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Volunteers participate in Earth Day cleanup at Greenfield’s Patriot Park

GREENFIELD — AĀ group of volunteers cleaned up Patriot Park last Saturday as part of Greenfield Parks and Recreation Committee’s Earth Day Park Cleanup.Ā  An estimated 50 volunteers showed up through the course of the three-hour cleanup on April 17, with 20 of those being children...

Gonzales schools begin phased reopening plan

GONZALES — Gonzales City Council recently heard an update on schools from Gonzales Unified School District Superintendent Yvette Irving. Among the information presented at the April 5 meeting was that fewer high school seniors were facing risk of not graduating, and that the creation of...

More than half of Monterey County residents vaccinated

MONTEREY COUNTY — Reopening blueprint metrics have Monterey County in the Orange Tier, but the vaccination rates continue to climb. County Health Officer Dr. Edward Moreno said on April 14 that 48% of the county’s populace age 16 and older have received at least one...

Chauvin verdict reverberates across California

On Tuesday, Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted of murdering George Floyd, the Black man whose death under Chauvin’s knee led to a nationwide uprising against police brutality last summer. The news was met with a kind of collective sigh of relief,...

Salinas Valley News Briefs | April 21, 2021

TORO PARK REOPENS SALINAS — Monterey County’s Toro Park reopened to the public on April 19 after an eight-month closure as the park recovered from wildfire damage. Most trails in the park are open and visitors are asked to stay on and in designated trails...

Man dies after being shot in the head in Soledad

SOLEDAD — A 35-year-old man has died after he was found shot in the head early Saturday morning in Soledad. According to the Soledad Police Department, officers responded to a report of gunshots on April 17 at about 12:30 a.m. in the 400 block of...

Soledad City Council honors retired police canine

SOLEDAD — Soledad City Council honored police canine Huro during its April 7 meeting in recognition of his retiring after several years of service with the Soledad Police Department. ā€œK-9 Huro has rendered faithful performance and conducted himself in a most exemplary manner while serving...

How dangerous is wildfire smoke?

Last week, California's top legislative leaders unveiled a plan to spend more than half a billion dollars on efforts aimed at protecting the state from catastrophic wildfires. The plan builds on the governor’s proposal in January to spend $1 billion on wildfire prevention and resiliency...

Vaccine clinics in Greenfield, Soledad reach out to area farmworkers

SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County residents were able to get vaccinated with six sessions of a mass Covid-19 vaccination effort last weekend at Greenfield Memorial Hall and Soledad Community Center. A total of 3,000 vaccine doses were distributed at the events, which were separate from...

Your reminder to prepare for the ā€˜Big One’

Every time there’s an earthquake in California, you’ll know it immediately — if you’re online. The moment a temblor strikes, night or day, big or small, a stream of one-word tweets or texts will inevitably show up in your feeds: ā€œEARTHQUAKE.ā€ That’s what happened early Monday,...

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ALBA program empowers Salinas Valley farmworkers to become leaders in sustainable...

SALINAS VALLEY — Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) is spotlighting its transformative Programa Educativo para Agricultores (PEPA), a comprehensive training program empowering farmworkers...