Sun Street Centers expands services to King City
After providing 50 years of addiction services in Monterey County, Sun Street Centers is expanding into King City and will celebrate the opening of its newest drug and alcohol treatment facility with a ribbon cutting this Friday.
Bicycling Gonzales, and elsewhere in Monterey County
The inaugural CiclovĆa Gonzales, Sept. 9, 2018, is an Open Streets event for walking, rolling in a wheelchair, skating, bicycling, or using other people-powered transportation on streets free of motor vehicles. Itās sure to increase interest in biking, as do Open Streets events worldwide.
New Mann Packing building still in progress
The new Mann Packing building in Gonzales is nearing its completion as most of the building is up.
Teacher Pathway Program grows at Hartnell College
Hartnell College has welcomed its newest Teacher Pathway Program cohort to campus. While it is the third cohort to participate in the program, it is the first to be held at the collegeās main campus in Salinas.
Smoke from wildfires affecting air quality in tri-county area
Smoke transported from the massive wildfires currently burning in Northern California, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia may degrade air quality in Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties, possibly causing the concentration of smoke to reach unhealthful levels in some parts of the tri-county air basin.
Saturday night slam
A near capacity crowd could be found last Saturday at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City, where Pro Wrestling Revolution took over the Expo Building.
Slow Down Move Over event to bring awareness to driving safety
Peteās Towing and towing companies throughout California are aiming to bring more awareness to the āSlow Down Move Overā campaign, which tries to increase public awareness about safety when passing emergency vehicles on the highway or roadways.
Hartnell hires new dean for South County
Mostafa Ghous has taken over as dean of South County education services at Hartnell Collegeās King City Education Center, replacing Renata Funke, who retired from the position.
Foods Co to no longer accept VISA credit cards
Foods Co Supermarkets recently announced that its 21 stores and five fuel centers in Central and Northern California, including stores in Soledad and Salinas, will no longer accept VISA credit cards as a form of payment, effective Aug. 14.
Pirates invade stage at Gonzales High School
With only a few weeks of summer left, students of the Summer Theatre Camp presented a production called āPirates.ā
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