DAY OF THE CHILD
Children from the Gonzales community and beyond celebrated the Dia Del Nino (Day of the Child) at Central Park in Gonzales on Sunday.
Remembering their sacrifice
American flags flew May 28 as the community of Gonzales honored its veterans who lost their lives in World Wars I and II, Korean War, Vietnam War and the War on Terror.
Farmworker dies in accident on Old Stage Road
A farmworker from Salinas died early Wednesday morning in a tractor accident on private property near the intersection of Old Stage Road and Chualar Canyon Road in Chualar.
Giving blood
Approximately 50 Gonzales High School students and adults gave blood during the annual blood drive on Nov. 15 at Gonzales High School.
Gonzales police car crashes, injures 3
A vehicle pursuit ended in a collision between a police car and a second vehicle on May 30.
Soledad prison, correctional facility install wind turbines
Two local state agencies are making the switch over to wind energy, Salinas Valley State Prison and the Correctional Training Facility, which are working with Foundation Windpower to bring the green resource to the facilities just outside of Soledad.
Genealogy Society to take āroad tripā
The Monterey County Genealogy Society, Inc. (MoCoGenSo) will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday, May 4, at 7 p.m.
Dangerous algae bloom found in Lake San Antonio
The Monterey County Health Department and Resource Management Agency are alerting those already at Lake San Antonio or those who plan on visiting the lake over the holiday weekend to be aware that tests have confirmed that the South Shore area of the lake
Alta Street repaving to begin
City of Gonzales staff and Granite Construction employees met with the residential and business community last week to discuss the process of repaving Alta Street over the next several months.
County supervisor applauds new drinking water program
Monterey County Supervisor Luis Alejo applauded a first-of-its-kind drinking water replacement program between the Salinas Basin Agricultural Stewardship Group, LLC, and the State Water Resources Control Board and the Central Coast Regional Water Quality
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