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King City man gets 2 years in prison for starting fire

KING CITY ā€” King City resident Valerio Javier Perez Flores, 30, was sentenced April 23 to two years, plus eight months for a probation violation, in state prison for recklessly starting a fire. On July 7, 2020, at 1:50 p.m., a California Highway Patrol officer...

Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published April 21, 2021

Police Reports areĀ obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY March 299:13 a.m. Found property on Rio Vista Dr.1:26 p.m. Matter of Record (ammunition surrender) on Bassett St. March 301:49 p.m. Misdemeanor bench warrant on Broadway St.6:50 p.m. Matter of Record (verbal domestic) on N Vanderhurst Av.8:15...

Unfinished mural at Sun Street Centers vandalized

KING CITY ā€” An unfinished mural meant to symbolize growth and community support on the side of Sun Street Centers in King City was defaced while the artists were on a break Friday afternoon. Art instructor Bryan Luster, who is overseeing the mural program with...

Chauvin verdict reverberates across California

On Tuesday, Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted of murdering George Floyd, the Black man whose death under Chauvinā€™s knee led to a nationwide uprising against police brutality last summer. The news was met with a kind of collective sigh of relief,...

Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published April 14, 2021

Police Reports areĀ obtained from the local police departments. GREENFIELD April 52:20 p.m. Driving with a suspended license and speeding on Oak Av.3:41 p.m. Vehicle towed (expired registration over six months) on Walnut Av.11:15 p.m. Reckless evading of a peace officer on El Camino Real. April 68:22 a.m....

Teen arrested for King City murder

KING CITY ā€” A King City teenager was arrested Friday in connection with the March 31 shooting that killed a 31-year-old local man. Members of the King City Police Department and Monterey County Strategic Weapons and Tactics Team served a search warrant April 16 in...

Soledad state prisonā€™s South Facility to close by July 2022

SOLEDAD ā€” The South Facility at Correctional Training Facility (CTF) in Soledad will close by July 2022 due to a decrease in the minimum-security inmate population, announced California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on Tuesday. The Level I general population unit, also known as Facility...

Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published April 7, 2021

Police Reports areĀ obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY March 159:05 a.m. Shoplifting on Canal St. March 1611:11 a.m. Grand Theft on Pearl St.11:31 a.m. APS Referral on Heritage Ct.4:23 p.m. Fraud report on Bluff Av. March 177:30 a.m. Under the influence of narcotics on S Vanderhurst...

Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published March 31, 2021

Police Reports areĀ obtained from the local police departments. KING CITY March 87:48 a.m. Burglary on Jayne St.8:29 a.m. Public intoxication on S First St. March 98:29 a.m. Burglary on Broadway St.9:56 a.m. Misdemeanor bench warrant on Canal St.12:28 p.m. Misdemeanor bench warrant on Broadway St.4:34 p.m. Possession...

King City man found guilty of violently raping child

KING CITY ā€” A Monterey County jury has convicted Leonardo Ramirez Jr., a resident of King City, for violently raping a 10-year-old girl during a 2018 residential burglary after his identity was discovered from DNA found in a discarded Covid mask last year. Ramirez, 28,...
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