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SPCA Monterey County hosts ‘Spring Into Love’ adoption event May 3-5
MONTEREY COUNTY — Spring has most definitely sprung, and love is in the air. Find a lifetime of love during SPCA Monterey County’s Adoption...
Hundreds attend groundbreaking of Community Center Complex in Gonzales
GONZALES — A groundbreaking was held Saturday for Phase 1 of the Dennis and Janice Caprara Community Center Complex in Gonzales.
Hundreds of residents gathered...
Guitars Not Guns makes historic donation of 200 guitars to South...
MONTEREY COUNTY — The Monterey County Chapter of Guitars Not Guns, in conjunction with the Monterey County Office of Education, distributed 200 Keith Urban...
Power outage halts Salinas Valley Fair Kick-Off auction
SALINAS VALLEY — The annual Salinas Valley Fair Kick-Off on April 20 started with a great turnout of about 625 attendees inside the Orradre...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | May 1, 2024
MENTAL HEALTH
MONTEREY COUNTY — May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Monterey County Free Libraries is highlighting its Mental Wellness Kits. The kits are...
Braga Fresh’s Pereira selected as Ag Woman of the Year
SOLEDAD — Colby Pereira, chief operating officer of Braga Fresh in Soledad, has received the Grower-Shipper Foundation’s 2024 Agricultural Woman of the Year award.
The...
Pacific Grove student named Monterey County’s next Youth Poet Laureate
MONTEREY COUNTY — After a competitive selection process, the Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC) has announced Maram Haddad as the 2024-25 Monterey County...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | April 26, 2024
NBA CHAMPION MEETUP
MONTEREY — The community is invited to a special Meet and Greet and Book Signing event with NBA player, coach, two-time champion,...
Monterey County joins national commemoration of 2024 National Crime Victims’ Rights...
MONTEREY COUNTY — During the week of April 21-27, crime victims, survivors and those who serve them will join together across the United States...
Military ordnance found in Soledad prompts evacuation, bomb squad response
SOLEDAD — Officers from the Soledad Police Department were responding to a call for service on April 15 when they were notified of a...
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Arts Council for Monterey County announces latest Community Arts Grant recipients
MONTEREY COUNTY — Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC) has announced the awardees of its Fall 2025 Community Arts Grants, allocating $130,000 to 25...
