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SENIOR SOCIAL SOLEDAD — Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley has created a new monthly program for active seniors, age 60-plus, called SOCOS SOCIAL (SOuth COunty Seniors SOCIAL). The program kicks off in Soledad on Tuesday, Sept. 14, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m....

SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad Education Center Director Ana Gonzalez spoke about the first week of classes at the new facility during Soledad City Council’s Sept. 1 meeting. Gonzalez said she was excited to see students at the center, which began offering some in-person classes on...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) and Monterey County Behavioral Health announced Aug. 20 they had been awarded a grant in the amount of nearly $4 million for mental health services, after having applied in February 2020. “We are excited to have...

REMEMBRANCE EVENTS KING CITY — King City High School will host two remembrance events for 9/11 at the middle of campus this Friday, Sept. 10, one at 7:45 a.m. and the other at 10:30 a.m. The events are campus-only and not open to the public,...

MONTEREY COUNTY — An ordinance that would have required face coverings indoors countywide failed to receive enough support from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors during a special meeting last week. After extensive discussion and public comment at the Sept. 8 meeting, the board voted...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Board of Supervisors will review implementation of a countywide indoor mask mandate during a special meeting Wednesday.  The supervisors are expected to endorse it after earlier approving a mask mandate for all county buildings. The decision came after a late August...

GREENFIELD — Omar Vigil recently became the new co-director for Greenfield Community Science Workshop (GCSW). Formerly a part-time technician with the workshop, Vigil has been involved in workshops since 2006, when he joined the Watsonville workshop’s after-school program while in high school. He started his...

SALINAS VALLEY — Students returned to in-person classes in South Monterey County as Hartnell College reopened two facilities to welcome them for their first day of class on Aug. 30. The King City Education Center was expanded with new, larger classrooms during a pandemic shutdown,...

CAMPFIRE RESTRICTIONS MONTEREY COUNTY — Effective Sept. 3, campfire restrictions are in place at all Monterey County parks and lakes, including the Laguna Seca Recreational Area. Due to high fire risk conditions and after discussions with local fire response agencies, the Monterey County Department of...

MONTEREY COUNTY — With the one-year anniversary of the start of both the Carmel and River fires, where more than 100 structures were lost and many acres of property burned, officials from around the county discussed fire safety at an Aug. 25 media briefing. “I’d...