Castroville News

Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo has announced that 47-year-old Jesus Vargas Espinoza of Castroville, pled no contest to killing 10 month-old Angelle Negron.

Local residents will get a chance next month to weigh in on a state water board study on the critical water rights issue at the center of the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project.

Monterey County supervisors urged water resources agency officials to hurry up with a plan for using Salinas River water under a permit that is in danger of being revoked.

If you have seen artichokes growing, you may have noticed that they grow in layers.

CASTROVILLE, Calif.- The second in a series of community meetings on preventing gang violence in Monterey County will take place Wednesday, May 8th at 6:00 p.m. at the Japanese School House in Castroville, 11199 Geil Street.

A second man will be charged Wednesday in the shooting death of 6-year-old Azahel Cruz Alcantar, said District Attorney Dean Flippo.

CASTROVILLE, Calif. - As peak production of artichokes began in California, early signs suggested better-than-average volumes could be available for retail shelves.

All are welcome to attend this workshop, which focuses on how residents and the county can build safer communities together.

Thirty-one Day Basic Regular GoPasses will be sold at the Salinas and Sand City Warehouses beginning Saturday, April 27 at $69.99, a 26 percent savings off the $95 price.

The Castroville area grows 80 percent of the nation's fresh artichokes. To commemorate the decision, the Salinas Valley Tourism and Visitors Bureau is selling decals, postcards and T-shirts emblazoned with an artichoke-adorned state flag design.

Ahhhhthe artichoke... vegetable of passion, food of nobility, thistle of love! A true delight - classy and fit for a Queen! In Castroville, California, the artichoke capital of the USA, silver screen hotty, Marilyn Monroe was named the first Artichoke Queen while on a publicity tour in the Salinas Valley in 1948.

Social Policy Research's draft document on how to ameliorate Monterey County's gang violence is just that - a draft - and needs input from the folks who know the problem best, Supervisor Fernando Armenta said Tuesday.

Some 300 freshmen and sophomore students from all Salinas high schools as well as students from Seaside, Castroville and Gonzales are expected to participate.

Ben Bernanke is intensifying speculation that this year will be his last as Federal Reserve chairman by deciding to skip the Fed's annual August conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo.

Salinas, Ca. 93906 Synopsis: Deputies were dispatched to a male in an argument that was brandishing a machete.

Movement expected to increase. Trading miniature fairly slow, others active. Prices miniature generally unchanged; 8s higher, others generally unchanged.

Featured photography will be by Jim York of Moss Landing. Wine will be served by De Tierra Winery and the artichoke hors d'oeuvres will be provided by various Castroville committees.