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FREE NARCAN GREENFIELD — City of Greenfield and the Greenfield Union School District partnered with the Monterey County Health Department to offer free Narcan and fentanyl test strips to the community. Narcan can now be accessed via distribution boxes at four locations in Greenfield —...

CLEANUP DAY GREENFIELD — A Greenfield Cleanup Day is planned for Saturday, April 29, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Greenfield Corporation Yard, 920 Walnut Ave. The event is only open to local residents, who can dispose of such items as general garbage,...

MONTEREY COUNTY — The 2022 Monterey County Fair Junior Livestock Auction is being dedicated to Taylor Farms, the Salinas-based grower and packager of fresh produce that has supported the Fair’s 4-H and FFA exhibitors for more than 20 years by purchasing animals at the...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Board of Supervisors unanimously declared a state of emergency last Tuesday after the Jan. 16 fire at the Vistra battery storage facility in Moss Landing, a move that allows county officials to better respond to the disaster, and to...

The 14th Annual Champions of the Arts Gala recently honored former King City resident Hector Dionicio Mendoza and longtime Greenfield volunteer Silka Saavedra, among others, for their contributions to the local arts community.

KING CITY — City of King hosted its final community walk of the year last month, with officials announcing that the weekly group activity would return next summer. The community walks, held in partnership with Blue Zones Project Monterey County, took place every Thursday evening...

KING CITY — In April, a team of Rotarians and Interact Club members from California traveled to Uganda for a life-changing service mission. Led by Steve Adams of the King City Rotary Club, the group departed San Francisco on April 11 and returned April 22....

KING CITY — More than 50 volunteers attended King City in Bloom’s Earth Day Town-Wide Cleanup last Saturday morning, during which they were asked to give 90 minutes of their time to keep the town clean. Among the attendees were volunteers from Sun Street Centers,...

MONTEREY COUNTY — It was an extraordinary idea that Monterey’s nonprofit Dan and Lillian King Foundation’s board member, Marc Del Piero, had: How about giving every eighth grader in Monterey County the opportunity to go for free to see the historical musical “Hamilton: An...

CALIFORNIA — In California, wildfires and heat waves in recent years forced utilities to shut off power to millions of homes and businesses. Now Texas is learning that deadly winter storms and intense cold can do the same. The country’s two largest states have taken...