Greenfield News

The Salinas Valley known as "the Salad Bowl of the World" got its fill of economic nourishment at the beginning of this year.

The Greenfield Police Department is presenting a Bicycle Rodeo on Saturday at the Santa Lucia Shopping Center, Walnut and Highway 101.

Army Spc. Eduardo S. Silva, 25, loved making his family and friends laugh. That he would die mysteriously in Afghanistan was unimaginable to his family in the Monterey County community of Greenfield.

A man trying to save his younger siblings from drowning in a South Monterey County swimming hole died in the attempt, sheriff's deputies reported Sunday.

A Greenfield man trying to save his younger siblings drowned around 2 p.m. today in the Arroyo Seco River, according to the Monterey County Coroner's Unit.

Since late 2001, The Times has chronicled the lives of military personnel who have died while serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A Greenfield woman passed away Friday night after suffering injuries from a rollover crash on Highway 101.

When the belly of Osio Cinemas' biggest theater swelled with hungry Monterey County minds eager to watch last week's local debut of Food Inc.

One person was ejected from a minivan in a three-vehicle crash that took place near Greenfield on Friday.

While clutching a crucifix in her hand, the wife of Army Spc. Eduardo Silva bent down and pressed her head against her husband's casket to say goodbye.

KING CITY, Calif.- A local soldier was buried with full military honors today in King City.

The Greenfield Police Department, in cooperation with the California Highway Patrol, will be conducting free vehicle inspections from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 20, at the Greenfield Memorial Hall parking lot at Cherry avenue and El Camino Real.

The Greenfield Branch of the Monterey County Free Libraries is hosting a presentation by David Bacon exploring the unique challenges and the culture of California's indigenous Mexican farm workers.

The following birth announcements were published in the June 13 Salinas Californian: Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, Salinas The following babies were born at SVMH: -JUNE 3, 2009 JAMES CARLOS FARIAS, son of Omar and Yolanda Farias of Salinas.

Hiring tax credits of up to 50 percent of employee wages could become available to employers under a plan going before the Salinas City Council next week.

GREENFIELD, Calif- Police in Greenfield have recovered several social security cards and arrested two in what appears to be a counterfeit identification Operation.

Sara Silva says she knew something was wrong when two uniformed military officers arrived at the door of her Greenfield home Tuesday.

Police say two suspected California counterfeiters operated a massive bogus driver's license ring for customers in the West and Mexico.

The military says a Fort Campbell soldier from California has died from a non-combat injury in Afghanistan.

Two Greenfield men were arrested Tuesday in connection with a high-volume fake identification card operation that produced authentic-looking driver's licenses for use in four Western states and 22 Mexican states, deputies said.