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Patty Wagstaff is a Hollywood stunt pilot, three-time U.S. aerobatic champion, inductee to the National Aviation Hall of Fame and favorite on the air show circuit.

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.

A 14-year-old boy is in "very unstable condition" at a Salinas hospital after being stabbed in the neck about 4:20 p.m. Friday, police said.

Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading moderate. Prices 36s and 40s lower, others generally unchanged.

After a nationwide manhunt, authorities have released the identity of accused child pornography producer " John Doe ." U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations say they took David J. Stevens, 58, of Salinas, California, in custody on Wednesday, around 24 hours after the information was released to the media.

SALINAS, Calif.- A group of local elected officials with a history of tension still isn't seeing eye to eye.

Keith Decker , Kristin Brownstone , James Brady , from left, in MPC Theatre CompanyA*s production of Moss Hart's A'Light Up The Sky.A' Paper Wing Theatre Company presents Rob Foster's "Mr Bruce, Do You Swear?" Opens at 8p.m. Friday, May 17; continues at 8p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through June 1 at the Gallerie Theatre, Paper Wing Theatre Company, ... (more)

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.

Harden Middle School seventh-grader Sebastian Barajas, left, and other students watch as energy passes through the air from a tesla coil to light up a fluorescent light at the Hartnell College Engineering and Physics Club booth during Friday's Career Extravaganza in Salinas.

A Monterey woman was sentenced last week to 14 months in prison, and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine along with $123,463 in restitution for tax evasion.

Monterey County hospital administrators cautioned that figures released by the federal government last week, showing vast disparities in the amount facilities charge for the same services, can be deceiving.

Louella Freeman, Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital's chief nursing officer, stands with Salinas Valley nurse John Silveira, who was named Nurse of the Year in a ceremony on Monday.

SALINAS, Calif.- Tatum's Garden, Salinas's first park built for people of all abilities, officially opened in April, but a colorful windmill flower campaign is kicking off across yards of all shapes and sizes, including the mayor of Salinas' front lawn Monday.

Police are looking for Gerrell Maurice Bledsoe for a felony warrant for a strong arm robbery.

A group of East Salinas residents who want to recall Mayor Joe Gunter and support embattled City Councilman Jose Castaneda are hoping that third time's a charm.

Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading moderate. Prices 36s and 40s lower, others generally unchanged.

Salinas police responded to an armed robbery at McGowan Drive and McGowan Circle around 8:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Police said they got a call about a home burglary on Plumas Way Saturday night around 8:00 p.m. Officers caught 18-year old Jose Ruelas on Sunday, when he tried to steal from the home again.

Patients were accepted into Salinas Valley State Prison's beleaguered psychiatric unit under risky conditions that violated the facility's own policies, The Herald has found.

The astrophysics program at UC Santa Cruz is reaching out to regional community colleges to discover and nurture talented students through a new summer internship program.