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Cesar Chavez Elementary School hosted its annual Veterans Day Assembly last Friday, Nov. 9.

GREENFIELD — For the youngest students preparing to enter Greenfield’s elementary schools, registration was more than having their parents filling out paperwork, as the Greenfield Union School District hosted a transitional kindergarten (TK) and kindergarten fair Feb. 19 at Greenfield Memorial Hall. Numerous booths were set up not...

GREENFIELD — An annual coat drive in Greenfield is once again seeking donations to benefit homeless individuals and others in need of warm clothing this winter. Greenfield resident Avelina Torres is spearheading the coat drive for the fifth year in a row. New this year,...

A special musical performance from Kaatia Larsen arrived at the Windmill Restaurant in Soledad on Aug. 24 in time for the Soledad Rotary Club meeting.

Greenfield Christmas in the Park brought lots of joy and goodies for hundreds of youth and their families last Saturday at the Village Park gazebo.

The local Blue Star Mothers of America group, in conjunction with Nana’s BBQ Grill in Chualar, put on a fundraiser March 25 to help send care packages to U.S. service members deployed all over the world.

Local youth and their families recently got to meet Greenfield Community Science Workshop’s new employee and author Curt Gabrielson to hear about his latest book, “More Tinkering: Kids in the Tropics Learn by Making Stuff,” and partake in hands-on science activities at the Greenfield Library.

SALINAS — The California Rodeo executive board has voted to postpone the 110th California Rodeo Salinas, which will now take place Oct. 8 to 11, preceded by the Professional Bull Riding event on Oct. 7. The shift in timing came after a recommendation from the...

SALINAS VALLEY — Sheltering in place coincides with less frequent trips to the grocery store, but for a growing number of people, it also means job loss and an increasing inability to purchase food in the first place. Food distribution has always happened in South Monterey County, but...

A sounder of wild hogs tore up the fields at San Lorenzo County Park in King City over the weekend, leaving a mess for park employees and volunteers who surveyed the damage Monday morning.