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Salinas Valley News Briefs | July 21, 2022

BUSINESS WORKS MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” Arts Council for Monterey County is hosting its next Business Works program, ā€œThe Art of Social Media: Tips and Tricks for Marketing Your Art,ā€ on Friday, July 22, at 10 a.m. Visual artists Jessica Ansberry and Paul Richmond will lead...

Gonzales appoints Gil to interim city manager

GONZALES ā€” Gonzales City Council has appointed Carmen Gil to the position of interim city manager, while a formal search for a permanent city manager is conducted over the next four months. Gil has been the cityā€™s director of community engagement and strategic partnerships for...

Monterey Countyā€™s crop values increase in 2021

MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” Monterey County agricultureā€™s gross production value bounced back by 4.8% in 2021 to just over $4.1 billion, despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic that also resulted in supply chain shortages. This increase represents a $190 million rise from 2020, when the gross production...

Salinas Valley News Briefs | July 20, 2022

MOBILE CLINIC GREENFIELD ā€” Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System Mobile Health Clinic will be at the Greenfield Family Resource Center, 493 El Camino Real, every Wednesday from 2 to 8 p.m. The clinic offers services that include primary care, simple urgent care, health screenings, immunizations,...

Thousands attend Soledad car show and street festival

SOLEDAD ā€” Thousands of spectators turned out to view an estimated 350 vehicles of various types on display last Saturday at the Soledad Hot Summer Days Car Show and Street Festival. A portion of Front Street plus several side city blocks, from East to Main...

Salinas Valley Grad Notes | July 19, 2022

Hannah Stuercke of King City graduated from Cedarville University, located in Cedarville, Ohio, in spring 2022 with an undergraduate degree in nursing. Isaias Gonzales of King City has been recognized on the Deanā€™s List at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt., for the spring 2022 semester....

New shooting range opens in Soledad

SOLEDAD ā€” A grand opening was held over the Fourth of July weekend for a new shooting range facility in Soledad, the first of its kind in South Monterey County. Astoria Range, located at 31500 San Vicente Road, offers a variety of firearms-related courses. From...

California Rodeo Salinasā€™ Big Week expects big crowd

SALINAS VALLEY ā€” California Rodeo Salinas will celebrate 112 years of tradition this month, beginning Friday with Big Week, which is full of activities that promote and preserve western heritage. Many of the events have been happening for decades, providing fun for all ages. Organizers...

CRU Winery wins Best Pinot Noir at Toast of the Coast Wine Competition

SOLEDAD ā€” CRU Wineryā€™s Sierra Madre Vineyard Pinot Noir has won Best Pinot Noir of Show at the 2022 Toast of the Coast Wine Competition. Planted in 1971, the Sierra Madre Vineyard is located in Santa Maria Valley and is known for producing high quality...

Gonzales High student-athlete with disability knows no limits

GONZALES ā€” Anyone who watched Gonzales High athletics this year would have seen many hardworking student-athletes, but among the standouts was freshman Jackie Camacho, who didnā€™t let having one arm stand in her way of playing sports. ā€œIā€™m trying to show everyone that you can...

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Open Studios Art Tours

New look and name for 2024 Artists Studio Tour

MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC) will be continuing the Artist Studio Tourā€™s legacy, previously run by Arts Habitat. To ensure the...