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HOUSING MEETING MONTEREY COUNTY — Community members are invited to attend a virtual meeting on the County of Monterey’s Housing Element on Thursday, June 1, at 6:30 p.m. to learn how they can shape the future of housing in their area. The Housing Element is...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday formally endorsed the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5 through 11, a move that will buttress defenses against a possible surge as winter arrives and ease the worries of tens of millions of pandemic-weary...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County is being asked to close all bars and indoor operations for restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, zoos, museums and cardrooms following a recent surge of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations among residents in the area. Monday’s request came in the form of...

SOLEDAD — Residents across Soledad celebrated the city’s 100th birthday with multiple community events last week. The March 9 festivities began with a community cake contest, in which three bakers crafted cakes in the spirit of what Soledad meant to them, broadcasted over Facebook as...

CALIFORNIA — Dos estudios confirman que un nuevo coronavirus mutante en California es más contagioso, aunque la escala de su amenaza no está clara. Dos nuevos estudios demuestran que una variante del coronavirus que fue detectada en California durante el mes de diciembre, es más contagiosa que...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Police Department has announced the addition of two advanced drones to its public safety arsenal, a move officials say will dramatically improve response times and enhance situational awareness during emergencies. “We’re happy to share that we’ve added two state-of-the-art DJI drones to...

Gonzales Lions Club celebrated Father’s Day on Sunday by hosting a free community breakfast at the American Legion Hall in Gonzales.

GONZALES — Greatness on the playing fields, the courts and the mats were brought up by those that attended the 2023 Gonzales Spartans Hall of Fame Banquet on April 29 at the Amaral Ranch in Salinas. A few hundred guests spent the evening reminiscing about...

SALINAS VALLEY — Hartnell College hosted a special version of the annual Ag Tech Summit — a half-day, in-person program called AgTechX Ed — last month on the Main Campus in Salinas. The Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology has joined with the California...