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July 11, 2025

Free Covid-19 testing offered in Greenfield for all county residents

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GREENFIELD — Area elected officials are urging South Monterey County residents to get tested for Covid-19 at the Greenfield location, noting that if the site isn’t used more frequently, it might be shifted to another city by the state. ā€œGo get tested for the Covid-19...

Arts Council for Monterey County launches Covid-19 poster campaign with local artists

MONTEREY COUNTY — The Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC) has launched a new initiative called ā€œKeeping Monterey County Safe,ā€ teaming up with local artists to design mask posters for the public in hopes of spreading the county’s health message about wearing a mask. According...

Independent and continuation students celebrate graduation in King City

KING CITY — Graduates from Portola Butler High School and Pinnacle Academy Charter were honored in a joint ceremony June 3 at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds parking lot in King City. The drive-in format had several dozen cars, in which graduates sat with their families...

Mee Memorial’s King City Clinic earns HEDIS Award of Excellence

KING CITY — Central California Alliance for Health has honored Mee Memorial Healthcare System’s King City Clinic with the prestigious HEDIS Award of Excellence. This award was made in recognition of the extraordinary commitment of the clinic team in providing excellent health care delivery in...

Monterey County’s Covid-19 Stipend Program ends

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Health Department’s Covid-19 Stipend Program has ended as of March 31, the decision of which came as vaccine rates increase and the number of new cases has decreased. The Stipend Program started in December 2020 with the aim of helping...

Wildflowers blooming on Army base

California’s wildflower ā€œsuper bloomā€ has made its way to Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL), which shared aerial photos of the colorful spectacle last Thursday on its social media platforms.

Student-produced video gets red carpet premiere at MCARLM gala

KING CITY — Last Thursday evening at a gala event at the Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum (MCARLM) in King City, members of the community were audience to the world premiere of ā€œTeens in Quarantine,ā€ a video produced by the museum and...

Crash kills 4 near Jolon in South Monterey County

Police car crime
JOLON — Four people were killed in a head-on crash on June 13 near the intersection of Jolon and Mission roads in South Monterey County. According to the California Highway Patrol, a Toyota Corolla and a Honda Civic collided at around 6:20 a.m. after the...

111th California Rodeo Salinas postponed until September

SALINAS — The 111th California Rodeo Salinas has been postponed until September, following a recommendation from the rodeo’s Covid-19 Response Committee. California Rodeo Association’s Executive Board voted unanimously to move the 2021 rodeo from July 15-18 to now Sept. 23-26. The Professional Bull Riding event...

How California stands to benefit from the $2.2 trillion infrastructure proposal

ā€œThis is a game changer,ā€ Gov. Gavin Newsom exulted last week during a news conference. ā€œWe are very, very enthusiastic.ā€ Was he talking about his recent coronavirus vaccination? The latest poll in the recall campaign? No, he was reveling in news from what has long been California’s sweet...
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