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A three-day heat wave took over much of California just in time for Labor Day weekend, and the National Weather Service announced an excessive heat advisory warning for Monterey County and the San Francisco Bay Area. To combat the heat and protect residents, South County cities set up cooling centers and stations.

Monterey County has been declared a “Dreamers County,” one of the first counties in the nation to enact a resolution supporting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which grants a temporary reprieve from deportation for so-called “Dreamers,” immigrants who were brought into the country as children by their parents.

The California Endowment and the Health Equity Award Planning Committee named the Monterey County Health Department (MCHD) as the winner of the Arnold X. Perkins Award for Outstanding Health Equity Practice.

Soledad Salvation Army is in the process of distributing a total of 476 backpacks to students in fourth through 12th grade.

Students from King City, Greenfield and Soledad high schools are strengthening their career and technical education through South Coast Region Agricultural Education Consortium.

The U.S. Army Garrison at the Presidio of Monterey is hosting a welcome-home ceremony for Vietnam War veterans during its annual Language Day event Wednesday, May 12.

Greenfield City Council has approved $158,000 in road maintenance funds to repair five city street intersections that either have damaged ADA-compliant pedestrian ramps or none at all, and cross-gutters that cause flooding and safety hazards for vehicles.

The Wahine Project provided 20 surf camp scholarships for South Monterey County girls for the camp beginning this past Monday.

Seven health and wellness clinics, including two in South County, have been added to UnitedAg’s growing network that serves California farmworkers and their families.

Dozens of Greenfield students and their parents recently traveled to Monterey for the eighth annual Whalefest at Old Fisherman’s Wharf.