Cooling centers open across Salinas Valley amid excessive heat and red flag warnings
SALINAS VALLEY — Cooling centers have opened across the Salinas Valley for residents to escape from the excessive heat this weekend.
City of Greenfield is offering a cooling station every day through Wednesday, Aug. 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Greenfield...
Greenfield Science Workshop receives $100K grant
Greenfield Community Science Workshop has received a $100,000 grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation that will allow the city program to continue offering free hands-on science activities for local youth and families.
South County students start school year with fresh kicks
Hundreds of Soledad students started the 2019-20 school year this week with a brand new pair of shoes, thanks to a grant from My New Red Shoes.
King City begins work on Downtown Streetscape Project
KING CITY — King City Council recently awarded the bid for implementing the Downtown Streetscape Project to Monterey Peninsula Engineering (MPE), which started construction on June 12.
The project will expand the corner bulbouts, redesign the medians and add decorative crosswalks on Broadway Street, from...
Microloan fund created for Monterey County businesses
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County is creating an Emergency Microloan Fund within its Small Business Revolving Loan Program with Cal Coastal to assist local small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The county has about $661,000 in federal funds available for lending, which could help...
Sun Street Centers breaks ground on new Sober Living Environment site in King City
KING CITY — Sun Street Centers recently received $365,000 in donations to help complete the long-anticipated King City Sober Living Environment, the first phase of which got underway last month.
“I’m super excited,” said Sun Street CEO Anna Foglia. “This project has been in the...
Sunday night shooting kills 1 in Soledad
SOLEDAD — Soledad Police is looking for two suspects involved in a shooting that killed one person and injured another Sunday night.
At about 8 p.m. on Oct. 10, officers from the Soledad Police Department responded to a shooting in the 100 block of Iris...
Warning signs remain at Lake San Antonio due to toxic algae
BRADLEY — Monterey County Public Works, Facilities and Parks is reminding the community and visitors that warning signs remain posted at Lake San Antonio due to toxic blue-green algae.
Early last month, water samples showed lake water contained cyanotoxins, toxins produced by blue-green algae. Follow-up...
Lockwood teacher honored as Monterey County’s Middle School Teacher of the Year
LOCKWOOD — Heather Robbins of San Antonio School in Lockwood has been named Monterey County’s Middle School Teacher of the Year.
The English Language Arts teacher had been told she was being called in to discuss the upcoming school year on July 21, but she...
