Greenfieldās 7th annual coat drive gets underway
GREENFIELD ā Greenfieldās annual coat drive is underway, seeking donations to benefit homeless individuals and others in need of warm clothing this winter.
Local resident Avelina Torres is spearheading the coat drive for the seventh year in a row, and once again she has...
Gonzales city manager discusses small town benefits
GONZALES ā Gonzales City Manager Rene Mendez recently spoke as a panelist at California Wellness Foundationās āWhat Makes a Good Small Townā virtual seminar.
Coachella Councilmember Megan Jacinto and former West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon joined Mendez on the June 17 panel, which was moderated...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | April 17, 2024
COFFEE WITH A COP
KING CITY ā California Highway Patrol and King City Police Department will host Coffee with a Cop on Thursday, April 18, at 8 a.m. at Hestia CafĆ©, 320 Broadway St., Suite B, in King City. The event helps break down the...
Taylor Farms donates vegetables to Mee Memorial clinic patients
SALINAS VALLEY ā In honor of both National Diabetes Month and Diabetes Education Week, Taylor Farms donated 500 bags of salad and packages of assorted vegetables to the families visiting Mee Memorial Healthcare System clinics in King City and Greenfield on Nov. 15.
There were...
Sunday night shooting injures 2 in Soledad
SOLEDAD ā Soledad Police Department is investigating a shooting Sunday night that injured two people.
According to police, officers responded to the shooting at about 10 p.m. on Aug. 29 in the 1500 block of Palm Avenue, where they found two gunshot victims in the...
Salinas Valley Fair seeks directors for Fair Board
Salinas Valley Fair Inc. is looking for directors to serve on the Salinas Valley Fair Board. Directors are unpaid, volunteers of the fair.
Bothwell wins Miss California Rodeo Salinas 2022 title
SALINAS VALLEY ā Mayson Bothwell of King City has been crowned Miss California Rodeo Salinas 2022 and will represent the California Rodeo Salinas as an ambassador for the event and western lifestyle over the next year.
The annual competition took place over two days, July...
Food Bank distributions continue through May in South Monterey County
SALINAS VALLEY ā Food Bank for Monterey County continues to provide weekly food distributions at sites around South Monterey County during the month of May.
The distributions are curbside and focused mainly on cars in a drive-thru format. With sites in most towns, those in...
Decorating champs
Local businesses and residences are getting into the holiday spirit by decorating the outside of their buildings throughout the town, and the Gonzales Chamber of Commerce selected several of them to recognize for its annual Holiday Decorating Contest.
City of Gonzales receives national health award
GONZALES ā The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America awarded $745,000 in grants to nine U.S. cities that are the winners of the 2021 Childhood Obesity Prevention and Environmental Health and Sustainability Awards.
First-, second- and...
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Tennis | Gonzales boys become co-champs
GONZALES ā A home loss to Oakwood cost the Gonzales High boysā tennis team a shot at an outright division championship last Tuesday.
The 4-3...