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Mission Days is this weekend in Jolon which will give you the chance checkout the pristine Valley of the Oaks and enjoy a step backward in time to the mission era and attend Mission San Antonio’s annual Mission Days event on Saturday April 7, 2018, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Parking and Admission is $10 per car. Authentic mission era food will be offered for $10 a plate with water and soft drinks also available.   There will be historical re-enactors in costumes portraying soldiers, artisans, vaqueros, musicians and dancers. Mission crafts and activities will be demonstrated, including weaving, rope making, candle making, tortilla making, and much more. Members of Los Arribeños de San Francisco will be performing historical Californio music and dance from the Mission period.   Horse drawn wagon rides, donated by Harris Stage Lines (from 11:00 AM till 2:00 PM) will be offered through the wooded Mission grounds.  Artists will be present to display and offer for sale t...

PASO ROBLES, CA – With tax season in full swing, the Paso Robles Police Department would like to warn the public about various phone scams targeting local residents. The Internal Revenue Service released the following warning on August 28, 2014: WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service issued a consumer alert today providing taxpayers with additional tips to protect themselves from telephone scam-artists calling and pretending to be with the IRS. These callers may demand money or may say you have a refund due and try to trick you into sharing private information. These con artists can sound convincing when they call. They may know a lot about you, and they usually alter the caller ID to make it look like the IRS is calling. They use fake names and bogus IRS identification badge numbers. If you don’t answer, they often leave an “urgent” callback request. “These telephone scams are being seen in every part of the country, and we urge people not to be de...

Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated held their regular general meeting luncheon at Lawrence’s Restaurant with 2 guest speakers on Tuesday afternoon, April 3. Johnny Tacherra who's running for a State Senate seat in District 12 spoke along with Dr. Lydia Ortega who's running for Lieutenant Governor. The next Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated general meeting will be on May 1.

The Salinas Police Department reports that $25,000  worth of heroin was seized in a SWAT operation in King City on Tuesday morning, April 3. The Violence Suppression Unit, a SWAT team, Detectives, the State Parole, Homeland Security Investigations and the CHP served a 2 location search warrant in King City. VSU officers issued a search warrant for the King City locations and 2 teams served the 2 locations simultaneously. One home was located on the 300 block of Bassett Street and the 2nd residence was on the 1000 block of Bluff Avenue. Two  pounds of Heroin, 1 stolen Mossberg .22 caliber (AR-15 style) firearm and a small amount of methamphetamine were located. Arrested during the search warrant were 34-year-old Antonio Duran, 29-year-old Yesenia Mosqueda, 29-year-old Juan Pablo Armenta Rodriguez and 19-year-old Maria Martinez. One person was cited and released, while the other 3 people were transported to the Monterey County Jail.

SALINAS, Calif. – Hartnell College will begin displaying the emotional exhibit,  Remembering Our Fallen  on Tuesday night, April 3 in Steinbeck Hall located at 411 Central Avenue, Building C in Salinas. This a memorial that was unveiled nationally at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on September 7, 2017. Admission to the exhibit is free and open to the public. It will be on display until Sunday, April 8. The opening ceremony for this exhibit will begin on Tuesday night, April 3 at 6pm in the Student Center. Remembering Our Fallen,  reminds Americans of the ultimate sacrifice made by those who died from wounds suffered in Iraq and Afghanistan while wearing our Country’s uniform.  The memorial includes 31 Tribute Towers with military and personal photos of almost 5,000 of our nation’s Fallen since 9/11/2001.  This memorial was unveiled nationally at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on September 7, 2017. ...

It may be Spring Break for kids in South Monterey County, but there were some students taking some time off of their vacation to meet with District 20 Congressman Jimmy Panetta at Gonzales High School on Monday, April 2 to talk about some Science and Engineering projects they’ve been working on for the local community and for the Salinas Valley .  GHS Program Coordinator Vahid Motazedian said that these students built pottery wheels in 2015, while in 2016 they began to build, design and deploy soil sensors that will help farms save water and the most recent project they've been working on is building weather stations that will help the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to measure data in parts of Monterey County where there are n o weather stations.  Motazedian said that the funding to do these projects was made possible through the city of Gonzales, the Gonzales School District and through local foundations such as the Monterey Community Foundation. ...

KRKC Country is the official location of the National Weather Service for King City. The rain amount total for the month of March as of Saturday, March 31 is 4 inches of precipitation.