Salinas Valley News Briefs | Sept. 22, 2023
MOVIES IN THE PARK
GREENFIELD ā Greenfield Recreation Department will host another Movies in the Park on Friday, Sept. 22, featuring āThe Super Mario Bros. Movie.ā The free event begins with food sales at 6:30 p.m. followed by the movie at 7:15 p.m. at Patriot...
School officials tour cohort classrooms at King City High
KING CITY ā Board members from South Monterey County Joint Union High School District were recently given a tour of King City High School to see the cohort classrooms in progress.
Cohorts are small groups of students allowed to come to campus for in-person instruction,...
Hartnell receives nearly $1M grant to support students
SALINAS VALLEY ā A new $990,000 federal grant will help Hartnell College students gain efficient and coordinated access to such basic needs as food, housing and healthcare through centralized hubs on the schoolās Main Campus in Salinas and four satellite locations.
The U.S. Department of...
Scheid Family Wines VP winemaker retires
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Scheid Family Wines Vice President of Winemaking Dave Nagengast has announced his retirement after 20 years with the Monterey County-based wine company.
Nagengast was the creative and organizational mastermind behind the companyās portfolio of wines, an early adopter of sustainable farming and...
Central Coast lawmakers demand clarity on federal funding freeze
CENTRAL COAST ā As local communities evaluate the impacts of the Trump Administrationās recent flurry of executive orders and memorandum pausing the delivery of all federal financial assistance, U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren (CA-18), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Salud Carbajal (CA-24) and Julia Brownley (CA-26) are...
King City Council repeals mask ordinance
KING CITY ā The city council for King City voted to rescind the municipal mask ordinance during its May 11 meeting.
The decision only means that the cityās enforcement policies have changed, while the state continues to require face coverings due to the Covid-19...
PG&E donates $30K to boost 211 lifeline services in Monterey County
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) is helping expand access to 211 services across Monterey County ā an essential lifeline that connects residents to food, shelter, health care, financial assistance and other critical resources.
As part of its 2025 charitable contributions, PG&Eās...
Soledad and Salinas youth clean up city parks as part of Safe Teens Empowerment Project
SOLEDAD ā About a dozen teens from Soledad and Salinas showed up from Safe Teens Empowerment Project to clean up Peverini Park last Saturday.
The group has rotating membership, and the current members just formed via online collaboration during the Covid-19 pandemic, making the June...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Sept. 9, 2021
REMEMBRANCE EVENTS
KING CITY ā King City High School will host two remembrance events for 9/11 at the middle of campus this Friday, Sept. 10, one at 7:45 a.m. and the other at 10:30 a.m. The events are campus-only and not open to the public,...
Suspect arrested for hitting man with tree branch in King City
KING CITY ā King City Police have arrested a 29-year-old man in connection with a domestic violence incident earlier this week.
On Sept. 20, at about 12:30 p.m., officers from King City and California Highway Patrol responded to a report of a man using a...























