Monterey County News

Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Salinas, will hold an open house at his Salinas district office Thursday to kick off a toy drive for the Alisal Family Resource Center.

Across the board, former officers and members of the communities he served use words like "humble," "thoughtful," "a good cop" and "the best commander I've known."

Our community is poised to take an important step forward in our decades-long pursuit of a reliable water supply.

"It's up to us to organize. No one can do it for us. See to it that your Farm Center endorses the State Federation at its next meeting.

Police found Netzahual Ruiz unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds shortly after midnight in the 700 block of Elkington Street.

2. "An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way."

"Extraordinary Ord," by local filmmaker Eric Palmer, shows at the International Monarch Film Festival on Wednesday and Thursday in Pacific Grove.

Beautiful Monterey County, the site of the 95th Annual Meeting of the California Farm Bureau Federation, is known for the aesthetics of its alluring coastal areas.

The program was originally established to provide bears to patrol deputies and detectives throughout the year to present to children when responding to calls that may be traumatic for a child, additionally, the coroner's office uses teddy bears when making death notifications, where a child may be present.

The public, residents and visitors, are reminded to lock their vehicles even if you will only be away for a few minutes, do not leave items in site, lock items of value in the trunk before arriving at your destination and be aware of others around your vehicle when you exit.

The Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad Historical Society will host an open house from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, and 10a.m. to 4p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 7 and 8, at the Railroad Museum at the Railway Express Agency Building, 26 Station Place in Salinas.

Blood test results will come sooner than expected for a man suspected of smoking marijuana before his vehicle struck and killed two women in Salinas, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office said Friday.

While the state's political watchdog agency is keeping an eye on Steve Collins' criminal trial before closing its related investigation of other county officials, it has completely cleared Supervisor Lou Calcagno of another conflict of interest complaint.

If you're caught with illegal drugs and get probation, a judge can order you to stay away from anyone you know is using drugs.

Karen Johnson and her daughter Tamiko Johnson, part of the family that has operated San Francisco's Marcus Books for more than half a century, in front of their Fillmore District store.

The city of Carmel holds its annual Arbor Day celebration 11a.m. to 1p.m. at the Vista Lobos meeting room on the east side of Torres Street, between Third and Fourth avenues.

Watsonville firefighters battled a blaze that partially burned a fence and the garage of a home at 322 Rogers Ave. on Wednesday night.

If you're still in Monterey County and not Tahiti, it's a good bet your Friday morning is frosty.

Barbara Greenway, executive director of The Read to Me Project, believes you can't start too early reading to a child.

California parents know little about a new law that gives more money to schools that educate poor students.