Salinas Valley events spread holiday cheer to residents
SALINAS VALLEY —
Looking for some holiday cheer this season? More than a dozen community events
are planned this month in South Monterey County for residents to get into the
holiday spirit and celebrate with loved ones.
THURSDAY, DEC. 5
Salinas Valley Fair Heritage Foundation hosts its annual Polenta...
Greenfield firefighters help design new fire engine to replace aging fleet
GREENFIELD — Members of the Greenfield Fire Department recently traveled more than 2,800 miles to Bradenton, Fla., to work on the design of their new custom fire engine at the Pierce Manufacturing facility.
Earlier this year
Greenfield City Council approved $600,000 in the 2019-20 budget for...
CDC issues E. coli warning on romaine lettuce from Salinas Valley
SALINAS
— Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as public health and
regulatory officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7
infections linked to romaine lettuce harvested from the Salinas Valley.
Based
on new...
Hartnell College breaks ground at new Soledad Center
SOLEDAD — Hartnell College has broken ground on its new
Soledad Education Center and celebrated the start of construction this month
with a groundbreaking ceremony that was attended by more than 100 community
members, local students and elected officials.
Scheduled to open in spring 2021, the 16,750-square-foot
multipurpose educational...
Greenfield elementary students honor local veterans at ceremonies
GREENFIELD — Greenfield’s Cesar Chavez Elementary School hosted its annual Veterans Day Assembly last Friday, Nov. 8.
Veterans from the community were invited to attend and be honored for their service to the country. Cesar Chavez students spoke about the importance of Veterans Day as...
Pinnacles reports canine disease found in dead foxes
PAICINES — Pinnacles National Park has issued a warning to
visitors about a disease outbreak that affects dogs and other animals after
recently finding several sick or dead gray foxes on park trails.
In a Nov. 7 news release, park staff said one of the foxes
has tested...
Hartnell plans groundbreaking at new Soledad Education Center
SOLEDAD — Hartnell College will celebrate the start of
construction on its new Soledad Education Center with a public groundbreaking
ceremony at 11 a.m. this Friday, Nov. 8.
The 16,750-square-foot multipurpose educational center is
being built on 3.7 acres at the northeast corner of Metz Road and Orchard...
Meeting to discuss ideas for new community site in Greenfield
GREENFIELD — Scheid Family Wines and
RCT Land Co. are hosting a community meeting next Tuesday to obtain ideas from
residents for a new community site that includes neighborhood retail,
mixed-density housing and industrial and freeway commercial development.
The Nov. 12 meeting will be from 6 to
7:30 p.m....
Halloween events offer frightful fun for South County families
SOUTH COUNTY — Thousands of South County children and their
families were treated to events full of frightful fun last Thursday for
Halloween.
King City Recreation Department hosted “Trunk or Treat” for
a second time Oct. 31 at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds, where local businesses
and organizations decorated the...
Greenfield 2nd graders visit UC Santa Cruz
GREENFIELD — About 100 second graders from Oak Avenue Elementary School in Greenfield visited University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) campus Oct. 18 to take a campus tour and learn about college opportunities available to them.
“This is a great way to introduce college possibilities...
