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The regional representative introduced legislation based on a 2001 California state law that established the Armed Prohibited Persons System.
U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, visited the Korean Peninsula over Memorial Day weekend as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation that coincided with a surprise May 26 summit between North Korean and South Korean leaders.
A statement from Panetta's office says the trip's purpose was "to see firsthand what the situation is on the Peninsula and at the demilitarized zone.
"[Panetta] wanted to obtain a sense for the chance of a summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un and, ultimately, peace on the Korean Peninsula."
In celebration of the city of Monterey's 248th birthday, the Monterey History & Art Association is sponsoring its 87th premier annual event, La Merienda, Saturday from 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. The long-held tradition of a festive picnic in the historic Memory Garden reenacts the original midday meal Father Junipero Serra, father of the California missions (now Saint Serra) and Captain Gaspar de Portola, a Spanish military leader, celebrated overlooking Monterey Bay at the founding of Monterey on June 3, 1770.
Startup Sandbox will cut the ribbon Thursday afternoon for a state-of-the-art wet lab at 250 Natural Bridges Drive.
Speakers at the invitation-only event will be Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, Marlene Tromp, UC Santa Cruz provost and executive vice chancellor. Scott Brandt, UCSC vice chancellor of research and Santa Cruz County Supervisor Ryan Coonerty.
As the Big Sur community continues recovering from a crucible of fire and flood over the past few years, it is taking baby steps toward addressing what has become a vexing problem for the iconic destination: overtourism.
On Sunday, May 27, Parks Management Company, which manages the day-use parking lot at Pfeiffer Beach, turned away more than 1,000 cars from the top of Sycamore Canyon Road because the parking lot at the beach, which has 65 spaces, was full.
SEASIDE, Calif. - The American flag, escorted by three American Legion Riders across the country, was raised for the first time on Memorial Day at California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery.
Steve "Pops" Culver, Hy "Crash" Libby and Rick "Phin" Phinney rode the flag nearly 10,000 miles across the United States back in September, known as the "Epic Ride."
They ultimately took it to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery where it flew before being returned to the Central Coast.
KING CITY — Soon-to-be high school graduate Christian Rose will be studying and training at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., in the fall of 2018 as he prepares for his military career.
Rose, the 18-year-old son of Francis and Tamara Rose of Fort Hunter Liggett Military Base, was introduced as a future student at the Academy last Monday night at the Robert Stanton Theatre in King City at the Associated Student Body Awards Night.
Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) has a familiar last name, but the first-term California congressman is learning the ropes in his own way.
Fort Ord >> The Epic Flag rode across the country on the back of a motorcycle, flew over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and at last has made it back home. The large U.S. flag flew over the California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery in its inaugural Memorial Day ceremony Monday morning.
"We had to fight a lot of battles to make this happen," state Assemblymember Anna Caballero said of the cemetery.
On a bright Memorial Day morning, two men from Salinas and another from Prunedale hoisted up an American flag in Seaside -- sunlight gleamed through the stars and stripes as it rose.
The flag meant much more than a symbol of America to the men.
In 33 days, they'd crisscrossed the nation on three motorcycles, eventually flying the brand-new flag over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.