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March 22, 2026

Will you need a vaccine passport in California?

Baseball is back across California. Tickets to see Bad Bunny early next year were snatched up in no time. The Musso & Frank Grill — the iconic, very much indoors Hollywood haunt — has announced it will reopen May 6. That’s all been possible, officials...

Arts Council announces Monterey County’s inaugural Youth Poet Laureate

MONTEREY COUNTY — Mahi Shah of Salinas, a junior at Notre Dame High School, was selected as the inaugural Monterey County Youth Poet Laureate. Shah will serve a one-year term, participate in several engagements throughout the year and receive a $1,000 honorarium.  Monterey County Youth Poet Laureate...

Greenfield City Council approves grant process for creating new park

GREENFIELD — Greenfield City Council members approved the formation of an application committee for Prop 68 funds during their Sept. 8 meeting. The fourth round of grant applications for the statewide park program has a total of $395.3 million available to local agencies looking to...

Salinas Valley News Briefs | Dec. 7, 2023

HOLIDAY CELEBRATION GREENFIELD — The City of Greenfield will host the 2023 Holiday Celebration at the Village Green Park on Friday, Dec. 8. The park celebration and holiday performances begin at 5 p.m., followed by the holiday parade from 6:10 to 6:50 p.m. and the...

City of Greenfield applies for housing assistance funding

GREENFIELD — Greenfield City Council has approved an application for a state grant of $65,000 during a special meeting June 29. The Local Early Action Planning grant is not a competitive process, and City Manager Paul Wood said indications are that any city that applied...

Carli Hammond crowned Miss Salinas Valley Fair 2022

SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Home Charter School senior Carli Hammond was crowned 2022 Miss Salinas Valley Fair after competing against one other girl in such areas as personality, scholastic ability, poise and horsemanship. The annual contest took place at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in...

Open fires remain prohibited at Pinnacles National Park

Pinnacles National Park
SOLEDAD — All fires in Pinnacles National Park are prohibited for the remainder of the summer fire season. At the “Very High” fire level, these restrictions include prohibitions on all open flames, fire pits and grills, regardless of fuel type. Gas, charcoal, propane and wood burning...

Monterey County crops fall 6.1% in value last year

Strawberries crops
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner Juan Hidalgo has announced the release of the 2023 Annual Crop and Livestock Report, which recorded a production gross value of just over $4.35 billion, reflecting a 6.1% decrease from 2022. “The values represented here reflect gross values...

Mee Memorial doctor encourages students to get vaccinated

GREENFIELD — Dr. Joshua Deutsch, a physician with Mee Memorial Healthcare System, recently spoke to students at Greenfield High School to encourage them to get the Covid-19 vaccination. Deutsch, who has shared his experiences of first-hand patient interaction in King City and Greenfield with Monterey...

Monterey County schools likely to stay closed through end of school year

Novel Coronavirus Covid-19
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County schools are likely to remain closed through the end of the 2019-20 school year due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. According to online reports Tuesday, Monterey County Superintendent of Schools Deneen Guss announced in a letter to parents that the...

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Proposed Greenfield, King City high school district split heads to public...

GREENFIELD — A proposal that could separate Greenfield and King City high schools into two different unified school districts will be the focus of...