Monterey County News

John Trudell is described as many things: poet, musician, actor, recording artist, activist.

Poor Jane. She must be getting tired. She voted to approve Monterey-Salinas Transit's new Administrative building on Whispering Oaks, but when her cronies at LandWatch threw a fit, she ran the other way as fast as she could.

A U.S. soldier from Salinas lost his life in defense of his country Saturday, two days before Memorial Day, according to the Defense Department.

Ralph Ochoa, 78, an Army Korean War veteran, with the American Legion Post 31 Color Guard, listens during Memorial Day ceremonies at Moss Landing Cemetery to the roll call of veterans from the area who died during active duty.

For the first time, scientists have detected radioactivity in fish that have migrated into California waters from the ocean off Japan, where radiation contaminated the sea after explosions tore through the Fukushima nuclear reactors last year.

Three hit-and-run crashes and two police chases happened in Salinas and Prunedale during Memorial Day weekend, one which involved a 14-year-old girl being hit in a crosswalk.A The girl was walking in a crosswalk on North Main Street near Bernal Drive when she run over by a speeding driver at 8:40 p.m., police Cmdr.

The Salinas Public Library is to set host a book-signing event featuring "Murder, Salinas Style: He Shot the Sheriff," by Lisa Eisemann, a Salinas resident.

For many of the more than 18,000 employees on Capitol Hill, it's easy to feel lost amid the bustle of Congressional politics.

I'm not sure if there has been a more unassuming team from Monterey County to reach a Central Coast... What a lovely day at Mer Soleil for the 6th annual SLH Gala - hats off to Dave Muret and Holly... Swan paddle boats sit at the edge of one of the six lakes that make up Bande Amir National Park, a longtime destination for Afghan tourists.

I'm not sure if there has been a more unassuming team from Monterey County to reach a Central Coast... What a lovely day at Mer Soleil for the 6th annual SLH Gala - hats off to Dave Muret and Holly... CAIRO - Three top candidates in Egypt's presidential race have filed appeals to the election commission, alleging violations in the first round vote ... (more)

I'm not sure if there has been a more unassuming team from Monterey County to reach a Central Coast... What a lovely day at Mer Soleil for the 6th annual SLH Gala - hats off to Dave Muret and Holly... Syria's Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi denied on Sunday that government troops were behind an attack on villages.

The items on the Greenfield City Council agenda are not exactly controversial, but in these days of heightened political animosity, just about anything draws a healthy crowd to its meetings.

The cemetery for Mission San Luis Obispo extended from the northern side of the church across what is now Chorro Street.

The Monterey County Association of Realtors recently sent out a notice from its government and community affairs director about the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District's proposed fee to be used for water supply development.

I'm not sure if there has been a more unassuming team from Monterey County to reach a Central Coast... What a lovely day at Mer Soleil for the 6th annual SLH Gala - hats off to Dave Muret and Holly... Edward Weston's "Shell." Weston's work will be featured in an exhibit on display June 16-Sept. 30 at the Monterey Museum of Art.

I'm not sure if there has been a more unassuming team from Monterey County to reach a Central Coast... What a lovely day at Mer Soleil for the 6th annual SLH Gala - hats off to Dave Muret and Holly... Carmella Franco, center, state trustee for Alisal Union Elementary School District, tours Cesar Chavez Elementary Monday in Salinas with Dr.

I'm not sure if there has been a more unassuming team from Monterey County to reach a Central Coast... What a lovely day at Mer Soleil for the 6th annual SLH Gala - hats off to Dave Muret and Holly... Iraq war veteran Miguel Vargas Jr.

California officially ended its control of Alisal and Greenfield elementary school districts Friday as the two-year tenure of state trustees Carmella Franco and Norma Martinez drew to a close.

Monterey County planners are poised to allow the removal of seven of nearly 200 landmark black walnut trees that line both sides of Spreckels Boulevard.

Money is flowing freely in the 4th District supervisorial race, where incumbent Jane Parker and challenger Byrl Smith have combined to spend nearly $540,000 so far this year, the bulk of it in the past two months as the campaign has heated up.