Annual ‘El Grito’ celebrates Mexican Independence Day
King City honored the South County community’s Mexican heritage last Sunday at the annual El Grito Celebration, which opened with a parade along Broadway Street featuring a procession of horses, bands and dancers, much to the delight of hundreds of spectators.
Oak Avenue principal awarded for leadership
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.
Salinas Valley State Prison inmates donate to veterans group
Veteran inmates at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad recently put on a food drive to raise money for the Veterans Transition Center of Monterey County.
Greenfield student attends leadership camp
Yasmin Solis, a student at Greenfield High School, was one of 110 young ladies, all juniors from dozens of high schools around Central California and the Central Coast, to attend Camp Royal this year.
Local PTA sells treats to help student battling cancer
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is helping a local student battling cancer and hosted a snow cone sale June 6.
California National Guard helps with food distributions in Salinas Valley
MONTEREY COUNTY — Food Bank for Monterey County has begun food distribution throughout the Salinas Valley, with a recent operation in King City seeing 525 cars show up to obtain food.
Members of the California National Guard were present to place the food into vehicles,...
South County cohort of teaching students graduate from Hartnell
The joint Teacher Pathway Program at Hartnell College and California State University, Monterey Bay, on May 19 recognized South County students who are graduating from Hartnell and moving on to complete their preparation to become classroom teachers.
Pollution plagues Arroyo Seco River at Green Bridge near Greenfield
GREENFIELD — Monterey County Sheriff Steve Bernal and District 3 County Supervisor Chris Lopez visited the Green Bridge near Greenfield last Saturday after continued community complaints and discussion about the crowded parking and trashing of the area.
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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....
Holidays kick off in Greenfield with community dinner
More than 450 Thanksgiving dinners were served at a community dinner held last Saturday at the Greenfield Lions hall.
