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MONTEREY COUNTY — Siembra Latinos Fund has now topped $80,000 in cumulative grants after awarding $23,000 to six nonprofit organizations in August for projects and programs serving Latinx residents throughout Monterey County. An affiliate fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, Siembra Latinos Fund...

SALINAS VALLEY — Preliminary results from the Nov. 5 Presidential General Election show several candidates in the lead for seats on South Monterey County school boards and the Soledad Community Health Care District. Although these early counts provide insight, additional votes expected this Friday...

CHAMBER AWARDS KING CITY — King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture will host the 2022 Annual Awards Dinner, “Toast of the Town,” on Saturday, Aug. 6, inside the Orradre Building at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds, 625 Division St., in King City. This year’s honorees...

GONZALES — Gonzales High School graduate Maria Lopez completed her freshman year as a wrestler for the Simpson University team with a berth to the National Association of Interscholastic Athletics (NAIA) Wrestling Championships in Jamestown, N.D. The 18-year-old qualified for the national meet by finishing...

SALINAS VALLEY — Francis Rubbo could have graduated from Gonzales High School in the 1940s, but instead he left to serve as a Fireman First Class in the U.S. Navy during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. Decades later, during a small ceremony Nov....

SALINAS VALLEY — California Rodeo Salinas has awarded $30,000 in scholarships this year — a record for the Rodeo Association — to local students, several of whom are from South Monterey County. “The Rodeo Association’s generosity will impact these students’ lives, and they will in...

The push to mandate coronavirus vaccinations amid sharply rising caseloads nationwide accelerated Monday, as the country’s most populous state and its largest city both announced that they would require hundreds of thousands of government workers to get inoculations or face weekly testing. At the same...

CALIFORNIA — New state laws that affect the workplace, firearms, rental security deposits and more in California begin this month. SECURITY DEPOSIT CAP (AB 12) On July 1, a law took effect that prohibits landlords from charging more than one month rent for security deposits. Assembly member...

GONZALES — Hundreds of families recently flocked to Central Park in Gonzales to experience Community Health Day presented by Salinas Valley Health. The Oct. 12 event was one of the many ways the public district health system supports expanded access to quality care by bringing...