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GONZALES — Papé Material Handling opened its new Gonzales location with a celebration earlier this month, allowing the public to tour the facility, get acquainted with the team and see an electric truck. An estimated 100 community members showed up to the Aug. 4 grand...

GONZALES — Gonzales Mayor Jose Rios joined with representatives from Spectrum last week to present a $52,000 check to Loaves, Fishes and Computers, as part of the broadband internet company’s five-year, $7 million commitment to digital education in communities across the country. The check presentation...

GONZALES — Gonzales High School student-athlete Giovanni Ochoa was recognized by the Gonzales City Council last week for his accomplishment of qualifying to the 2022 CIF State Cross Country Championships this past November. Ochoa, a sophomore for the Spartans, was joined by Head Coach Margie...

GREENFIELD — Officers from Greenfield Police Department were among multiple Monterey County agencies that participated in the Law Enforcement Special Olympics Torch Run on June 22. This is the 25th year of the Law Enforcement Run, which preceded the June 24 opening ceremonies for the...

SALINAS VALLEY — Free pop-up Covid-19 testing sites have been emerging lately in South Monterey County as part of an effort to increase testing access after a new site was added to Castroville to the existing lineup of Salinas and Seaside. When available, local residents...

GONZALES — As schools in California begin to finalize plans for reopening, grade recovery ideas have become an essential part of the process to ensure large numbers of future graduates don’t fail.  Gonzales Superintendent Yvette Irving said the district has brought its high school non-graduate...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Health Department is partnering with local organizations to provide no-cost flu vaccination clinics at community-based locations throughout the county again this year. “Getting vaccinated is the single best step you can take to protect yourself and your loved ones against...

SALINAS VALLEY — California Rodeo Salinas has awarded educational scholarships to four Hartnell Community College students from the Salinas Valley. Local students Angelita Cisneros-Aguilar, Ashton Headley, Kyras Headley and Diego Llamas each received a scholarship from the California Rodeo Association. The 2020 recipients had to meet...

As soon as the first U.S. case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus was reported in San Francisco, California officials began sounding the same message: Don’t panic. “We are not surprised by this. This was predictable. This was predicted,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in...

The United States welcomed 89 new citizens into the country last Thursday during a swearing-in ceremony at Fairview Middle School in Gonzales.