Prunedale News

Fried thistles and Ferris wheels are great, but for some, this weekend's Castroville Artichoke Festival was all about the cars.

MONTEREY COUNTY The next phase of Caltrans' Prunedale Improvement Project will make travel through the intersection, where Russell and Espinosa Roads used to cross Highway 101, much safer.

GPS for the PIP a Squid can sometimes be slow at adopting new technologies. Squid still uses a mortar and pestle, a flip phone and envelopes you have to lick to close.

SALINAS, Calif.- Caltrans will be switching traffic on northbound HWY 101 next week to a new alignment that will take the traffic over the Russell/Espinosa intersection in North Salinas as part of the Prunedale Improvement Project.

Southbound traffic on Highway 101 will switch over to the new alignment the following week, on the night of May 22.

Fast track conditions Friday night may be signaling the end of early season blues for Ocean Speedway and its racers.

Two and a half months after being appointed, a high-profile San Francisco-based attorney has withdrawn from the case of a former county water board member charged with felony conflict of interest and grand theft.

Californians can expect a dangerous summer wildfire season due to a dry winter that has left the normally green hills of spring parched and tinder-dry, authorities warned.