Governor expands drought emergency to Monterey County
MONTEREY COUNTY — California Gov. Gavin Newsom expanded his prior drought emergency proclamation to an additional nine counties on July 7, including Monterey County.
Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Salinas), who oversees Monterey County in his district along with Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties, urged residents...
Holiday food distributions help feed Salinas Valley families
KING CITY — Food Bank for Monterey County hosted Thanksgiving meal distributions for hundreds of families in King City, Greenfield and Soledad on Nov. 22, just in time for the holiday.
Children and the Country Life, a local nonprofit that provides resources to those...
King City High School ag educator named Monterey County Teacher of the Year
KING CITY — Blaise Chaney, an agriculture teacher at King City High School, has been named the overall Monterey County Teacher of the Year, earning the county’s top honor for educators this year and the chance to represent Monterey County in the California Department...
King City teen wraps summer internship with trip to DC
KING CITY — King City High School senior Alan Alcaraz was one of two local teens selected as the 2023 Bank of America Student Leaders in Monterey County, partaking in an eight-week paid summer internship providing first-hand work experience to high school students.
As part...
King City Rotary’s inaugural Pickleball Tournament delivers a smash hit
KING CITY — With 16 teams participating, the King City Rotary Club’s first Pickleball Tournament on Saturday was a smashing success, according to organizer and Rotary President James Ewart.
The Feb. 10 event was held at the Expo Building of the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in...
Monterey County encourages residents to respond to state antibodies study
MONTEREY COUNTY — California Department of Public Health and Stanford University are working on a study called CalScope, which aims to measure antibodies in the populace and determine which activities are connected to different antibody levels in the fight against Covid-19.
They will survey random...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | Feb. 16, 2023
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Cattlemen and Cattlewomen 2023 scholarship applications are now available. Graduating high school seniors who live in Monterey County and are planning a degree in agriculture are eligible to apply. Applications can be downloaded at montereycountycattlemen.org under the “Scholarships”...
Science kits offer educational activity for South Monterey County youth
GREENFIELD — Youth in Greenfield and South Monterey County
have been able to supplement their homework packets and distance learning with
science lessons contained in “Bags Full of Science,” a project by the
Greenfield Community Science Workshop.
The bags contain materials for science projects and
instructions in both...
2020 Year In Review | Summer wildfires spread havoc
The year 2020 was unlike any other, as news of the Covid-19 pandemic nearly dominated headlines each week. However, there were other stories — some virus-related, some not — that also defined the South Monterey County community last year. Here is a look at...
