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GREENFIELD — Greenfield Recreation Department’s 2025 Easter Event was a resounding success last week, bringing together community members for a late afternoon filled with joy, laughter and entertainment. Held at Patriot Park, attendees participated in an array of fun activities, thrilling egg hunts and spectacular...

Noelia Martinez of Greenfield was named to the Dean’s List at Biola University in La Mirada, Calif., for academic excellence. Martinez, a cinema and media arts major, was one of about 1,700 students who were named to the Dean’s List in fall 2024. Biola...

RESURFACING PROJECT KING CITY — King City Tennis Courts are now closed for renovation. Resurfacing of the courts located adjacent to the King City Golf Course began last week and is anticipated to be completed within three weeks. It will include resurfacing of all the...

SALINAS VALLEY — Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) is now accepting applications for its Advisory Committee, a crucial body responsible for guiding groundwater management strategies in the region. The committee provides valuable input and consensus-based recommendations to the SVBGSA Board of Directors, playing...

SALINAS VALLEY — A total of $25,000 has been awarded to 15 Salinas Valley students who have been selected as the 2025 Raymond H. Costa Family Scholarship recipients. A scholarship celebration was held July 16 in Salinas to honor the recipients, who are high school...

ANIMAL CAMP MONTEREY COUNTY — SPCA Monterey County has announced that registration is now open for its annual Summer Animal Camp. The program, held at the organization’s renovated Claire Jacobson Learning Center on the SPCA campus, offers children the opportunity to engage with animals through...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Supervisor Chris Lopez has officially begun his tenure on the California Coastal Commission, following his appointment by State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas. Lopez started his work on May 21, bringing a rural Central Coast perspective to one of the state’s...

IMMIGRANT SUPPORT SALINAS — Elected officials, labor unions, education leaders, health officials, businesses and community based organizations from Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties will hold a joint press conference Wednesday, June 18, at 11:30 a.m. in support of immigrants in Los Angeles, San...

SALINAS VALLEY — Police agencies throughout South Monterey County participated in this year’s Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics last Wednesday, each carrying the torch for one mile through each of the four cities. The ceremonial passage of the Flame of Hope led...

SALINAS VALLEY — Hartnell College Foundation’s K-12 STEAM program celebrated the culmination of another successful NASA MAA (MUREP Aerospace Academy) summer program on July 18, with a Symposium and Poster Session held at Hartnell’s Student Center in Salinas. The summer program started in June with more...