Local News

SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County is being examined as a possible area for the Blue Zones Project (BZP), with a Wine at Five social hour and keynote presentation planned for Feb. 26, followed by a community presentation on Feb. 27 at the Salinas...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield City Council reviewed and discussed future directions for the city’s marijuana dispensary permits during its regular meeting on Feb. 11. Though the city has previously issued three permits for dispensaries, none have started operations. The city has only seen cultivation and manufacturing operations go through...

SALINAS VALLEY — Dozens of students and their family and school staff supporters from South Monterey County were among the hundreds of people in attendance at the 36th Annual Monterey County Fourth and Fifth Grade Spelling Bee. The Feb. 15 event was hosted by the Lyceum of...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Mayor Lance Walker spoke to the King City Rotary on Jan. 29 about the ongoing Yanks Air Museum project on Greenfield’s north side. “It looks like it’s finally going to come to fruition,” Walker said. “It goes back quite a few years, and nothing...

GREENFIELD — The Circle of Friends club at Greenfield High School hosted its second annual art show on Feb. 7, displaying student and community art that was for sale and up for auction. Not only did they collect funds for their club to help students on campus,...

MONTEREY COUNTY — A community workshop was held last Friday in Salinas to consider options in how to pay for Monterey County’s aging dams and reservoirs, which continue to provide water for drinking and agriculture to the Salinas Valley. Landowners, politicians, legal experts and concerned citizens packed the...

GREENFIELD — Students at Greenfield elementary schools have begun using Lego blocks as early as preschool to learn about social lessons and building, but also to gear them up toward learning robotics. “Even though they’re so little, they have big ideas,” said Jacqueline Valencia, a preschool teacher at...

GREENFIELD — Officials from Vista Verde Middle School delivered an update on the school’s performance during the Greenfield Union School District Board Meeting on Jan. 9. “Our school has made lots of positive improvements, a key one would be school culture,” said Assistant Principal Norma De Santos. So...

GREENFIELD — Monterey County Fire Chiefs Association has honored Greenfield Firefighter Art Hernandez with the Volunteer Firefighter of the Year Award during an awards ceremony Jan. 13. “It’s an honor to win this for South Monterey County,” said Hernandez, 45, who has been a volunteer...

GREENFIELD — David Rivera was sworn in before the public as the newest officer in the Greenfield Police Department during the Jan. 14 city council meeting. Rivera was officially in his third week of duty, having completed the police academy on Dec. 20. “It’s a tough...