Salinas Valley News Briefs | July 3, 2024
FREE NARCAN
GREENFIELD ā 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 ā...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | April 28, 2023
CLEANUP DAY
GREENFIELD ā 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 Fair Junior Livestock Auction to honor local youths and their animals
MONTEREY COUNTY ā 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 Fairās 4-H and FFA exhibitors for more than 20 years by purchasing animals at the...
Monterey County declares emergency after battery plant fire
MONTEREY COUNTY ā 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...
Local art champions awarded at annual gala
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 Cityās community walks wrap up, set to return in summer 2025
KING CITY ā 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...
Building hope in Uganda through Rotary
KING CITY ā 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....
Volunteers help clean up litter around King City
KING CITY ā More than 50 volunteers attended King City in Bloomās 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,...
New documentary about local 8th gradersā trip to see āHamiltonā debuts Saturday
MONTEREY COUNTY ā It was an extraordinary idea that Montereyās nonprofit Dan and Lillian King Foundationās 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 āHamilton: An...
Texas storms, California heat waves and āvulnerableā utilities
CALIFORNIA ā 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 countryās two largest states have taken...






















