MCARLM interns head to Washington this winter
KING CITY — High school and college interns with the Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum will travel to Washington, D.C., this winter through a partnership with Monterey County District 3 Supervisor Chris Lopez.
The trip expands the museum’s internship program, which has traditionally...
Imagination Library enrolls 2,500 children in Monterey County
MONTEREY COUNTY — More than 2,500 Monterey County children have enrolled in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library since the free book program launched locally on June 18, according to an update presented during this week's Monterey County News Briefing.
Rebeca Zuniga of First 5 Monterey County...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | July 23, 2026
Community listening session set for Greenfield
GREENFIELD — Monterey County Supervisor Chris Lopez will be hosting a community listening session on Thursday, July 23, in Greenfield.
The session will take place at 6 p.m. at the Greenfield Library Branch, 315 El Camino Real. Residents are invited...
CHISPA breaks ground on affordable housing project in King City
KING CITY — Construction is underway on a new affordable housing development in King City that will bring 40 two- and three-bedroom apartments to local working families, including 30 units reserved for farmworker households.
CHISPA hosted a groundbreaking ceremony July 15 for Mills Ranch Apartments,...
Central Coast’s Rivas serves as acting governor Wednesday
SACRAMENTO — Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas is serving as acting governor of California on Wednesday while Gov. Gavin Newsom is out of the state.
Under the California Constitution, the speaker of the Assembly assumes the role of acting governor when the governor, lieutenant governor and...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | July 22, 2026
$33.2M broadband grants approved for Central Coast expansion
CENTRAL COAST — California Public Utilities Commission has approved up to $33.2 million in grants to expand high-speed internet access across the Central Coast, including nearly 1,300 locations in five counties.
The funding will support two Surfnet Communications...
Eight staff members fall ill at Salinas Valley State Prison visiting area
SOLEDAD — Eight custody staff members at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad were treated at a medical facility after falling ill Friday afternoon in the prison’s Facility C visiting area, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
At about 4:41 p.m. on...
FDA says Taylor Farms cyclospora test was ‘false positive’
SALINAS — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has informed Salinas-based Taylor Farms that a laboratory test indicating one of the company’s iceberg lettuce products from central Mexico was contaminated with cyclospora was a false positive, according to the company and an updated FDA...
Moth damage rises as growers await new insecticide
CENTRAL COAST — Broccoli and other brassica growers along California’s Central Coast are bracing for another devastating season of infestations of the diamondback moth, but state regulators appear in no hurry to approve a new federally registered insecticide that could alleviate the damage.
The moth’s...
Taylor Farms awards scholarships to 32 students, employees through 2026 program
SALINAS VALLEY — Taylor Farms has awarded scholarships to 32 new recipients through its 2026 annual scholarship program, distributing $575,000 in higher education assistance to employees and their children.
According to the company, the latest awards bring the total amount of scholarship funding distributed since...
