Local News

GREENFIELD — Greenfield City Council has approved an application for a state grant of $65,000 during a special meeting June 29. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/city-of-greenfield-applies-for-housing-assistance-funding/

Greenfield City Council and Greenfield Unified School District Board are teaming up to find solutions to current issues, including adding more school resource officers, improving school safety and establishing a youth council.

Greenfield High School and the Greenfield Community Center were the lucky recipients of 30 laptop computers donated by Gabe Trujillo.

Assemblymember Anna Caballero has officially opened office hours at the Soledad Fire Department Office on Monterey Street.

The Bradley Branch of Monterey County Free Libraries (MCFL) will be closing at its current location effective June 16. The branch will remain closed until a new facility is secured to operate the library.

GREENFIELD — Greenfield City Council has approved the acceptance of $461,000 in state funding in order to respond to local youth programs designed to divert teens away from crime. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/community-raises-concerns-over-potential-school-resource-officer-at-greenfield-high/

GREENFIELD — Two city employees were honored by Greenfield Police Department during Greenfield City Council’s June 9 meeting. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/greenfield-city-staff-earn-top-honors-from-police-department/

Oak Avenue Elementary School Principal Sonia Aramburo was awarded for her work in bringing an early literacy program that uniquely reaches pre-kindergarten-aged children to the Greenfield Union School District.

GREENFIELD — Area elected officials are urging South Monterey County residents to get tested for Covid-19 at the Greenfield location, noting that if the site isn’t used more frequently, it might be shifted to another city by the state. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/free-covid-19-testing-offered-in-greenfield-for-all-county-residents/

Join the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday, July 27, from 9 to 11 a.m., 250 Franciscan Way, King City, for an Open House in the newly refurbished District Attorney’s Office, Victim’s Center.