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SALINAS VALLEY — Members of the Valley Heritage Quilt Guild have created more than 4,000 washable masks during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and they plan to continue to make masks for people who need them. The guild consists of 70 members, mostly from Monterey and...

SALINAS — Hartnell Community College Superintendent/President Patricia Hsieh has resigned from her position effective June 30 after less than a year. Hsieh joined Hartnell last September after working for nearly 14 years as president of Miramar College in the San Diego Community College District. On...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Nearly $700,000 in Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) grants have been approved for distribution to 23 organizations in Monterey County. The grants are federally funded and administered by United Way Monterey County (UWMC) and a local board made up of representatives...

FLEA MARKETS KING CITY — Regular Sunday flea markets have returned to the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City. New operating hours are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sundays. Masks are required in order to enter for anyone 6 years of age or older....

GREENFIELD — Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) for Monterey County is offering a free pet food bank event on Saturday, June 20, from 10 to 11 a.m. at Patriot Park in Greenfield. Pet owners from Greenfield and any other city can...

MEALS MAINTAINED SALINAS VALLEY — Great Plates Delivered has extended its serving time through July 10. Any senior age 60 or over at high risk from Covid-19 can stay home and get three meals delivered per day. The countywide program currently serves 139 seniors from...

GONZALES — Jacob Jun, a computer science teacher at Gonzales High School, was asked to attend a Zoom meeting about ed tech on June 5, but the real reason was a surprise announcement that he was one of the first awardees for the first-ever...

BITTERWATER — A fire that sparked in the southern end of San Benito County on June 16 is 65 percent contained at 800 acres as of June 18. Crews from Cal Fire and Hollister Fire responded to the Bitter Fire, located in Bitterwater northeast of...

GONZALES — Graduates from Gonzales High School finished their secondary education with a drive-through ceremony last Saturday at the stadium. Families staged in groups in the stadium parking lot, then traveled through to a stage where graduates got out and elbow-bumped with officials before receiving...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Another 201 residents tested positive for novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Monterey County over the past five days, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to more than 1,000 countywide on Tuesday. According to the latest report from Monterey County Health Department, data...