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GONZALES — A Valentine’s Day party was held Monday for Gonzales residents age 55 or older, hosted by Adventure Seeking Seniors. The party drew an estimated attendance of 50 seniors, who gathered at St. Theodore’s Church Parish Hall for a lunch from Lucky Bamboo, socializing, card making,...

MONTEREY COUNTY — A community workshop was held last Friday in Salinas to consider options in how to pay for Monterey County’s aging dams and reservoirs, which continue to provide water for drinking and agriculture to the Salinas Valley. Landowners, politicians, legal experts and concerned citizens packed the...

GONZALES — Gonzales schools are undergoing continuous safety drills this school year, with the most recent being a fire drill on Jan. 14. The drills mix in preparedness for different types of emergencies, from evacuations for fire to how to react to an active shooter on campus....

GONZALES — Students and their families had the opportunity to learn about reading and the literary resources available to them during La Gloria Elementary School’s Literacy Night on Jan. 22. The evening event featured several stations in the school multipurpose room with reading-centric themes that families could...

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...

GONZALES — City of Gonzales has facilitated the donation of three buses to sister city Tateposco, Mexico, in order to help with public transit for residents and students attending the University of Guadalajara.  The decision was made by the city council during its Jan. 6...

GONZALES — Amanda Good, activities coordinator with Save the Whales, recently spoke to children at the Gonzales Library about pollution and waterways. Specific trash items and how many years it takes them to break down in the oceans were among the topics covered. Good came to...

GONZALES — Gonzales Youth Guardians passed out toys to children on Christmas Eve, lighting up the holiday season for those in need. This was the first year the group has handed out toys, and is planned to be an annual tradition in the future. “We had a...

SALINAS VALLEY — A secret garden named Lesnini Field has been created along the Salinas River in South Monterey County to showcase art and to emphasize discovery. Created by California-based visual artist and writer Erik Bakke and Dutch visual artist and educator Andre Dekker in...

CALIFORNIA — The beginning of a new year comes with many new laws taking effect throughout the state. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed numerous bills into law that aim to tackle issues including firearms, housing, pollution, schools, animal rights and more. South Monterey County businesses,...