Spectrum awards Loaves, Fishes and Computers with $52,000 in digital education grants
GONZALES — Gonzales Mayor Jose Rios joined with representatives from Spectrum last week to present a $52,000 check to Loaves, Fishes and Computers, as part of the broadband internet company’s five-year, $7 million commitment to digital education in communities across the country.
The check presentation...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Nov. 15, 2023
COAT DRIVE
KING CITY — Mee Memorial Healthcare System’s HR team has organized a Thanksgiving community coat drive for kids. The community can help by donating new or gently used coats for local school students ages 4-12. Drop off donations in the barrel located inside...
Gonzales High’s 1974 football team inducted into Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame
GONZALES — Sixteen players and two coaches from the 1974 Gonzales High School football team entered the Salinas Valley Sports Hall of Fame (SVSHOF) on Saturday at the Storm House in Salinas.
The Gonzales football team became the first high school football team from the...
Yes, Steinbeck wrote a werewolf novel. Don’t expect to read it.
Nine years before John Steinbeck published his Pulitzer Prize-winning historical masterpiece, “The Grapes of Wrath,” he was working on a lighthearted detective novel featuring a werewolf.
The manuscript, “Murder at Full Moon,” was completed in 1930 but was never published. A single copy has been...
Mee Memorial Healthcare System to renovate emergency and radiology departments
KING CITY — Mee Memorial Healthcare System has received funds to help bolster its services following a hyper-focus on Covid-19 recovery efforts.
“We are excited to put this funding into much-needed renovations for the emergency and radiology departments to improve services and better serve our...
Commissioners review Paraiso Springs Resort project site
Last Wednesday, Jan. 23, the Monterey County Planning Commission held an on-site meeting to review the site for the Paraiso Springs Resort project west of Soledad and Greenfield.
Local domestic violence case inspires new play
A South County domestic violence case has inspired longtime local playwright David Norum's latest theater project, “My Name Is…”, premiering this weekend at the Pink Flamingo Theater in Monterey.
General Election 2020: Latest results for South Monterey County races, Nov. 6
SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Elections continues to count ballots in the Nov. 3 general election, which will determine the outcome in South Monterey County races for school boards and city councils as well as decide the fate of local measures.
As of Friday evening,...
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Gonzales Youth Council hosts Community Garden Day
GONZALES — A beautiful Saturday morning was the setting for the Gonzales Youth Council’s Community Garden Day in Gonzales.
According to Jessica Olmeda of the...
