Salinas Valley News Tidbits | Oct. 8, 2020
FLU CLINICS
SALINAS VALLEY ā Mee Memorial Healthcare System will host flu clinics in King City and Greenfield over the next month. A free drive-through flu shot clinic will take place Oct. 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Mee Memorial Hospital in...
Salinas Valley News Tidbits | June 21, 2020
FLEA MARKETS
KING CITY ā Regular Sunday flea markets have returned to the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City. New operating hours are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sundays. Masks are required in order to enter for anyone 6 years of age or older....
South County cities win Clean Air awards
The Cities of Gonzales, Greenfield, King City and Soledad received awards from the Monterey Bay Area Resources District for being Clean Air Leaders on June 22 at the Monterey Tides Hotel.
Monterey Countyās top executive announces retirement
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County Administrative Officer Charles McKee will be retiring at the end of the year after serving 31 years in local government, county officials announced last week.
āI am proud of what we have accomplished as a team on behalf of our...
New all-electric housing opens in Soledad
SOLEDAD ā Community Housing Improvement Systems and Planning Association (CHISPA) recently celebrated the grand opening of the Rancho San Vicente all-electric housing development in Soledad.
CHISPA, a nonprofit developer and provider of affordable housing based in Salinas, hosted the Oct. 15 ceremony, which featured a...
Arts Council for Monterey County and partners secure $250K grant for local arts
CENTRAL COAST ā Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC), along with its partners ā San Benito County Arts Council and Arts Council Santa Cruz County ā have been selected as one of 36 recipients in a competitive grant program designed to boost economic growth...
New classroom building opens at Greenfield High School
GREENFIELD ā Greenfield High School celebrated the opening of its new two-story classroom building last week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Located at the front of the campus, the facility presents a new āfront doorā to the school, along with a new parking lot, pedestrian circulation...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | June 5, 2024
STOP SIGN CHANGE
CHUALAR ā Chualar residents may have noticed that the āSTOPā signs have recently changed at Main and Grant streets. Now, if motorists are coming off Highway 101 onto Main Street or coming from Chualar River Road going toward the Main and Grant...
City of Soledad receives $750K in CDBG funds
SOLEDAD ā City of Soledad has been awarded $750,000 from the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), a program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The grant award will go to small businesses located in Soledad as they continue to recover from...
FARMS Leadership Program brings Gonzales, Soquel students to college campus
SALINAS ā Students from Gonzales and Soquel high schools participated in the FARMS Leadership Program at Hartnell Collegeās Alisal Campus on Feb. 15.
Led by Program Assistant Celia Anderson, students toured the diesel-driving simulation lab and completed a microscope slide preparation with instructional associate Julio...
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Taylor Farms takes 16.3% stake in Pacific Valley Bank
SALINAS VALLEY ā Pacific Valley Bank has announced that Taylor Fresh Foods, parent company of the Taylor Farms operating companies, has acquired a 16.3%...























