Castroville News

A Thanksgiving Day tradition started 18 years ago by the Dick Cava family of Castroville lives on, thanks to the efforts of volunteers from all over.

CASTROVILLE, Calif.- For over twenty years the Cava family always holds a huge Thanksgiving dinner in castroville for anyone who wants to come.

This year two local toy drives will be held to benefit clients of Central Coast HIV/AIDS Services and their families.

Drivers should expect traffic delays and some detours Monday as construction crews perform paving work on Abrego Street and Munras Avenue from Fremont Street to Don Dahvee Lane, city officials said.

For several years, gang investigators noticed that Salinas-area members and associates of the Nuestra Familia gang were relocating to California's Central Valley.

Rotarians are on the march. Inspired by stories they've read in The Herald, a couple of local Rotary clubs have responded in moving ways.

A musician's ballads of the travails and glories of narcotics trafficking became a focal point this month as the government won its first conviction in a massive drug and gang racketeering case that swept up more than two dozen defendants, many from Monterey County.

The Monterey County Sheriff's Office is collecting newly purchased teddy bears and stuffed animals to donate to needy children who may not otherwise receive a gift for the holidays or who need to be comforted during a traumatic event.

The Monterey County Sheriffs Office said a 15-year-old North Monterey County High School student has been detained, accused of bringing a toy gun on campus.

Lockdown Started At 10:30 A.M. KSBW.com updated Nov. 12, 2009 CASTROVILLE, Calif.

Eco-energy was electric in Castroville last weekend, when a labor union's parking lot doubled as a solar tech training lab.

Two Good Samaritans from Salinas face the daunting task of organizing more than 1,300 Thanksgiving meals in the next two weeks.

Jose Ortiz remembers the importance his grandmother and mother placed in the annual Dia de los Muertos observance when he was growing up in the mountain community of Durango, Mexico.

The Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project has since 1976 worked to restore endangered coho salmon, threatened steelhead and Chinook salmon populations in the Monterey Bay.

Free teleworking is available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday at The Satellite Telework Center, 6265 Highway 9 The center offers WiFi, coffee from The White Raven and room to spread out and get work done.

Along with soccer and football, Salinas may have to add another competitive sport to its roster: giant pumpkin growing.

Rejecting the Monterey City Council's request for more extensive environmental study, local transportation officials chose light rail Wednesday as the preferred alternative for a proposed rapid transit line from the Peninsula to Castroville.

Ausonio Inc. celebrated its 50th anniversary Thursday at its offices in the Castroville Industrial Park, one of many landmark projects designed and built by the firm.

The Castroville Chiropractic Clinic is accepting donations of non-perishable food, can goods or paper products at its office from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

CASTROVILLE, Calif- The bomb squad was called to North Monterey County High School today for what turned out to be a hoax.