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January 29, 2026

Council approves increasing cannabis permits

Gonzales City Council voted in favor of raising the number of marijuana cultivation and manufacturing permits from three to eight on April 2.

Summer reading program returns

The Summer Reading Program is underway at Monterey County Free Libraries with the theme ā€œReading Takes You Everywhere.ā€

Students take a stand against gun violence

Gonzales High School students decided not to walk out, but instead have a lunchtime assembly to pre-register students age 16 and over to vote and remember the lives that were lost last month in Parkland, Fla.

20 teams compete in annual golf scramble

More than 20 teams competed in the sixth annual Gonzales Rotary Golf Scramble at the Laguna Seca Golf Course on June 3 to support the Gonzales Rotary and the Betty Macias Scholarship.

Annual Mission Days event offers look at historical past

Take a step back in time to California’s mission era while attending Mission San Antonio de Padua’s annual Mission Days event Saturday, April 7, which coincides with the grand reopening of the mission’s museum.

Hartnell hosts forums on expansion projects

Hartnell College will host a series of open forums this month focusing on the progress of its Measure T projects, including the expansion of the King City Education Center and the new Soledad Education Center.

No longer just a dream

Salinas Valley businessman Raymond Costa, who owns and operates 10 local McDonald’s franchises, helped to make the college aspirations of his employees possible last Wednesday.

ALL ABOUT AG

Teacher showmanship, meetings, games, lunchtime activities and brunchtime activities were how the Gonzales High School FFA celebrated National FFA week 2018.

ENERGY EFFICIENT

Taylor Farms held a ribbon cutting for its wind, solar and co-generation plant. The combined system can handle 100 percent of the processing plant’s energy needs.

DRUG TAKE BACK DAY

Approximately 41 pounds of prescription drugs were collected at the Gonzales Police Department for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Oct. 27.

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