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GREENFIELD — Greenfield Union School District is among several school districts in the Salinas Valley that have received federal funding to expand local broadband access and help close the digital divide for students. Rep. Jimmy Panetta announced Monday that his congressional district, which includes the...

MONTEREY — Eighty-five years ago, the Western Flyer set sail for the Gulf of California with what local media described as “perhaps the strangest crew ever signed aboard a local workboat.” Among them were renowned author John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts, embarking on the journey...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County’s first case of community-spread coronavirus (COVID-19) was reported Saturday, bringing the countywide total number of confirmed cases among residents to now eight. According to the latest report from Monterey County Health Department, four of the cases are travel-related, two are from person-to-person transmission, one is...

SALINAS VALLEY — Local fire agencies issued a smoke advisory Thursday for Salinas Valley due to the Dolan Fire’s increased activity in the Santa Lucia Mountains west of King City. “Wildfire smoke continues to drift into Monterey County from fires as far as 100 miles...

GONZALES — Voters in Gonzales will begin receiving ballots for the City of Gonzales’ Special Tax Measure Election, which is an all-mail ballot election from Aug. 1 through Aug. 30. If approved, Measure D would establish a Special Temporary Gonzales Transactions and Use Tax at...

GREENFIELD — Members of the Greenfield Community Science Workshop helped deliver nearly 300 Pozole kits to Greenfield families on Nov. 24, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Pozole is a traditional Mexican stew, and the kits were originally just for local senior residents before the City...

MONTEREY COUNTY — This Valentine’s Day, the Alliance on Aging (AOA) invites the community to join a heartfelt initiative to create and send Valentine’s cards to seniors in care facilities, nursing homes, assisted living centers and hospitals. “This simple act of kindness aims to bring...

SALINAS — Hartnell College was awarded a $2 million subaward, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) $71 million Climate Resilience Regional Challenge to advance climate change resilience around the Monterey Bay area through the Monterey Bay Climate Action Adaptation Network (MBCAAN). The...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Police Department has received a $65,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support its ongoing enforcement and education programs to help reduce the number of serious injuries and deaths on local roads. “We are grateful to receive this...

The year 2020 was unlike any other, as news of the Covid-19 pandemic nearly dominated headlines each week. However, there were other stories — some virus-related, some not — that also defined the South Monterey County community last year. Here is a look at...