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FARMERS’ MARKETS MONTEREY COUNTY — All Everyone’s Harvest Certified Farmers’ Markets will be closed from Sunday, Dec. 26, through Saturday, Jan. 8. The first market to open for 2022 will be the Marina market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 9,...

MONTEREY COUNTY — In partnership with the California Employers Association, the Monterey County Workforce Development Board is providing a free hotline and a series of webinars to assist local employers with Human Resources (HR) support.  Employers can call the HR Hotline Monday through Friday, from...

GONZALES — Watsonville City Council has unanimously appointed Rene Mendez, the current chief executive for the City of Gonzales, as Watsonville’s new city manager during its Tuesday meeting. Mendez has three decades of experience in state, county and city government and has spent the last...

The surge in unemployment filings in March 2020 provided one of the first clear warnings of the havoc the pandemic was wreaking on the U.S. economy. One year later, that klaxon is still blaring. More than 746,000 people filed first-time applications for state unemployment benefits last...

SOLEDAD — Lavender Creek Co. and the Soledad Community Health Care District (SCHCD) have announced a partnership that introduces the soothing benefits of lavender to the residents and patients of Eden Valley Care Center, a 59-bed skilled nursing facility in Soledad. Nestled on 70 acres...

GONZALES — The Monterey County 4-H community came together on Sept. 12 at the Swiss Rifle Club in Gonzales to celebrate the hard work and dedication of its youth members at the annual Monterey County 4-H Achievement Award Ceremony. Hosted by the Gonzales 4-H Club,...

GONZALES — Papé Material Handling opened its new Gonzales location with a celebration earlier this month, allowing the public to tour the facility, get acquainted with the team and see an electric truck. An estimated 100 community members showed up to the Aug. 4 grand...

MONTEREY COUNTY — California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond joined Monterey County education leaders last week to highlight financial literacy efforts and encourage families to claim CalKIDS scholarship accounts available to eligible students. The Sept. 2 event at the Monterey County Office of...

SALINAS VALLEY — When Luz Garcia graduated with honors from Alisal High School in 1991, her dream of becoming a doctor was, agonizingly, just out of reach. She had been offered a full-ride scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley, with the prospect of continuing...

Greenfield Community Science Workshop hosted a bike repair workshop at the Soledad Community Center on Aug. 11, helping youth and adults repair more than 60 bicycles and other wheeled rides. They fixed such issues as flat tires, broken chains and breaks.