Spreckels News

Need to dispose of an old mattress or e-waste? HOPE Services will be more than happy to accept these items at their locations in Salinas and Seaside.

I love fall. Growing up back east, you knew big changes lay ahead when the leaves fell like clothing at a nude beach.

Larry Petersen's Tuesday letter regarding sewer rate increases in Toro Hills points out a problem that encompasses far more than the 120 percent increase in sewer rates.

Four kids and a barfing dog. What was I thinking?" If those aren't famous last words, I sure don't know what are.

Monterey County may soon join an historical preservation program that could dole out property tax breaks for most of Spreckels and the home folk singer Joan Baez built in Carmel Valley.

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Winter in San Diego offers a bounty of fun and free things to do ranging from traditional holiday parades and festivals to migrataing California gray whales along the Pacific coast---along with brilliant sunshine and easy-to-take temperatures.

Spreckels Union Educational Foundation is offering another family night fundraiser at Ariel Theatrical's Wilson Childrens' Theatre with the production of "The Phantom Tollbooth". SUEF will receive 20 percent of all ticket sales from the 7 p.m. performance Oct.

U.S. Army officials said Monday that residents of certain Monterey County areas should not be alarmed by smoke in the air today.

Spreckels Union Educational Foundation is offering another family night fundraiser at Ariel Theatrical's Wilson Children's Theater with the production of "The Phantom Tollbooth." SUEF will receive 20 percent f all ticket sales from the 7 p.m. Oct.

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George Bell's act was Academy Award stuff for a while, but the truth was bound to catch up with him sooner or later.

Synopsis: TRAFFIC STOP ON A VEHICLE FOR EXPIRED REGISTRATION. VEHICLE WAS DISPLAYING FALSE REGISTRATION TABS.

Colleen Cranny and Shadi Paydar, both 11, took notes during sixth-grade English class at Marshall Middle School in Scripps Ranch.

The day broke clear and warm. The expanse of white grave markers stretched out in silence and in peace.

"Fabulous Fashions: San Diego Style" is from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.

The man they called "Frenchy" didn't have a family outside of a brother in New York but made up for it by joining just about every civic and fraternal organization in Salinas in the 1870s.

Cathy Anderson met Adam Lambert in May. For 22 years Cathy Anderson has headed up what she refers to as the "best-kept secret in San Diego." From her downtown office overlooking the Spreckels Building, our town's Film Commissioner - her daffodil yellow jacket perfectly complimenting the soft purple walls - strikes a satisfied and at times animated ...

Date of Report: 8/31/2009 Time of Report: 2203 Deputy Name: WHITE, S. Report Number: 06420-09 Charges: PC 243 Suspect Arrested Y/N: Yes Arrestee: PORTER, JON Location: SUNRIDGE RD/SUNSET Synopsis: SUSPECT AND WIFE HAD AN ARGUMENT THAT HAD RESULTED IN THE HUSBAND SHOVING THE VICTIM AND RIPPING THE SHIRT FROM HER PERSON.

The phrase "historic landscape" conjures up visions of cobblestoned streets or revered public grounds, a la Golden Gate Park.