Remembering their sacrifice
Community members gathered Monday morning for the annual Memorial Day ceremony at King City Cemetery with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6747 and Fort Hunter Liggett staff to honor those who have died while serving in the U.S. military.
Let freedom ring
King City hosted the first Freedom Gala with Fort Hunter Liggett last Saturday to celebrate the U.S. Army’s 242nd birthday and raise money for military families and the city’s Comprehensive Plan to End Youth Violence.
OPEN STUDIOS
Monterey County Artists Open Studio Tour expanded its self-guided journey of artist studios and exhibitions to the South County area over the weekend.
Chamber hires new manager
Longtime resident Janet Bessemer has been hired to take over the reins of the King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture as its new chamber manager.
Young legislators
Nearly 40 students participated in Assembly Member Anna Caballero’s Young Legislators Program in South County and Salinas, with 24 participants from the South Monterey County Program and 14 in the Salinas Program.
Late resident among rodeo’s 2018 Hall of Fame inductees
California Rodeo Salinas will honor the late Allan Wallace, who was ranch manager at Topo Ranch in King City for 30 years, by inducting him and four others this Thursday into the organization’s Hall of Fame Class of 2018.
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