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MONTEREY COUNTY — California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond joined Monterey County education leaders last week to highlight financial literacy efforts and encourage families to claim CalKIDS scholarship accounts available to eligible students. The Sept. 2 event at the Monterey County Office of...

Write-in candidate filing period opens MONTEREY COUNTY — The nomination period for write-in candidates seeking offices in the Nov. 3 General Election opened Sept. 7 and runs through Oct. 20, according to Monterey County Elections. Candidates must meet the qualifications for the office and file write-in...

SALINAS — Monterey County Government Center at 168 W. Alisal St. in Salinas will remain closed to the public and general staff through the end of the week as cleanup and remediation efforts continue following an extensive sewer line malfunction. "The extended closure is necessary...

MONTEREY COUNTY — With the National Weather Service issuing a heat advisory for the area from 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, through 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, SPCA Monterey County is reminding pet owners to take precautions to protect animals from potentially dangerous temperatures. Hot...

MONTEREY COUNTY — September is Healthy Aging Month, and Alliance On Aging is using the national observance to encourage Monterey County residents to celebrate aging while connecting older adults and their families with resources that support independence, dignity and well-being. Healthy aging encompasses far more...

GONZALES — Gonzales Union High School Class of 1966 will celebrate its 60th class reunion with an informal gathering Sunday, Oct. 4, at Mission Soledad. The reunion will be held at 11 a.m. during the historic Soledad Mission Fiesta Fundraiser BBQ at Mission Soledad, 36641...

County Government Center remains closed through Tuesday SALINAS — Monterey County Government Center in Salinas will remain closed to the public and general staff through Tuesday, Sept. 8, following an extensive sewer line malfunction that primarily affected customer-facing departments on the first floor. County Facilities teams...

SOLEDAD — Soledad Community Health Care District is bringing mobile mammography services to Soledad through a partnership with Central California Alliance for Health and Alinea Medical Imaging. The partnership with Alinea, an affiliate of Rezolut Mobile, will provide on-site 2-D digital mammography services through a...

CALIFORNIA — California is seeing its highest levels of West Nile virus activity in five years, according to the California Department of Public Health. As of Aug. 14, the state had reported 30 human cases of West Nile virus, including three deaths, across 13 counties....

GREENFIELD — A Greenfield man was sentenced to four years in state prison after pleading guilty to three residential burglaries committed in the city earlier this year, according to the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office. On Aug. 28, a judge sentenced Omar Onofre, 22, on...