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GONZALES — City of Gonzales Public Works department began hanging more than two dozen new banners featuring Gonzales High School Class of 2022 graduates throughout the city last week. The “Future Focused” banners include photos of college- and career-bound students either holding a pennant or...

GREENFIELD — Members of the Greenfield Community Science Workshop helped deliver nearly 300 Pozole kits to Greenfield families on Nov. 24, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Pozole is a traditional Mexican stew, and the kits were originally just for local senior residents before the City...

SOLEDAD — Soledad High School’s Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program has received the Distinguished Unit Award for the fourth time in a row. Congressman Jimmy Panetta, a Navy combat veteran, visited the cadets at the school gymnasium on March 23 to recognize their...

SOLEDAD — Soledad High School’s Career and Technical Student Organization, named SkillsUSA, has been awarded the Quality Chapter Award for the third year in a row. The award is earned by running a successful chapter, including electing officers, having members and competitors meet the SkillsUSA...

SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Health Department announced the closure of the free Covid-19 testing site at Greenfield Library effective Oct. 17, with the facilities moving to Seaside beginning Tuesday. “We did get state support to move our testing operations from Greenfield to Seaside High...

MONTEREY COUNTY — The huge unrivaled collection of historical images collected by the late Pacific Grove photographer, Pat Hathaway, has been awarded to the Monterey County Historical Society in Salinas. Hathaway died Jan. 6, 2021, without a will, which meant his estate — and the...

SOLEDAD — An off-duty Soledad correctional officer with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was arrested Wednesday for annoying and molesting minors. According to Salinas Police, 22-year-old Fabian Vasquez was communicating with and sending sexually explicit images and videos to two females under age...

SALINAS — Multiple agencies from across Monterey County responded to a four-alarm fire that severely damaged Taylor Farms’ food production facility in Salinas last Wednesday. The 225,000-square-foot building, located in the 1200 block of Abbott Street, had been closed for the winter but was in...

GONZALES — Gonzales Police Chief Keith Wise recently swore in Officer Eric Serrano, who joined the department last month. Serrano’s mother Ana pinned the badge for the department’s newest member during the Feb. 4 ceremony. Serrano, who was born and raised in San Jose, joined the...

SOLEDAD — Interim Inc., a nonprofit mental health agency, will host an open house this week to acquaint the South Monterey County community with its new location and services available in Soledad. On Wednesday, Feb. 28, the agency is inviting the community to meet its...