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Eunice Diaz, of Monterey Bay Christian Center Youth Ministry, tries to draw customers to a fireworks stand on Fremont Boulevard in Seaside.

On Tuesday around 4 a.m. a fire broke out at Energy Alternative Solutions in Gonzales.

The Blackstone Winery in Gonzales will present its summer concert dubbed the "Blackstone Bash" ' July 11.

Police are investigating a lotto scam case that took place in Salinas on Thursday.

SALINAS, Calif- A pair of scamers went to work in Gonzales Thursday night. The victim, an elderly gentleman, was out walking near his home in Gonzales when he was approached by a woman who said that she had a winning lotto ticket.

The following birth announcements were published in the June 13 Salinas Californian: Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, Salinas The following babies were born at SVMH: -JUNE 3, 2009 JAMES CARLOS FARIAS, son of Omar and Yolanda Farias of Salinas.

A sign of the times is always popping up somewhere in our sacred communities. This sign of our economic woes really is a eyesore.

Taxable sales in Monterey County dropped 2.6 percent in the second quarter of 2008, while statewide sales dropped 2.3 percent.

SUBJECT WAS CITED AND RELEASED. 0150 BOOKED BOOKING \ CARMEL AV MJ0900253 CRUZ-GONZALES, MONIQUE, RENEE 03/23/68 0150 CASE IR IN PROBATION VIOLATION \ CARMEL AV MG0901294 SUSPECT CRUZ-GONZALES, MONIQUE 03/23/68 ADULT FEMALE WAS CONTACTED IN THE 200 BLOCK OF CARMEL AVENUE AND FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF HER PROBATION BY BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ...

A local version of "Flip This House" is coming to Monterey County. Supervisors Tuesday approved an agreement with several cities hardest hit by the housing market downturn to buy foreclosed houses and sell them to lower-income buyers.

Driving without due caution William Galvan, 22, of the 7200 block of Princevalle Street, 3:09 a.m. Thursday, at 8800 Lilly Ave.

Walking from Gonzales' green-arched downtown across the railroad tracks, Harold Wolgamott, a multi-hat wearing city official, points out a small business park tucked behind a packing shed.

Salinas marked its 14th homicide of the year Monday night after a shooting in the 100 block of Sherwood Drive in Salinas at 8:55 p.m. left one man dead.

Monterey County law enforcement officials announced this morning their latest effort to catch criminals - Operation Roadblock Observation Plan of Enforcement.

A Fresno man who police said forced his 7-year-old son to get a gang tattoo pleaded not guilty today in Fresno County Superior Court to felony charges of aggravated mayhem and street terrorism.

The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to the creation of a voluntary assessment district to allow willing taxpayers to receive funding for residential solar projects.

McShane's Nursery and Landscape Supply is offering Pet Friendly Gardens at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at 115 Highway 68, Salinas.

BY KIMBER SOLANA AND BRITTANY DURGIN * ksolana@thecalifornian.com bdurgin@thecalifornian.com * May 4, 2009 U.S. health officials are cautiously optimistic that the swine flu isn't as dangerous as first feared, but urged people on Sunday to keep taking common-sense precautions for avoiding the virus.

Salinas,Calif- The Salinas City Council has finalized the approval of firework sales.