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GREENFIELD — Greenfield Union School District (GUSD) has appointed Laura Cortez as interim superintendent following a unanimous 5-0 vote by the school board in October. “We are confident that Mrs. Cortez’s leadership will guide our district towards continued success,” said Board President Denise Jaime. “Her...

SALINAS — California Rodeo Salinas is hosting the second annual Fall Round Up Festival Oct. 12-15 at the Salinas Sports Complex. The event is presented by Brent Eastman Insurance Services Inc., and will feature a carnival, food trucks, live music, a pumpkin patch, children’s activities...

GREENFIELD — City of Greenfield hosted a Patriot Day commemoration Monday morning to mark the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. The special ceremony, held outside the Greenfield Civic Center, included the Greenfield High School Cadet Corps, a speech by Mayor Bob White, a...

SOLEDAD — Correctional Training Facility (CTF) in Soledad recently held a soccer game on the playing fields of Facility B at CTF North between correctional staff and a team of inmates. The Dec. 7 game, which was a rare occurrence on the CTF grounds, was...

GONZALES — Students from the City of Gonzales Kid Power After-School Program received the chance to walk inside of a humpback whale last month at Fairview Middle School. Dee, a 43-foot replica of a humpback whale, was the star attraction as the students learned about...

SOLEDAD — Nadia Manzano from Soledad High School is among Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s 2023 nominations of local high school students to U.S. military academies. Manzano and the six other nominated students will attend service academies in the fall as they take their first steps toward...

GONZALES — The Fall Festival on Fourth Street in downtown Gonzales drew a crowd Saturday night with plenty of ghouls and monsters in attendance just days before Halloween.  Nonprofit groups sold food and crafts while children and their parents enjoyed the games, music and contests....

GREENFIELD — Lavender Creek Co., Monterey County’s local family-run lavender wellness brand, has announced a new partnership with the Monterey Peninsula Quilters Guild, providing locally grown lavender for the handcrafted eye pillows donated to CHOMP, Salinas Valley Health, Natividad and the VNA. The eye pillows...

MONTEREY COUNTY — María Elena Manzo, founder and executive director of Mujeres en Acción, is the recipient of the third annual Alfred Diaz-Infante Award, announced the Siembra Latinos Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County. Manzo will be presented with the award at the Eighth...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Hitchcock Road Animal Services, an animal shelter serving Monterey County and the City of Salinas, will be participating in the first-ever California Adopt-a-Pet Day scheduled for Saturday, June 1. This statewide initiative, organized by the California Animal Welfare Association (CalAnimals), San Francisco...