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Students from Vista Verde Middle School recently learned about energy and the technologies and sciences involved with the oil and natural gas industry through a special visit from the Mobile Offshore Learning Units (MOLU) program.

Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum (MCARLM) is featuring a new exhibit called “South County Roots” that opened this summer, created by the second cycle of high school interns, focusing on the lost towns of Monterey County.

Last week Greenfield City Council passed three resolutions and held first readings of two ordinances pertaining to medical cannabis facilities.

Community Foundation for Monterey County is accepting applications for its Neighborhood Grant program, and hosted two workshops in Salinas and Greenfield last week to help applicants finish their grant requests.

One man was seriously injured Saturday afternoon following a shooting in the 400 block of Primavera Court, according to Greenfield Police.

Summer is a week away and the South County YMCA is bringing activities for youth through its Summer Day Camp program, starting June 10.

Following unprecedented water conservation and plentiful winter rain and snow, Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. ended the drought state of emergency in most of California on April 7.

King City Area California Highway Patrol Officers Andrew Lamar and Brock Veillette recently received the Medal of Valor Award, the state’s highest honor bestowed upon its employees, for their 2015 heroic act in rescuing several car crash victims along a steep, densely wooded hillside at night.

Three young women will compete for the Miss Salinas Valley Fair crown beginning Friday, March 16, and concluding Saturday, March 17, in King City.

Thanksgiving is not only a time to gather around the table with family and friends, but it is also a time to reflect on the past year and give thanks. In the spirit of the holiday, South County Newspapers asked local officials, residents and youth what they are thankful for this year.