Castroville, California

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Castroville

Sunny
Temperature: 56.9 °F

Humidity: 46 %
Wind Speed: 5 mph ENE
Pressure: 30.24 "

Dew Point: 36 °F
Gusts: 20 mph ENE
Rain Today: N/A "

• Produce picks: grapes from Chile
  

  We've been spoiled by having California seedless grapes all the way through the holidays, but the season is ending.

• Senior Lunch Menu
  

  The following is the North County Recreation and Park District Senior Meals program menu.

• Comments
  

  I was awakened this morning by screeching gulls, crashing waves and the sunrise and started thinking about sardines.

• Miss California Artichoke - Marilyn Monroe
  

  The Garlic Capitol of the World and the Artichoke Center of the World are about 50 miles apart and we passed through both of them today.

• Letters: Library angels
  

  My dear friend was looking forward to reading her favorite Christmas story, "Too Many Tamales" by Gary Soto, to her students for the last time after 37 years of teaching.

• CHP Out in Full Force This Holiday Week
  

  The additional enforcement period comes at a time when this office just conducted a DUI checkpoint on San Juan Road near Watsonville on Friday.

• Salinas man, 40, killed in car collision near Castroville
  

  A motorist was killed Saturday in a collision on State Route 183 between Salinas and Castroville, according to the California Highway Patrol.

• One Killed in SR 183 Crash Outside of Castroville
  

  California Highway Patrol officers report one person was killed Saturday afternoon in a two-car collision on Highway 183 outside of Castroville.

• Sheriff log: Person sleeping in storage hallway
  

  Synopsis: R/P REPORTED THAT THE O/P, WHO RENTS A STORAGE SPACE, HAS BEEN COMING ONTO THE STORAGE PROPERTY DURING THE NIGHT DURING THE CLOSED BUSINESS HOURS AND SLEEPING IN THE HALLWAY.

• Man shot, killed in Castroville
  

  The Monterey County Sheriff's Office is investigating the killing of a San Jose man who was fatally shot Sunday while at a fast food restaurant in Castroville.

• Coroners identify woman killed in crash outside Prunedale
  

  The Monterey County coroner's office today identified Castroville resident Vanessa Zuniga-Martin as the woman killed Monday night when the vehicle she was in crashed into a power pole in unincorporated Monterey ...

• Fatal Shooting in the Drive-Thru
  

  CASTROVILLE, Calif- The Monterey County Sheriff's Office has indentified the man who was shot and killed in a Burger King drive-thru as 38 year-old Francisco Rios Bahena of San Jose.

• Crash victim identified as Castroville woman
  

  The fatal victim of an auto accident that took place Monday evening in North Monterey County was identified Tuesday by the California Highway Patrol as Vanessa Zuniga-Martin, 25, of Castroville.

• Castroville shooting victim was from San Jose
  

  Investigators have identified a man shot to death Sunday night as he waited for his food at the drive-through window of the Castroville Burger King.

• Castroville shooting victim identified
  

  The Monterey County Sheriff's Office has identified Francisco Rios Bahena of San Jose as the victim in the Sunday night shooting in Castroville.

• Artichoke queens
  

  If this column were a cloth, it would have many threads. Among them: a small town near Monterey, a rather bulbous fruit, a glamorous movie start at the beginning of her career, a festival, and a Spanish drag ...

• Education News & Events
  

  The Korean-American Growers Association held its 18th annual scholarship awards banquet Tuesday, benefiting 22 Salinas-area students.

• Police briefs: Man accused of abducting his wife
  

  Monterey County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 42-year-old Salinas man after he allegedly kidnapped his wife and then abused her.

• Deputies arrest Castroville woman after attack
  

  The Monterey County Sheriff's Office is reporting the arrest of Cecilia Elizabeth Rosas-Arana, 35, of Castroville, following an attack at 7:13 p.m. Saturday in Prunedale.

City Description

Castroville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, United States. The population was 6,724 at the 2000 census. Castroville calls itself "Artichoke Center of the World" and hosts the annual Castroville Artichoke Festival. Marilyn Monroe was named the festival's Artichoke Queen in 1948 and William Hung was named the Artichoke King in 2006. The community also displays the world's largest artificial artichoke. 75% of the US supply of artichokes is produced in Castroville. The local high school, North Monterey County High School, Castroville, fields a Marching Band which has traveled to China, performed at Bill Clinton's second Inaugural Parade, and traveled to Italy in April 2007. North Monterey County Middle School and Castroville Elementary are also located in Castroville. Castroville was founded by Juan Bautista Castro in 1863 and is the second oldest town in Monterey County. The original old school house is a historic landmark. Castroville is located at 36°45′54″N 121°45′13″W / 36.765, -121.75361 (36.764915, -121.753504). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.6 km²), all of it land. As of the

City Contained By:

• Monterey County
• California

Timezones:

• Pacific Time Zone

Size:

• 2.58998811034 km squared

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