Salinas Ride and Drive Event shines light on EVs
MONTEREY COUNTY — A Ride and Drive Event will be held Sunday, Oct. 1, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Salinas Amtrak Station, 11 Station Place, in Salinas.
This event, hosted by Ecology Action, highlights electric vehicles (EVs) at all affordability levels and...
Monterey County downgrades algae bloom warning at Lake San Antonio
BRADLEY — County of Monterey Public Works, Facilities and Parks is changing warning signs at Lake San Antonio from “DANGER” to “CAUTION” regarding blue-green algae in lake waters.
Staff collected water samples from Lake San Antonio North and South Shores on July 27. On Aug....
Hartnell College, FBI investigating ransomware attack
SALINAS VALLEY — Last Sunday, Oct. 2, the Information and Technology Resources (ITR) team at Hartnell College detected abnormal network activity that prompted a manual network shutdown.
Currently, Hartnell College is working with third-party forensic incident response specialists and federal law enforcement to investigate this...
Applications due Friday for Monterey County film scholarship program
MONTEREY COUNTY — Applications are now being accepted for the Monterey County Film Commission’s Director Emeritus Richard Tyler Film Student Scholarship Award Program, the deadline of which to apply online is Nov. 10.
This year the program plans to award students up to $2,000 in...
Mee Memorial earns recognition for innovative strategies to combat opioid epidemic
KING CITY — Addiction to opioids, including prescription pain relievers, heroin and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, is a serious national crisis — California reported more than 7,100 opioid overdose deaths in 2021, including nearly 4,000 deaths from fentanyl.
Cal Hospital Compare has published...
Yes, Steinbeck wrote a werewolf novel. Don’t expect to read it.
Nine years before John Steinbeck published his Pulitzer Prize-winning historical masterpiece, “The Grapes of Wrath,” he was working on a lighthearted detective novel featuring a werewolf.
The manuscript, “Murder at Full Moon,” was completed in 1930 but was never published. A single copy has been...
King City ballet dancer begins journey to Washington, D.C.
KING CITY — King City student Ashley Madrid left last Saturday to begin her yearlong studies at the Kirov Academy of Washington, D.C., in order to pursue the art of ballet.
Monterey County Dance Foundation awarded Madrid a $3,000 scholarship that has made it possible...
River Fire scorches 4,070 acres, destroys several buildings south of Salinas
SALINAS — The River Fire, a blaze sparked by unusual weather early Sunday morning, has charred at least 4,070 acres in the Pine Canyon area just outside of Salinas, Cal Fire reported Tuesday morning.
The fire is still only 10% contained. A Cal Fire spokesperson...
South Monterey County artist debuts new exhibit at ArtWorks @Salinas
SALINAS VALLEY — ArtWorks @Salinas, a program from Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC), has announced its upcoming exhibit, “Home: From the Valley to the Peninsula,” featuring the incredible works of Greenfield artist Javier Lopez Jr.
The new exhibit opens Friday, April 4, with an...
