Salinas News

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.

Measure K campaign manager Steve Ish said voters sent a clear signal to city leaders by defeating the 1-cent sales tax measure - don't raise taxes in a struggling economy, and get more efficient instead.

Two Good Samaritans from Salinas face the daunting task of organizing more than 1,300 Thanksgiving meals in the next two weeks.

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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