Monterey County News

Janna Hoehn A'A'Adding a photo A' putting a face with the name A' changes the dynamic of the Vietnam wall.A*A* Among the 58,286 names engraved into the black granite wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., are 70 from Monterey County who either died during the war, or remain missing in action more than four decades later.

Copious documentation will be the crux upon which local attorneys plan to win a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of at least 20 King City residents targeted in an alleged for-profit towing scheme.

Funds can be used for college film projects, tuition or other school-related expenses.

Sheriff's deputies arrested a Salinas man Wednesday after responding to a report a gun being fired during a funeral.

Lightning in a Bottle, an electronic music and arts festival that's been held in Southern California for the past eight years, is setting up camp this Memorial Day weekend at San Antonio Recreation Area in Bradley.

Lightning in a Bottle, an electronic music and arts festival that's been held in Southern California for the past eight years, is setting up camp this Memorial Day weekend at San Antonio Recreation Area in Bradley.

The Pacific Grove City Council decided Wednesday to get another court ruling to see if a proposed pension rollback initiative belongs on the November ballot.

This photograph, taken by Don Presser of Carmel, shows what could be the world's only "documented" black flamingo, in a salt pond in Eilat, Israel.

By Bay City News The Monterey County District Attorney's Office is considering filing charges against an elementary teacher who allegedly slapped an 8-year-old child during a class on Monday, Salinas police said today.

A recall petition against Alisal Union School District Trustee Meredith Ibarra can proceed, said Monterey County Registrar of Voters Claudio Valenzuela.

Trustees with the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District have offered the position of interim superintendent to veteran educator William Brand.

Sun Street Centers is hosting a kick butts resource fair from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the Cesar Chavez Library, 615 Williams Road, Salinas.

Synopsis: Unknown subjects armed with a handgun robbed customers and the business and fled with an undisclosed amount of money.

Pacific Partners Management Services, Inc. , announced today that executive vice president and COO Lori Vatcher has been named chief executive officer, effective February 1, 2014.

The Monterey County Herald's Monterey office building has been sold to the University Corp. of Cal State Monterey Bay.

'The Cowboy' statue at the Salinas Rodeo Grounds serves as backdrop to the announcement that little Tatum Bakker, front, will serve as Grand Marshal of the Colmo Del Rodeo Parade on July 12 through Oldtown Salinas.

Nine months after finishing with its first budget surplus in seven years, Monterey County is on track for a $1.8 million general fund deficit at the end of the current fiscal year, and is also facing increasing multi-million-dollar deficits in the next few years.

Monterey High Players present "Play In A Day." 7:30p.m. Saturday, March 15, at Monterey High School Campus Theater, 101 Herrmann Drive, Monterey.

A ballot measure to roll back disputed pension increases for Pacific Grove public safety employees is the subject of a special Wednesday meeting of the City Council.

Monterey County Public Defender James Egar joined jail expansion opponents last week to poke holes in the Community Corrections Partnership's budget for the upcoming fiscal year.