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MONTEREY COUNTY — U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced the opening of its Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Monterey County to meet the needs of businesses and individuals who were affected by the severe winter storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred from...

SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) and the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) have launched a new well registration program to better understand and protect groundwater resources in the Salinas Valley. All well owners are asked to register their wells for free...

SALINAS VALLEY — The South Monterey County cities of King City, Greenfield, Soledad and Gonzales hosted a joint celebration on Aug. 8 for the inaugural Paint the Valley Purple campaign.  Each city held its own program to get the word out that the American Cancer...

GONZALES — Gonzales High School girls’ basketball team ended the season at home last Friday with a 51-43 loss to the Scotts Valley Falcons in the first round of the Central Coast Section Division IV playoffs. The Spartans, seeded 12th in the CCS tournament, only...

GREENFIELD — Global Silicon Valley (GSV) and Google for Education have joined forces to launch the pilot year of its Google GSV Education Innovation Fellowship, of which Greenfield Union School District Superintendent Zandra Jo Galvan was selected as one of the 25 members of...

SALINAS VALLEY — For the fifth consecutive year, Salinas Valley Health employees and community members came together during Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month to support local families through the annual Diaper Drive in May. This year's effort collected more than 3,100 diapers that will be...

SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County track and field teams from the Mission and Santa Lucia divisions of the Pacific Coast Athletic League will gather this Friday for the division championships. King City will travel to the Mission Division championships at Rancho San Juan High...

GONZALES — One person has died after a fire destroyed a house in Gonzales on the Fourth of July. At about 11:05 p.m. on July 4, officers from the Gonzales Police Department responded to a residential structure fire in the 400 block of Charolais Drive,...

GREENFIELD — On March 21, around 11 p.m., a Greenfield Police officer patrolling Patriot Park discovered a large gathering in a vineyard in the 41000 block of Elm Avenue, adjacent to the park, just outside Greenfield. Upon approaching, more than 40 individuals fled the scene...

SALINAS — On Saturday, Feb. 24, from 2 to 4 p.m., First United Methodist Church at 404 Lincoln Ave. in Salinas will celebrate the remodeling of its kitchen, which is not only used for church functions, but also to provide meals to anyone in...