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LUNCHEON MEETING KING CITY — Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated will host its monthly luncheon meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 11:30 a.m. at King Kora Restaurant, 611 Canal St., in King City. Scholarship recipients Aria Palomino and Jessica Rodriguez and their families will...

KING CITY — King City Police Department has arrested a suspect in connection with a residential burglary earlier this week. At about 1:50 a.m. on July 26, local officers responded to the report of a burglary in the 1200 block of Amherst Drive in King...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Hospice Giving Foundation (HGF) marks 25 years in the community this July with providing leadership and resources to ensure end-of-life care is available and accessible throughout Monterey and San Benito counties. “Hospice Giving Foundation stands behind its mission in everything we do,”...

SALINAS VALLEY — The 112th California Rodeo Salinas entertained thousands of fans last weekend at the Salinas Sports Complex, where attendance numbers surpassed those of previous years. Total ticket sales for the 2022 rodeo’s four performances, from July 21 through July 24, totaled 57,449, up...

COFFEE COPS GREENFIELD — Greenfield Police Department invites the community to attend Coffee with a Cop on Friday, July 29, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Starbucks, 367 Walnut Ave., in Greenfield. The event is an opportunity for residents and officers to discuss issues within...

KING CITY — An additional two teenagers from King City have been arrested for their involvement in the deaths of two residents and an unborn child last December. King City Police Department detectives arrested the juvenile males, both 17 years old, on July 25 for...

KING CITY — As the only hospital within 50 miles of King City, serving an area of several thousand square miles, Mee Memorial Hospital has a long, storied history as the cornerstone of its rural community. This year the state-of-the-art facility — the core of Mee...

ELECTION CANDIDATES MONTEREY COUNTY — The candidate filing period for elective offices up in the Nov. 8 General Election opened July 18. Candidate forms must be completed and submitted by the 5 p.m. deadline on Friday, Aug. 12. Any candidates seeking municipal office will file...

KING CITY — Many emotions ran through students and teachers on the last day of school June 10 at Chalone Peaks Middle School in King City. Students received their yearbooks, while others earned their eighth-grade promotion certificate. It was the time to have friends sign...

KING CITY — Members of King City in Bloom partnered once again with volunteers from Sun Street Centers to do some pruning, weeding and sprucing up of their King City Library project — just in time for Pacific Valley Bank’s Fourth of July Parade....