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GREENFIELD — Greenfield Union School District (GUSD) passed out hundreds of diapers to local families in need last week. The Sept. 14 distribution was the district’s third diaper giveaway in the past two years, during which staff can identify children ages 0 to 4 who...

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...

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...

GONZALES — Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) awarded the City of Gonzales Public Works Department a 2019 Transportation Excellence Award for their work on the city’s “5th Street Bridge Pilot Traffic/Pedestrian Safety Program” at the TAMC board meeting Jan. 22. The award honors the Gonzales staff...

SOLEDAD — Salinas Valley State Prison officials and the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the death of an inmate as a homicide. Shortly after 6 p.m. on May 3, SVSP officers responded when Edgar Delgado was attacked by an incarcerated person with a...

SOLEDAD — Soledad-Mission Recreation District recently hosted a baseball and softball clinic for the Junior Giants program at Jesse Gallardo Park in Soledad. The June 5 clinic included 112 boys and 96 girls from Soledad and beyond who received instruction from volunteer coaches in the...

GONZALES — Adventure Seeking Seniors of Gonzales recently gathered at American Legion Post 81 to kick off this year’s monthly events. About 70 participants enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving meal with turkey and all the trimmings Nov. 18 as well as played bingo and worked on...

SALINAS — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as public health and regulatory officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to romaine lettuce harvested from the Salinas Valley. Based on new...