Castroville News

A fire caused minor damage to a Castroville barbecue restaurant on Thursday. The fire started at about 10 a.m. due to creosote buildup in the chimney of the Central Texan BBQ restaurant located between Sanchez and Speegal streets.

The Central Texan Barbecue owner Don Elkins said his restaurant will be closed today and Friday to clean up after a fire that damaged parts of his business on Merritt Street in Castroville.

Due to rising lease costs and the prospect of competing with two Walmart stores, Super Max Discount Foods on West Alisal Street in Salinas is closing after 21 years, co-owner Mark Futch said today.

CASTROVILLE, Calif- A man was arrested Sunday on Drug Charges after a traffic stop.

Nathan Bedford Forrest, namesake of Forrest Gump, was a self-educated man who rose from the rank of private to general, becoming one of the Civil War's most brilliant strategists.

I t is a raw obscenity that five and as many as eight principals have their heads in the political guillotine of the Alisal Union Elementary School District.

Behind on rent and rallying supporters, a Castroville youth program and church is fighting to keep its doors open.

The death of a man whose body was found on a Marina street early Saturday is being investigated as a homicide.

It was a piece of cake: Col. Frank Johnson was going to put Salinas on the aviation map.

A 42-year old Salinas man was seriously injured Saturday when he lost control of his motorcycle in Castroville, the California Highway Patrol said.

For the past several years Castroville has been busy planning and developing the reuse of the old Japanese School House, which had fallen into disrepair after sitting idle for years.

Some Vietnam War veterans are fighting for a day of their own. They have persuaded several state legislatures and dozens of cities to designate Vietnam Veterans Day and are lobbying others for a symbol of the gratitude and respect they believe they were denied when they came home from an unpopular war.

The amazing "Gentleman of Magic" Akron, Ohio, may be the rubber capital of the world, Las Vegas, Nev., may be the wedding capital of the world, and Castroville, Calif., may be the artichoke capital of the world, but, darn, if La Verne, Calif., isn't the magic capital of the world.

With Valentine's Day on the horizon Sunday, food gets right to the heart of the matter.

When FBI agents convinced a Nuestra Familia kingpin to secretly record his fellow gang members, prosecutors knew they'd found their star informant for a historic racketeering case that began on the Central Coast and sprawled across California's Central Valley.

The Marina Technology Cluster today announced the schedule for workshops to assist applicants to best fill out the 1-page application for the 2010 Monterey Bay Regional Business Plan Competition being held throughout the winter and spring of 2010.

One man died and another was airlifted to a hospital after a gang-related shooting shattered a Castroville birthday party Sunday, Monterey County sheriff's deputies said.

A man was fatally shot and another wounded late Sunday night at a birthday party in Castroville, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office said.

Monterey County Sheriff Detectives report at least one person has been killed in a shooting that broke out Sunday night in Castroville.

In 1947, Marilyn Monroe was crowned the first Queen of the Artichokes in Castroville, California.