Cal Water announces temporary leadership assignments in Salinas Valley districts
                    
SALINAS VALLEY ā California Water Service (Cal Water) has announced changes in local leadership for the utilityās King City and Salinas districts, effective Jan. 15. 
Salinas District Manager Brenda Granillo will be away from the office until July 2021, resulting in Marc Bloom stepping in...                
                
            Animal shelter offers pet food bank in Soledad for struggling families
                    
SOLEDAD ā Hundreds of area pets will have food after last Saturdayās Pet Food Bank, hosted by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) for Monterey County.Ā 
Cars lined up beyond the Soledad High School parking lot and down Gabilan Drive for...                
                
            Salinas Valley Fair 2021 to host in-person livestock show and online auction
                    
KING CITY ā Salinas Valley Fair announced Monday that it will host an in-person Livestock Grading Show and Online Auction for the 2021 Fair.
āWe are very pleased to have a plan in place that allows us to bring the community back together for our...                
                
            Opinión | Mujeres: las vacunas contra la Covid-19 no causan infertilidad
                    
La pandemia de COVID-19 ha cobrado una factura muy desproporcionada en las carreras, las finanzas y la vida en el hogar de las mujeres. Aunque las vacunas pueden representar una solución, a medida que los cientĆficos estudian la infección por coronavirus y las respuestas...                
                
            Part of Highway 1 in California falls into the ocean
                    
BIG SUR ā A portion of Highway 1 near Big Sur, California, collapsed this past week and fell into the Pacific Ocean after heavy rains caused a ādebris flowā of trees, boulders, water and mud, leaving behind a 150-foot-wide gap.
Workers from the California Department...                
                
            Evacuation orders lifted for Carmel and River fire burn scar areas
                    
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Evacuation orders were lifted Friday evening for the communities within and surrounding the Carmel and River fire burn scars. 
Monterey County Sheriffās Office made the announcement after an atmospheric river weather event impacted the county the past few days, resulting in downed...                
                
            Monterey County remains in purple tier, as Covid-19 vaccine rollout makes progress
                    
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County Health Department announced earlier this week that āsufficient progressā has been made vaccinating Phase 1a health care workers, and that providers may now begin to offer Covid-19 vaccine to residents age 75 years or older in Phase 1b, Tier...                
                
            Greenfield man sentenced to prison for 5th DUI
                    
GREENFIELD ā Greenfield resident Ismael Cenobio Isidro, 22, was sentenced to prison Jan. 5 for two incidences of driving with a blood alcohol level in excess of the legal limit.
In the first incident, on May 3, 2020, at 10:25 a.m., a Soledad resident reported...                
                
            Salinas Valley News Briefs | Jan. 29, 2021
                    
FOOD DISTRIBUTION
GONZALES ā Gonzales Community Church Food Pantry will distribute food on Jan. 29 beginning at 10 a.m. at Gonzales Community Churchās ed building, at the corner of Fourth and Day streets. Drive-thru service is provided.
SPORTS RALLY
SALINAS ā A rally of those wanting to...                
                
            La realidad que subyace al ambicioso plan de Biden para regularizar a 11 millones de migrantes indocumentados
                    
LOS ĆNGELES ā MarĆa Elena HernĆ”ndez recuperó hace poco una caja floreada escondida en su armario y la desempolvó. Durante mĆ”s de una dĆ©cada ahĆ ha ido guardando las declaraciones de impuestos, los contratos de alquiler y otros documentos que ha reunido para demostrar...                
                
            Local News
Greenfieldās 2025 Harvest Festival showcases community
                
GREENFIELD ā The 2025 Greenfield Harvest Festival spanned over two days earlier this month, beginning with a lively kick-off parade that set the tone...            
            
        


