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First Fire of the Season: Photo Sunday, 11/17/24
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Monterey County Election Results
From Local News Matters...
20 Years of Voting Data Finds Growing Turnout Gap Between Salinas Valley, Rest of County
THE SALINAS VALLEY is the setting for fecund soil, labor rights movements and John Steinbeck novels.Squeezed into one 90-mile-long wedge between the Gabilan and Santa Lucia mountains, the valleyâs residents constitute less than 1% of Californians but have shaped the identity of the whole state.
From CalMatters...
Will New Laws Improve Housing for CA Farmworkers?
Many California farmworkers have long lacked safe and affordable places to sleep â an issue thrown into sharp relief after last yearâs mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, which left seven agricultural workers dead.
SOLEDAD â Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren has announced that the Community Housing Improvement Systems and Planning Association (CHISPA) will receive $1.32 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through a combination of a grant and a low-cost federal loan to âŚ
SALINAS â The Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) hosted Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Jimmy Panetta and their staff alongside agricultural leaders and stakeholders for a field day visit to the USDAâs Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Salinas station.
David Schmalz here, with an interesting update on how the Salinas Valley can stabilize its groundwater levels, a critical problem to solve in order to halt the inland march of seawater intrusion into aquifers, which fouls wells and makes waterâŚ
GREENFIELD â City of Greenfield celebrated its first-ever Harvest Festival Scholarship recipients during the expanded two-day Harvest Festival, held Oct. 19-20 along El Camino Real.
SOLEDAD â U.S. Congressman Jimmy Panetta met with leaders from Braga Fresh and Farm Journal Foundation on Oct. 9 to discuss how support for agricultural research and development can benefit global food and nutrition security.
KING CITY â Community Food Pantry of King City is again partnering with Goodwill Industries for another collection drive in October.
One of the largest mushroom producers in the United States, Monterey Mushrooms, will be closing its 275-acre Royal Oaks facility in North Monterey County. In a WARN letter issued to the California Employment Development Department, the company reports that 605âŚ
SALINAS â California Rodeo Salinas contributed $796,337 to local nonprofits, Western industry groups and community organizations in 2024, representing a 3.28% increase from last yearâs donations, which had previously set the record for the highest contribution.
A farmworker housing project in Pajaro got the green light from a majority of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Sept. 10.
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