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Guests filled the Monterey County Dance Theatre in King City on Sept. 8 to attend Tour de Dance, a charitable event for Monterey County Dance Foundation to raise funds for next year’s production, “The Nightingale,” the first original ballet written for South County.

Music, great food and more brought together close to 500 people for the annual Salinas Valley Fair Kickoff Dinner on April 22.

A new microfilm scanner for the King City Branch Library of the Monterey County Free Libraries is on order and expected soon thanks to a generous grant and donations from more than 50 residents and businesses.

Located in the newly refurbished courthouse building at 250 Franciscan Way in King City, the new victim center increases accessibility for South County residents who lost services in 2008 when the Monterey County Courts King City Division closed.

Kevin Roberts, a fourth-grade teacher at Santa Lucia Elementary School, recently brought lunar samples taken from the Apollo moon missions to the King City school, providing students with a rare chance to view moon rocks and soils up close.

King City officials recently presented the annual State of the City Address, during which they discussed the progress the city has made over the past year, from beautifying the downtown area to lessening the city’s debt to reducing gang violence in the community.

The future of philanthropy in South Monterey County was the topic of a recent event held at the Monterey Wine Company in King City.