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March 28, 2024

Community Foundation for Monterey County announces LEAD Institute 2024 participants

LEAD
MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) has selected 21 emerging nonprofit managers to join the LEAD (Leadership, Education and Development) Instituteā€™s 2024 cohort. LEAD is a year-long professional development institute offered by the CFMCā€™s Center for Nonprofit Excellence to foster strong, effective...

Inmate dies after altercation with correctional officers at CTF in Soledad

Correctional Training Facility
SOLEDAD ā€” Correctional Training Facility (CTF) Investigative Services Unit is investigating the death of an inmate who died after he attacked correctional officers during an altercation. On March 21, at about 11 a.m., officers were releasing inmates from their cells when 61-year-old inmate Joseph Altamirano...

New Alert and Warning System enhances safety for Monterey County residents

Monterey County Sheriff's Office
MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” Monterey Countyā€™s Department of Emergency Management has announced the implementation of a cutting-edge Alert and Warning System designed to ensure the safety and well-being of all residents. This collaborative project, which started in 2022 and brings together dozens of emergency response agencies,...

Gonzales High FFA contributes to local food bank

Gonzales FFA Food Bank
GONZALES ā€” Last Wednesday afternoon, 77 members of the Gonzales High School FFA held a door-to-door food drive to collect food for the Food Bank for Monterey Countyā€™s Gonzales Program. The large group of students collected a total of 988 pounds of food for the...

Los Coches Animal Hospital in Soledad announces closure

Los Coches Animal Hospital
SOLEDAD ā€” After serving the Salinas Valley community for the past 90 years, Los Coches Animal Hospital has announced that it will be closing its Soledad location effective April 1. Los Coches, a full-service animal hospital at 311 Nestles Road in Soledad, plans to merge...

Salinas Valley Fair seeks exhibit entries for 2024 show

Salinas Valley Fair exhibits
SALINAS VALLEY ā€” Itā€™s getting to be that time of year again, and the Salinas Valley Fair wants community members to become exhibitors at this yearā€™s Fair, May 16-19, in King City. Entries are open to residents in Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and San...

Gonzales man arrested for allegedly molesting 3 juveniles

Police arrest crime
GREENFIELD ā€” Greenfield Police Department has announced the arrest of a Gonzales man who allegedly molested three juvenile victims in South Monterey County. On March 14, two juveniles reported sexual abuse by Eleuterio Ortiz, 38, of Gonzales. Following the report, Greenfield detectives, with the support of...

Community network meeting focuses on youth safety and well-being in South Monterey County

community network meeting
GREENFIELD ā€” Vista Verde Middle School in Greenfield recently hosted a community network meeting aimed at fostering a nurturing and safe environment for local youth, families and communities across South Monterey County. The meeting, organized by Greenfield school resource officers in February, was attended by...

Design phase now complete for Gonzales Community Center Complex

Gonzales Community Center Complex
GONZALES ā€” City of Gonzales has announced that on Feb. 28 the design/build team of Otto Construction/WRNS Studio submitted 100% construction documents for the Dennis and Janice Caprara Community Center Complex to the city for building code review by its building official. This completes the...

Hartnell College STEM Expo delves into AIā€™s future

STEM Expo
SALINAS ā€” Hartnell College will once again host the upcoming STEM Expo, a pivotal event designed to immerse attendees in the dynamic world of artificial intelligence (AI). Scheduled for Wednesday, March 20, at the Hartnell STEM Center Planetarium in Salinas, this Expo promises to be...

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Gonzales Mental Health and Wellness Fair Youth Council

Gonzales school district promotes mental wellness at community fair

GONZALES ā€” Gonzales Unified School District (GUSD) hosted a Mental Health and Wellness Fair on Saturday at Gonzales High to promote mental health awareness...