Education leaders visit South Monterey County rural districts to assess needs
LOCKWOOD — Monterey County Superintendent of Schools Deneen Guss and Deputy Superintendent Ralph Porras recently visited San Antonio Union School District in Lockwood and San Ardo Union Elementary School District in San Ardo, two small districts in South Monterey County.
The visit was part of...
Mee Memorial CFO receives recognition from Becker’s Hospital Review
KING CITY — Mee Memorial Healthcare System’s CFO Mark Woolery has earned recognition from Becker’s Hospital Review as one of “29 rural hospital CFOs to know in 2023.”
The list includes CFOs from rural healthcare systems across the United States. Woolery is one of two...
Mee Memorial marks 60 years as cornerstone of rural community
KING CITY — As the only hospital within 50 miles of King City, serving an area of several thousand square miles, Mee Memorial Hospital has a long, storied history as the cornerstone of its rural community.
This year the state-of-the-art facility — the core of Mee...
South Monterey County residents named veterans of the year
MONTEREY COUNTY — Henry Corda and Paul Guzman, both from Gonzales, were honored last Friday among the top 13 veterans during the Monterey County 2020 Veteran of the Year awards ceremony.
The Nov. 6 event took place at the county supervisors’ meeting chambers in Salinas,...
Mee Memorial recognized as one of the best long-term care, skilled nursing facilities for 2025
KING CITY — U.S. News & World Report has rated Mee Memorial Healthcare System’s long-term care skilled nursing facility as a high performer in its annual analysis.
To be recognized as one of the 2025 U.S. News Best Nursing Homes, a facility must have been...
Monterey County Dance Theatre announces 2024 ‘Nutcracker Ballet’ leads
KING CITY — Monterey County Dance Theatre and Monterey County Dance Foundation unveiled the lead performers for the 2024 “Nutcracker Ballet” during its Summer Gala on July 27.
This year’s production will feature 10-year-old Jenavieve Storelli (daughter of Anthony and Teri Storelli) as Clara, and...
Monterey County added to state’s Covid-19 watch list
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County has been placed on the state’s Covid-19 county data monitoring watch list after exceeding the 14-day case rate threshold of 100 cases per 100,000 residents and the threshold for percent change in three-day average hospitalizations.
California Department of Public Health...
King City Chamber, Rotary luncheon meeting to promote Beautification Week
KING CITY — The 31st annual King City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture and King City Rotary Club joint meeting to promote Beautification Week is planned for Wednesday, June 14, at noon.
The luncheon at San Lorenzo Park’s DeAnza building is being sponsored by Waste...
Campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom qualifies for California ballot
Fueled by partisan fury and a backlash against pandemic shutdowns, a Republican-led campaign to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has officially qualified for the ballot, setting the stage for the second recall election in the state’s history, officials said Monday.
In a widely expected...
New York City and California to require vaccines or tests for workers
The push to mandate coronavirus vaccinations amid sharply rising caseloads nationwide accelerated Monday, as the country’s most populous state and its largest city both announced that they would require hundreds of thousands of government workers to get inoculations or face weekly testing.
At the same...
