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SALINAS VALLEY — Food Bank for Monterey County hosted Thanksgiving meal distributions for hundreds of families in Greenfield, Soledad and King City on Nov. 22, just in time for the holiday. City of Greenfield and the Greenfield Community Science Workshop helped organize and distribute...

IMPACT MEETING GREENFIELD — A Community Impact Meeting, hosted by Sun Street Centers, is planned for Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 5:30 p.m. at Vista Verde Middle School, 1199 Elm Ave., in Greenfield. Topics include opioids and Narcan, how community members have been affected, and a...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield High School’s Robotics Team received the opportunity to take five student scholars and three alumni to Apple Park — the corporate headquarters of Apple Inc. in Cupertino — last month for an interactive session with the mechanical and electrical engineering teams...

KING CITY — Mee Memorial Healthcare System has announced the winners of its student poster contest organized to celebrate National Rural Health Day on Nov. 17. Open to all South Monterey County public and private school students from kindergarten to 12th grade, the contest centered...

SOLEDAD — Soledad Police Department has been awarded a $50,000 grant to increase patrols throughout the community and provide other traffic safety programs to help reduce the number of serious injuries and deaths on roads. “This grant funding allows us to support our ongoing traffic...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Mee Memorial Healthcare System, Natividad Medical Center, Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital and the Monterey County Health Department are urging all residents to act now to protect themselves and their families against respiratory viruses circulating this...

FESTIVE EVENTS KING CITY — Sol Treasures’ Holiday Open House is planned for Friday, Dec. 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. at 519 Broadway St. in King City. Shoppers can check out the gallery and its holiday gifts, while enjoying the King City Chamber of...

SOLEDAD — With the recent violence in South Monterey County, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office Property Crimes Unit began investigating 35-year-old Francisco Galvan of Soledad. Detectives identified a house where Galvan was residing in the 200 block of Seventh Street in the city of Soledad. On...

GREENFIELD — Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC), in partnership with the City of Greenfield, announced that Greenfield residents and workers, age 14 and older, will have the opportunity to vote to determine which Safe Routes to School projects to fund in their city. Voters...

TACOS WITH COPS KING CITY — King City Police Department has planned another Tacos with a Cop event on Wednesday, Nov. 30, from 4 to 5 p.m. at El Toro Taco Shop, 1301 Broadway St., in King City. Community members are invited to stop by...