Local News

SALINAS — Salinas Downtown Streets Team (DST) is recruiting new members for its Community Advisory Council. The DST Community Advisory Council is a group of active and involved Salinas community members who bring their professional skills and talents to engage in social justice and create...

A number of pets received low-cost veterinary services on June 15 outside the Gonzales Police Department, which hosted the event. SPCA Monterey County’s Mobile Clinic provided spays and neuters for cats and dogs, in addition to microchips and rabies vaccinations. Next, SPCA will be...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County collected more than $70 million in marijuana taxes but spent just $93,000 for youth drug education — the top priority set by residents — according to a civil grand jury report. Some of the largest expenditures the grand jury noted...

INSPIRED MARKET KING CITY — A ribbon-cutting celebration for La Cocina (The Kitchen) becoming a Blue Zones Project Inspired Market is set for Friday, Aug. 2, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at 815 Broadway St., in King City. As a BZP Inspired Market, nearly all...

SOLEDAD — Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) officials are investigating the Oct. 5 death of an inmate at the Soledad institution as a homicide. At about 8:50 a.m., Robert Tunstall was attacked on a recreation yard by another inmate. Staff performed life-saving measures and an...

SOLEDAD — Hundreds of area pets will have food after last Saturday’s Pet Food Bank, hosted by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) for Monterey County.  Cars lined up beyond the Soledad High School parking lot and down Gabilan Drive for...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Police have arrested a local teenager in connection with two murders and an attempted murder, dating back to 2020. According to Greenfield Acting Police Chief Guillermo Mixer, Greenfield detectives arrested 18-year-old Jonathan Rojas in Salinas on Thursday after linking him to the...

SALINAS VALLEY — Memorial Day ceremonies are planned throughout the Salinas Valley on Monday, May 30, to honor and remember those who have died while serving in the military. In Gonzales, Memorial Day services hosted by the Gonzales American Legion Post 81 will begin at...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Digital equity and infrastructure in Monterey County are receiving a record investment of state broadband funding, with the announcement of $2.5 million in broadband technical assistance grants to local municipalities to support efforts to close the digital divide. The cities of Gonzales,...

Mostafa Ghous has taken over as dean of South County education services at Hartnell College’s King City Education Center, replacing Renata Funke, who retired from the position.