Salinas Valley News Briefs | Jan. 7, 2021
BUSINESS GRANTS
CALIFORNIA — A virtual town hall with Sen. Anna Caballero took place Jan. 4, providing information about a new Covid-19 relief grant for...
New behavioral clinic opens for South Monterey County families
SOLEDAD — Breakthrough Behavior opened a new behavioral analysis clinic in Soledad on Dec. 14, within the De La Rosa shopping center, allowing the...
Monterey County sees increased demand for food assistance as pandemic surges
MONTEREY COUNTY — The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has caused an increased need for food assistance, as evidenced by continued long lines at food distributions...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Jan. 4, 2021
NEW CHIEF
KING CITY — King City Police Capt. Keith Boyd was sworn in as the city's interim police chief effective Jan. 4. Boyd is...
Magnitude 4.3 earthquake strikes near Pinnacles
SOLEDAD — A 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck just north of the Pinnacles National Park near Soledad on Saturday morning.
The earthquake was reported at 6:42...
Gonzales Youth Council members selected for new year
GONZALES — Gonzales Youth Commissioners Magaly Santos and Aidan Cervantes recently announced that 16 youth have been selected to serve on the 2020-21 Gonzales...
Salinas Valley doctors, nurses get first round of Covid-19 vaccines
SALINAS VALLEY — Mee Memorial Healthcare System received its allocation of 500 doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on Dec. 22, with priority vaccinations...
Veteran author recalls Gonzales soldier in new book
GONZALES — Among the new books that have come into the library system this year was a copy of “The Gunner and the Grunt”...
Monterey County Environmental Health Bureau plans to enforce Covid-19 citations
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County’s Environmental Health Bureau has conducted 1,971 visits to area businesses since September, which resulted in 12 citations for violations...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Dec. 30, 2020
TOP SCHOLARS
SOLEDAD — Joselyn Quezada and Liliana Negrete entered a virtual science fair competition, the Healthy Habits Virtual Science Fair, this past summer and...