After-school program receives city approval to continue
About 180 Gonzales students are receiving after-school help through the Expanded Learning After School Services Program, which offers homework assistance along with recreational activities for the youth.
Trashion Show to benefit seniors
The fun and fabulous Trashion Show returns to King City for the third year. This yearās event promises to be even more exciting with a new theme, a new fashion presenter and over 22 unique one-of-a-kind dresses made from recycled and repurposed everyday trash.
Skate park equipment installed
The skate park on First Street has received new park equipment over the past week.
Monterey County Free Libraries receives $100K grant
The Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries recently received a $100,000 grant from Monterey Peninsula Foundation.
A tasty tradition
Every second Tuesday of the month, hungry customers can find John Sargenti making polenta. Sargenti is known throughout Salinas Valley for his skill at the dish.
Salinas seeking qualified applicants to serve on Historic Resources Board
The City of Salinas is seeking qualified applicants to serve on the Historic Resources Board.
Red Cross volunteers install smoke alarms in South County
American Red Cross volunteers helped 79 homes in King City and Chualar become safer last Saturday by installing 271 smoke alarms and educating more than 300 residents as part of the nonprofit organizationās nationwide āSound the Alarm, Save a Lifeā campaign.
Gonzales students visit Ivy League schools
A group of Gonzales High School students recently visited the East Coast to take tours at such colleges as Georgetown, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Brown, Harvard, MIT and Boston University.
Local diabetes patients among first to receive automated insulin delivery
Patients with Type 1 diabetes at the Salinas Valley Medical Clinic Diabetes and Endocrine Center are among the first in the world to have access to a revolutionary new FDA approved device.
Monterey County supports Dreamers
Monterey County has been declared a āDreamers County,ā one of the first counties in the nation to enact a resolution supporting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which grants a temporary reprieve from deportation for so-called āDreamers,ā immigrants who were brought into the country as children by their parents.
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