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MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Cattlewomen are hosting their first-ever Western Art Show this Saturday. The scholarship fundraiser will be held in the Seaside Room at the Monterey County Fairgrounds on Oct. 21 from noon to 8 p.m. Twenty local artists will be showcasing their...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Conditions and weather permitting, Cal Fire plans to conduct a two-day broadcast burn east of Salinas in Monterey County on Oct. 18-19. The purpose of the project is to reintroduce fire into the ecosystem, thereby reducing hazardous fire fuels by removing brush...

MONTEREY COUNTY — The judges of Monterey County Superior Court, in collaboration with Monterey County Office of Education and Monterey County Local Bar, recently commemorated Constitution Day 2023 by paying a special visit to local elementary schools. Every year the Court highlights the important rights...

OPEN MIC SALINAS — Arts Council for Monterey County will present Open Mic featuring Monterey County Poet Laureate Daniel Summerhill and Monterey County Youth Poet Laureate Mahi Shah on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The free community event, which also includes local students sharing poems, will take...

KING CITY — King City in Bloom recently collaborated with Sun Street Centers to paint four baseball-themed murals on the Snack Shack at City Park. “It was a long-awaited project since the rainy season kept postponing the completion,” said Allie Cullen, chair of King City...

SALINAS — Hartnell Community College District will induct the Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2023 during a luncheon Saturday, Oct. 14, at the college’s main campus at 411 Central Ave. in Salinas.  This will be the 10th annual event for the college. “For the past...

HARVEST FESTIVAL GREENFIELD — Greenfield Harvest Festival is set for Sunday, Oct. 15, and will be a day filled with live music and dancing, food and drinks, youth activities and endless entertainment for the entire family. Presented by the City of Greenfield, the Festival is...

MONTEREY COUNTY — County of Monterey is providing assistance to the County of San Benito after a recent fire affected their administrative offices, resulting in the loss of essential office furniture and supplies. On Sept. 8, Hollister firefighters responded to a fire in the vicinity...

Members of Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated, Karen Leonhard, Dawn Gerard, Barbara Wellong, Claudia Wollesen, Jeane Errea-Mills, Dee Taplin, Dorothy Errea and Kathy Imamura, recently gathered in King City with items collected from the community to send to servicemen and servicewomen serving in...

GARDENING WEBINARS SALINAS VALLEY — Residents can join the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency for free Zoom webinars hosted by California American Water, Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and the Water Awareness Committee this fall. The next online program will focus on “Rainwater Capture”...