Salinas News

Famed to readers as the birthplace of John Steinbeck and in supermarket produce circles as the 'Salad Bowl of the World,' the city of Salinas carries darker renown in the netherworld of California's prisons.

The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for the Central Coast, including the Salinas Valley and Monterey Bay area.

A 4-year-old Salinas girl was ejected in a vehicle crash this morning on Highway 101, said California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Robert Lehman.

It had been a long day, beginning with a crack-of-dawn speech to the Salinas/Monterey Community Alliance for Safety and Peace, followed by day-long meetings with the mayor and chief, local academics and a two-hour training I led for Court Appointed Special Advocates volunteers.

A former girls softball team manager in Salinas - convicted of serving booze to her teenage players in 2007 - is again behind bars, this time suspected of sexually abusing a minor.

The Alisal Boys' Basketball Program holding its All-You-Can-Eat pizza, salad, spaghetti, garlic bread, drinks, etc., fund raiser from 3 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday, at Casa Sorrento, 393 Salinas St., Salinas Tickets are $15 and you may choose from one of three time slots: 3 to 4:30 p.m., 4:30 to 6 p.m. or 6 to 7:30 p.m. Register in advance and have your ...

Injuries that hospitalized three Salinas firefighters two weeks ago because of a motor home explosion may have been unavoidable, said fire Chief Kim Raddatz Monday.

A Salinas firefighter who was hurt after an explosion from a motor home lifted him off the ground Saturday afternoon is "doing OK" and recovering at home, an official said Sunday.

Police in Salinas are investigating armed robberies at two separate businesses that took place within two hours Friday night.

Today's National Weather Service forecast for the Salinas Valley is party cloudy with highs around 70 and lows in the upper 30s to mid-40s with a slight chance of showers tonight.

Caltrans has announced the addition of a new traffic camera in Monterey County showing real-time traffic conditions to its District 5 web page.

These economic times are tough and the Salvation Army in Salinas is preparing to help ease the burden for some families during the holiday season.

Alisal High school will have its first Fine Arts Fair tonight. The arts fair will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Mullins Theatre inside the high school, 777 Williams Road.

A Salinas chiropractor will be arraigned this afternoon on charges of workers compensation fraud, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office said.

Monterey County sheriff's deputies are looking for a Salinas man who they say was involved in a home-invasion robbery in Carmel Valley and other cases in the area.

While Salinas' plan to pay for more police was derailed by last week's failure of Measure K, school children were absorbing a promising approach to building peace at El Sausal Middle School.

Temporary and part-time holiday jobs are there to be had in Salinas, even in a struggling economy.

From 10 to 11 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, California State Assemblyman Tom Torlakson and candidate for State Superintendent of Schools will be visiting Second Chance Youth Center at 745 North Sanborn Road in Salinas.

An American Legion post in Salinas is bucking a trend of declining membership and economic hardship seen by veterans groups around the country.

A 40-year-old man working for a moving company was pinned between two trucks and seriously injured Tuesday morning at Hartnell College in Salinas, firefighters said.