retrofit project began Friday at the San Antonio River Bridge near Bradley, resulting in a four-month closure of the northbound lanes of Highway 101.
The bridge, located north of the Camp Roberts Rest Areas and about a mile south of the...
Natividad to host drive-thru Covid-19 testing Thursday in Chualar
CHUALAR — Salinas Valley residents can get tested for Covid-19 in Chualar on Thursday, July 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The drive-thru testing will be hosted by Natividad Medical Center, which has organized pop-up sites throughout the county in order to serve areas...
King City students, volunteers collaborate for annual workday
KING CITY — King City in Bloom (KCIB) and King City High School FFA joined forces March 20 for the second annual collaboration workday.
More than 40 FFA students and their advisers participated in planting the new planters along Broadway Street. KCIB members provided the...
Monterey County Sheriff’s deputy recovers stolen vessel and trailer
SOUTH MONTEREY COUNTY — In early December, an aluminum boat and trailer were reported stolen from Lake San Antonio in southern Monterey County.
Monterey County Park Rangers located video footage of a grey Toyota truck leaving with the stolen vessel and trailer.
On Dec. 26, a...
Salinas Valley News Tidbits | Oct. 26, 2020
VOTER TURNOUT
MONTEREY COUNTY — With the General Election just days away, Monterey County Elections has already processed more than 81,721 vote-by-mail ballots as of Oct. 24. This is more than the total number of vote-by-mail ballots received in the county's March Primary Election (71,603)....
South County Farm Day returns to Salinas Valley Fairgrounds
KING CITY — This year’s South County Farm Day brought about 650 third- and fourth-graders to the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City on Jan. 27.
The South Monterey County students, stemming from Gonzales to King City schools, attended the free educational enrichment program taught...
As drought conditions worsen, California expands state of emergency
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Tuesday issued a proclamation extending the drought emergency statewide and asked residents to redouble their water conservation efforts amid an exceptionally dry year when wildfires have ravaged large swaths of the state.
The proclamation allows the state Water Resources...
DUI Checkpoint results in 1 arrest, 14 citations in King City
KING CITY — One person was arrested and 14 others received citations during a DUI Checkpoint last Friday in King City.
King City Police Department held the checkpoint at 625 Division St. for five hours, from 6 to 11 p.m., on Dec. 16.
Of the 260...
Wahine Project unites local youth with ocean, beach activities
Dozens of South County youth took part in surf and beach soccer camps earlier this month with the Wahine Project at Casa Verde Beach in Monterey.
