Monterey County News

The board meets in room 208B on the Main Campus, 411 Central Ave., Salinas. The agenda and supporting materials are online at: www.boarddocs.com/ca/hccd/Board.nsf/Public .

Cristie Thomas and Scott Lundberg design and fabricate architectural and sculptural elements out of steel for landscapes and homes.

Two people under the age of 65 have been killed by the H1N1 flu virus, said Monterey County health officials.

Wharf Marketplace is open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesdays-Mondays, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays.

Updated April 18, 2014 4:55 p.m.: The California Welcome Center said Friday that \ two more injured ducks have been found on the property.

Two former Marina residents were arrested in Tacoma, Wash., this week in connection with the death of their 19-month-old son, who died around six months ago, Marina police said.

Pursuant to state law, the boards noted in the report have 90 days to respond to comment.

Gov. Jerry Brown has been quietly visiting California counties since the start of the year to see how they are faring under his 3-year-old realignment law that dramatically altered the state's criminal justice system by increasing the burden on local governments.

Armed with a keen intellect and an encyclopedic knowledge of government, Gibson has played a key leadership role in dealing with many of the important issues facing the county including dealing with the crisis in the Paso Robles groundwater basin and stabilizing the county budget.

CARMEL >> The Alzheimer's Association will hold a discussion on age related memory and natural changes happening in the brain while growing older.

Jesus, played by Andrew Hernandez, carries the cross followed by Roman soldiers played by Neo Bautista, left, Udesimo Lucas and Javier Montoya as the eighth-grade class of Madonna del Sasso School performs the Stations of the Cross in a Good Friday celebration in Salinas on Friday.

Zabdiel Solis Arciga was convicted by a jury of killing his 8-year-old son July 27, 2010, as he led California State University Monterey Bay police on a car chase on Highway 1, prosecutors said.

On March 26, humane investigators from the SPCA served a search warrant at a residence off Castroville Boulevard in Prunedale.

SEASIDE/MONTEREY >> Detectives with the Monterey Peninsula violence-narcotics unit arrested one man and seized weapons and more than one pound of methamphetamine Thursday, officers said.

A deputy attempted to stop a 1992 Cadillac at 8:52 p.m. Wednesday at Porter Drive and San Juan Road in Watsonville after it nearly collided with oncoming traffic and the driver was suspected of driving under the influence.

The Pacific Grove Wildflower Show once more brings more than 600 native species and varieties in all their springtime glory to the Museum of Natural History this weekend.

Don Gonzalez has driven a lot of miles since he got behind the wheel of one of Monterey County Free Libraries bookmobiles 17 years ago.

WITH A MONTEREY COUNTY MAN WHO DETECTIVES SAY HAS TIES TO A VIOLENT MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL ..

Back in February, I wrote about Gateway Center of Monterey County and its drive for used shoes.

Monterey >> A battle between the Monterey Peninsula and the Salinas Valley over contaminated Salinas-area runoff water appears headed to the state water board.