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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.

One hundred elementary school children in Soledad and 50 in Greenfield are enjoying new shoes this Christmas thanks to the generosity of a Soledad church.

Last Sunday’s Ranch Rodeo drew 116 participants from the Central Coast and paid out nearly $14,000 in prize money to winners at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds’ Rava Equestrian Center in King City.

Activities, meetings and events happening in the South County area, including King City, Greenfield, Soledad and Gonzales.

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...

GREENFIELD — A recent ordinance change to weed abatement is set to go into effect by late April after it went through a second reading at the March 24 meeting of the Greenfield City Council. The ordinance begins with cutting weeds and clearing trash, but...

Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated will be sending packages to the troops on June 6, and the club is looking for addresses of local servicemen or women serving in harm’s way.

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.

Join Sol Treasures this month for two spring workshops.

Ya’ll best be fixin’ to get all gussied up in your fancy pants and wander over yonder to see The Stage Hands next Supper Show, “Southern Fried Funeral,” by Osborne and Epps, opening Feb. 23.