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A desk, a phone and a train steaming across the vast heartland, a freight from Chicago hauling 500 new Schwinn bicycles to Salinas.

Fire heavily damaged a bar in East Salinas early Sunday. Firefighters said heavy smoke was reported coming from the Bar Rio, 862 E. Alisal St., shortly before 11a.m., and four engines, a rescue truck, 18 firefighters and a battalion chief responded.

A fundraiser and marrow donor drive will be held on Saturday at the Salinas Elks Lodge for 12-year old Christopher Gomez.

A fire inside an East Alisal bar forced the evacuation of neighboring businesses Sunday morning.

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Health officials in Monterey County and Santa Cruz County held their first free clinics to administer the latest supply of the H1-N1 vaccine and the patient public was prepared for the long lines.

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Salinas High School student actors have been selected to perform at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer in Scotland, but they need to raise the funds to get there.

The Monterey County District Attorney's Office filed a petition today to revoke or extend the probation of a former Salinas Councilman.

Early Thursday morning, Monterey County sheriff's deputies arrested a man they say set a house on fire and then videotaped firefighters putting the blaze out.

Salinas courthouse workers have settled their lawsuit claiming they were injured by asbestos during courthouse renovations.

Reimbursement for jury duty is pretty skimpy, at $15 per day beginning on the second day, plus one-way mileage.

After 79 years of combined service, Special Delivery Messenger Oscar Cunanan and clerk Josephine Lopez posted their last letters amid a retirement celebration at 9 a.m. Oct.

How can smaller independent businesses and entrepreneurs fight against national, big box retailers" That will be the subject of a presentation in Salinas California, Thursday, when Jeff Milchen, founder of the nation's first Independent Business Alliance and expert in small business preservation, speaks.

The following birth announcements were published in the Oct. 31 Californian. Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, Salinas The following babies were born at SVMH: i SEPT.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders say their $11.1 billion water bond is an essential investment for California's future, but it may be a hard sell to voters.

BFI Waste Services of Salinas presented the "Curbee Award" to several local companies to recognize their innovative and committed leadership to recycling and environmental stewardship.

Salinas police are investigating what they're calling a brazen daytime shooting of a man riding his bicycle on Boronda Road on Tuesday morning.

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Police are at the scene of a drive-by shooting in northeast Salinas. A 34-year-old man was shot near the corner of East Boronda Road and Hemingway Drive at about 9 a.m., police said.