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- Mills' home on block
The New Year has not started out well for businessman Roger Mills, whose lettuce empire with his brother Basil made him one of the biggest names of the Salinas Valley over the past 50 years.
- Caller was on line when shots fired in Greenfield
A man called 911 to report two suspicious people in his neighborhood just minutes before the pair shot and killed two men and injured four others Sunday night in Greenfield, police said.
- Holiday DUIs increase
Compared with last year, drunken driving arrests nearly doubled over the holiday season in Monterey County, which may have suffered its first DUI-related fatality in years.
- DUI arrests up 82 percent
The troubled economy may have led to a massive increase in arrests of alcohol-impaired drivers in Monterey County this holiday season.
- Icy roads, crashes in south Monterey County this morning
The California Highway Patrol is reporting icy conditions and at least two crashes so far this morning on Highway 198, which winds through the Gabilan Mountains above King City.
- DUI arrests up 32 percent in Monterey County
With only three days to go in its three-week crackdown on impaired drivers in Monterey County, Avoid the 18 is posting a 32 percent rise in DUI arrests.
- 3 Injured In Separate King City Shootings
Police are investigating two separate shootings that took place in King City that took place on Friday evening, officials said.
- Three shot in King City
Three suspected gang members were wounded during separate shootings Friday night in King City, police said.
- Casey Printing Donates Winter Clothing
KING CITY, CA--The "Warm Up Winter" team at Casey Printing talked the talk and walked the walk as they gathered and distributed 423 items of warm winter clothing to those in need this Christmas season.
- Man dies in car crash
The driver of a car was killed Tuesday after crashing on Metz Road near King City, the California Highway Patrol said.
- Driver killed in crash near King City
The driver of a car was killed Tuesday after crashing on Metz Road near King City, the California Highway Patrol said.
- King City school unions protest cuts to custodial, bus staff
The San Jose-based California School Employees Association released the following announcement this afternoon: King City Union School District officials are planning on cutting bus and custodial services in ...
- King City district cuts bus service, athletics
Facing a $2.5 million budget shortfall, the King City Union School District this week made a series of cuts - from eliminating funding for a campus' athletics program to freezing bus service for students.
- Monterey County school leaders brace for possible layoffs
While Monterey County teachers are unlikely to see layoffs this school year, the uncertainty of the state's staggering budget crisis has some educators worried about the coming fall.
- Monterey County roads closing for winter
The Forest Service has begun closing some roads in Los Padres National Forest for the winter season.
- New Diesel Regulations Worrying Farmers
KING CITY, Calif.- Air-quality regulators are taking aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California and one of their targets are diesel-run trucks and vehicles.
- Three charged in King City soccer shooting
Prosecutors have decided not to immediately charge three South County youths as adults in the shooting of two young siblings at a King City soccer match.
- Flu vaccinations available Wednesday in Salinas, King City, Ryan Ranch
Many doctors' offices in the Salinas area have run out of flu vaccine this fall and are sending patients to the Visiting Nurses Association for assistance.
- Two arrested after crashing stolen truck into home near King City
Two people were arrested early Saturday morning after leading three law enforcement agencies on a chase and crashing their vehicle into a home near King City, police said.
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City DescriptionKing City is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 101 and adjacent to the Salinas River in the Salinas Valley of the Central Coast of California. King City is a member of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments.
King City, originally known as King’s City for the founder, Charles King. In 1884 Charles King acquired 13,000 acres (53 km) of the San Lorenzo Rancho, a Spanish land grant, and began growing 6,000 acres (24 km) wheat. The town began as a train stop in 1886, for the Southern Pacific Railroad, to service the farms and ranches in the south Salinas Valley, and transport the goods to San Francisco and Los Angeles. It was originally called "Hog Town" since swine were one of the major agricultural products of the area in the 1880s.
J. Ernst Steinbeck, father of the novelist John Steinbeck, claimed to have been the first permanent resident of King City. Steinbeck was certainly among the first settlers. He was the first agent for the S.P. Milling Company, which built an early warehouse and flour mill alongside the railroad tracks running through town. The mill was built by R. M. Shackelford, an early California settler and ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Monterey County
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