Castroville News

Mario Guzman shows off his new franchise Junk King of Monterey on May 10 in Marina.

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Except for one saxophone valued at $10,000, all of the stolen musical instruments belonging to the North Monterey County High School band have been recovered, a school official said today.

A member of the thistle family and a relative of sunflowers, artichokes are an ancient food native to the Mediterranean.

Trini Campbell of Riverdog Farm in Guinda looks over a field of artichokes. The plants usually are grown as perennials and yield two crops per year.

A truck carrying about $250,000 worth of instruments was reported stolen from North Monterey County High School on Monday.

Synopsis: Two male suspects jumped another male victim as he was leaving a bar. The suspects punched the victim several times in the face and kicked him in the head knocking him unconscious.

North Monterey County High School officials are reporting a band equipment truck, filled with over $250,000 worth of band equipment, was discovered missing Monday morning.

The month of April has to go down as one of the best months in our city's history for stewardship.

The month of April has to go down as one of the best months in our city's history for stewardship.

Even though I wasn't even born yet, I can imagine exactly what you were feeling on Saturday, May 13, 1972, the love, excitement, and rush of whirling emotions, all because of what you both were agreeing to do... Taking vows in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints you were joined together for time and all eternity, and then pronounced as ... (more)

Got it back up. It takes this old , brain dead system awhile to get backup and get all of the servers started.

The annual quarantine of all sport-harvested mussel species along the California coast begins Tuesday and applies to all species harvested along the coast, bays and estuaries to protect the public from sparalytic shellfish poisoning and domoic acid poisoning.

The more you sell, the more new items you can bring in, and the more often your customers will come back to browse.

A 30-year-old Castroville man was convicted by jury on Monday of sexually molesting his 8-year-old niece for six months.A After a day of deliberation, the jury found Jose Jesus Madrigal guilty of forcible lewd acts on a child.A From January 2011 until June last year, Madrigal sexually molested the 8-year-old in her Castroville home, Monterey County ... (more)

In a comeback fueled by some strategic planning, 27-year-old Adam Roach of Pacific Grove on Sunday became the third straight Monterey County resident to win the race, finishing the 26.2-mile course with a time of two hours, 32 minutes and 25 seconds.

About 17 sheriff's deputies and CHP officers searched yard-to-yard in Castroville on Saturday looking for suspects in an earlier residential burglary there.