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Salinas Valley News Briefs | April 1, 2022

FAMILY FUN GREENFIELD — Family Fun Festival, a free celebration of active and healthy living, is planned for Saturday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Oak Avenue Elementary School, 1239 Oak Ave., in Greenfield. Youth and their parents or guardians are encouraged...

Director of King City dance studio honored for influential work

KING CITY — Jan Harkness, artistic director of Monterey County Dance Theatre in King City, was recently honored at the 17th Annual Champions of the Arts Gala, hosted by the Arts Council for Monterey County. Harkness, who has been teaching dance for nearly 40 years,...

Teacher Pathway Program grows at Hartnell College

Hartnell College has welcomed its newest Teacher Pathway Program cohort to campus. While it is the third cohort to participate in the program, it is the first to be held at the college’s main campus in Salinas.

Salinas Valley News Briefs | March 24, 2022

ALBA BENEFIT GONZALES — In honor of National Agriculture Week, for every purchase of liquid organic fertilizer made March 21-28 on AgroThrive.com, the Gonzales company will donate the same amount to the organic farmers in training at the Agricultural Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) in Salinas....

Public workshop set for Monday to discuss King City beautification project

KING CITY — City of King is developing an application for the Clean California Local Grant Program, which provides funds to beautify and improve local streets and roads. The proposed King City project includes a number of recommendations to improve and beautify parkways and parking...

Cal Water secures $83M in state funding to relieve customers of past-due balances accumulated during pandemic

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KING CITY — With financial impacts of Covid-19 felt by California Water Service (Cal Water) customers well past the height of the pandemic, Cal Water applied for and has received more than $83 million through the California Extended Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program...

Residents reminded to keep pets safe during heat advisory

An excessive heat advisory has been issued for the Central Coast and is expected to be in effect through Monday, with temperatures in parts of Monterey County possibly hitting triple digits this weekend.

Transportation Agency for Monterey County approves $11M for ā€˜shovel-ready’ projects

MONTEREY COUNTY — Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) has allocated more than $11 million to fund a variety of transportation projects across the region, including key initiatives in the four South Monterey County cities of King City, Greenfield, Soledad and Gonzales. The funding comes...

Salinas Valley News Briefs | Jan. 4, 2021

NEW CHIEF KING CITY — King City Police Capt. Keith Boyd was sworn in as the city's interim police chief effective Jan. 4. Boyd is filling in for Robert Masterson, who left after more than three years at the helm of the department. Masterson will...

New documentary about local 8th graders’ trip to see ā€˜Hamilton’ debuts Saturday

MONTEREY COUNTY — It was an extraordinary idea that Monterey’s nonprofit Dan and Lillian King Foundation’s board member, Marc Del Piero, had: How about giving every eighth grader in Monterey County the opportunity to go for free to see the historical musical ā€œHamilton: An...
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