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August 30, 2025

Mee Memorial employee turns heads as ā€˜trashionista’

KING CITY — When someone refers to Consuelo ā€œConnieā€ Hernandez as a ā€œtrashionista,ā€ it’s not intended as an insult. In fact, the longtime scheduling supervisor for Mee Memorial Healthcare System considers it the ultimate compliment. Whether it’s creating a flowy gown made of Covid vaccine...

Salinas Valley News Briefs | Feb. 28, 2024

News Briefs
HOTSPOT TERMINATION GONZALES — After more than three years, the T-Mobile Universal Internet Pilot Project is coming to an end in Gonzales. ā€œThe city has decided that it is in our city budgets best interest to gradually term all hotspot devices that the city provided...

Santa pays special visit to King City seniors

Santa Claus paid a special visit to senior residents last Saturday during a spaghetti feed at the Leo Meyer Senior Center in King City. ā€œWe fed a lot of people!ā€ said Kim Ruiz of Coast and Valley Properties, which helped make the Dec. 16...

SNIP Bus helps local pets on monthly basis in South Monterey County

SALINAS VALLEY — Spaying and neutering for pets was conducted locally and affordably with a visit from the SNIP Bus, which operated in Greenfield on May 16 and Soledad on May 17. With the exception of this past March, the SNIP Bus has visited South...

King City High junior named 2024 Miss Salinas Valley Fair

Miss Salinas Valley Fair
KING CITY — Natalia Merritt was crowned the 2024 Miss Salinas Valley Fair after competing for the title over two days, April 4-5, at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City. Merritt, 17, is a junior at King City High School and the daughter...

Farmworker Housing Study Oversight Committee convenes to review progress

Farmworker Housing Study Oversight Committee
CENTRAL COAST — Despite significant progress since the release of a landmark 2018 farmworker housing study quantifying critically overcrowded housing conditions for agricultural workers in the region, thousands more homes are needed to relieve severe overcrowding, unaffordable rents and ensure the stability of the...
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