South County in Sacramento: Orta champions accessibility, equity for community college students
SACRAMENTO ā David Orta, a Hartnell College student leader, recently traveled to the state capital in Sacramento as a student journalist for the Moorpark Reporter to cover accessibility and equity issues affecting community college students. He attended the Advocacy Academy hosted at the Sheraton...
Salinas Valley Grad Notes | April 18, 2024
Noelia Martinez of Greenfield was named to Biola Universityās Fall 2023 Deanās List for academic excellence. Martinez, a cinema and media arts major, was one of approximately 1,600 students who were named to the list, which honors those with a GPA of 3.6 or...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | March 17, 2021
FIRE HYDRANT MAINTENANCE
GREENFIELD ā Greenfield firefighters are flowing fire hydrants in neighborhoods as part of an annual maintenance program intended to make sure local fire hydrants are ready if they are needed during an emergency. During maintenance checks, fire hydrants are flowed to make...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Nov. 3, 2021
POOL CLOSURE
SOLEDAD ā Soledad-Mission Recreation District announced Oct. 25 that the Soledad Pool would be closed until further notice due to a water pump needing repair. āWe are working to get this resolved as soon as possible,ā the district said. A credit will be...
South Monterey County cities offer disposal bins for unwanted medicine
SALINAS VALLEY ā A South County Prescription Drug Take Back Week will take place from Oct. 21 through 25, during which residents can bring unused or expired medicine to the lobbies of Gonzales or King City police departments to be eliminated with no questions...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Oct. 31, 2025
SPOOK FEST
SOLEDAD ā Soledad Chamber is hosting its sixth annual Spook Fest at Cesar Chavez Park on Friday, Oct. 31, from 3 to 6 p.m. The event features various Halloween-themed activities, including a pet costume contest, trunk or treat, pumpkin painting contest, games, music...
King City Loaves and Fishes distributes toys to local youth
KING CITY ā King City Loaves and Fishes handed out toys to children on Dec. 20.Ā
The toys were donated by members of the Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated.Ā The program was once again fortunate to have J.W. Paine volunteer to be Santa Claus.
The families...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Dec. 14, 2022
DISTRICT MEETING
SOLEDAD ā The City of Soledad and the City of Gonzales are hosting a Special Joint Meeting to discuss district-based elections on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at Soledad City Hall, 248 Main St., and streamed online...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Nov. 5, 2025
LIBRARY UPDATE
GREENFIELD ā Monterey County Free Librariesā Greenfield branch reopened on Nov. 4 following the completion of its roof replacement. The branch is open for full service during regular library hours, Tuesday through Saturday. In other repair work, the Big Sur Library renovation project...
Hartnell College confirms personal information was present during ransomware attack
SALINAS VALLEY ā Hartnell College has determined that certain segments of its network were accessed during the sophisticated ransomware attack on Oct. 2.Ā
The investigation is ongoing; however, in an abundance of caution, data located in potentially impacted network locations was reviewed to identify the...





















