The annual Artichoke Festival held in Monterey County since 1959 was canceled indefinitely on Friday by the festival's board of directors. The event was long held in Castroville but moved to the ...

TELLS US WHY THE PLUG WAS PULLED.... AND HOW THE COMMUNITY IS REACTING.# THE SMELL OF FRIED ARTICHOKES... THE SOUNDS OF LIVE MUSIC AND CARNIVAL RIDES... FOR DECADES, IT'S BEEN A SUMMER STAPLE ON THE ...

It all started with Marilyn Monroe. Well, it actually started in the late 1800s when Italian immigrants brought a strange Sicilian plant with spiky edible buds with them to California’s Central Coast.

CASTROVILLE – Quietly, over the last two decades, the beloved California artichoke has undergone a radical transformation. It’s not always easy to see from the outside – a studied eye can spot it – ...

IT MARKS THE TENTH TIME SINCE LAT DECEMBER THE VOLCANO HAS ERUPTED.### FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.. THE ARTICHOKE FESTIVAL WILL BE COMING TO SALINAS THIS YEAR. THE EVENT STARTED IN CASTROVILLE DECADES ...

A month before Monterey County’s most famous food festival, organizers have announced the event is canceled — both in 2025 and permanently going forward. Board members for the Monterey Artichoke ...