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GREENFIELD — Greenfield police are investigating a double homicide that occurred late Monday night at a local gas station and are asking community members who were at the scene to come forward with information. According to the Greenfield Police Department, officers responded at approximately 10:50...

SALINAS — A bat found on April 2 near Toro Creek Road, in the Toro Park area of unincorporated Monterey County, has tested positive for the rabies virus. Hitchcock Road Animal Services has investigated this incident and determined that while there was exposure to an owned...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Police Department arrested Jubentino Aguilar Macias, 45, of Greenfield, on multiple charges of child molestation on April 13. The arrest followed an investigation prompted by two juvenile girls who came forward on April 12, reporting that they had been sexually molested by...

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...

MONTEREY COUNTY — The Bright Futures Education Partnership is now a cradle-to-career partnership anchored at the Hartnell College Foundation. “The Hartnell College Foundation is once again leading the way in innovative thinking and action by taking under its umbrella the Bright Futures program, which will enhance...

CENTRAL COAST — Students from South Monterey County will be among this year’s participants at the STEM Education Central Coast Conference, a collaboration between California State University Monterey Bay and University of California Santa Cruz.  The 2024 Conference will bring together formal and informal STEM...

MONTEREY COUNTY — SPCA Monterey County is strengthening its commitment to South Monterey County schools, teachers and communities by increasing the number of classrooms and children reached through its Humane Education programs. Last year, the SPCA’s Humane Education team inspired 8,690 children and adults throughout...

SALINAS — Families across the Salinas Valley are invited to a free Community Health Day on Saturday, June 27, at the Salinas Regional Soccer Complex, where soccer, nutrition and community resources will come together in an effort to promote healthier lifestyles. The event, hosted in...

SOLEDAD — Soledad City Councilmember Alejandro Chavez has resigned from his position effective Oct. 31 after 13 years of service. Chavez and his wife Erica Padilla-Chavez, who also resigned after 14 years as a trustee from the Hartnell College Governing Board, will be moving out...

SOLEDAD — On March 22 and 23, Monterey County Sheriff’s Office deputies assigned to the Patrol Division took reports of a burglary that occurred at a residence in the 300 block of Espinosa Road in Salinas. The incidents occurred on back‐to‐back days and a...