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KING CITY — King City’s annual Beautification Week is just around the corner, and residents and businesses are urged to pick a project to beautify the town. Beautification Week will run from June 19 to 27 under the sponsorship of the King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture. It is an effort...

MONTEREY COUNTY — An excessive heat warning has been issued by the U.S. National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey California beginning Thursday through early next week for Monterey County. Areas under warning include: southern Salinas Valley, Arroyo Seco, Lake San Antonio, Santa Lucia Mountains...

SALINAS VALLEY — A group of 20 bicyclists from the Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure cruised through the Salinas Valley last weekend as part of their 1,700-mile trek from Seattle to San Diego. The group began their Friday morning ride in Watsonville and ended after 73...

FARES RETURN TO MST MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey-Salinas Transit will reinstate fare collection throughout its bus system beginning Aug. 1. Passengers will once again pay at the front door of buses by placing their fare in the farebox. MST had gone fare-free on March 18...

PARKS REOPEN MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Public Works, Facilities and Parks staff reopened nearly all county parks, including Manzanita Park, Royal Oaks Park, San Lorenzo Park and Toro Park, on Jan. 20 after removing immediate winter storm hazards and debris. Jacks Peak Park, however,...

SALINAS VALLEY — Hartnell College invites new and returning students to enroll for the Spring 2022 semester during registration fairs to be held Jan. 11-14 at four campus sites and will provide them up to $550 for textbooks, supplies and campus food service. The new...

KING CITY — To celebrate National Ag Day, the King City High School FFA chapter participated in the 2021 5K for FFA Virtual Fun Run last month, hosted by the National FFA Organization. About 45 club members, faculty and extended family participated and came together...

MONTEREY COUNTY — A team from SPCA Monterey County traveled to the Los Angeles area Saturday to take in cats and dogs from animal shelters to help provide room for more fire evacuees. So far, the SPCA opened its arms to 11 pets, including one...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Business Council (MCBC) has announced an event titled “Can Monterey Businesses Compete? Groundbreaking Report on Employment Trends and Workforce Dynamics” that will feature the release of a comprehensive new study from Beacon Economics. This pivotal report, beginning with national and...

GREENFIELD — Hundreds of residents and visitors alike gathered Sunday for the annual Greenfield Harvest Festival, hosted by the Greenfield Cultural Arts Center and First Night Monterey. The Oct. 20 festival kicked off that morning with a community parade through downtown Greenfield, where dozens...