Client News - page 6

Through our expertise in media relations and the many relationships we have built, we have received media coverage for our clients in a variety of local, regional and national publications.

Carmel Mission Foundation receives $1.8M grant for restoration

Publication: KSBW Action News 8
February 4, 2021

The Hind Foundation awarded the Carmel Mission Foundation a $1,800,000 grant for the Downie Museum and Basilica Forecourt Restoration.

City of Gonzales, school district hire new social worker to boost mental health support

Joint funding effort addresses growing need for services among students and residents

Publication: Salinas Valley Tribune
January 21, 2021

City of Gonzales and Gonzales Unified School District have announced their joint funding effort to provide a new licensed clinical social worker, who will enhance mental health support in both the schools and the city. The new hire means the school [...]

Cannery Row Company in Monterey names new VP of Marketing

Publication: The Monterey County Herald
October 15, 2020

The Cannery Row Company has named Erik Uppman its new vice president of marketing, positioning the Monterey Peninsula native squarely in front of the challenge of promoting the company's businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. "As we look toward [...]

Commentary: Building a Brand, ‘The Gonzales Way'

A simple slogan helped the community of Gonzales, California, galvanize its identity and bring economic development and new opportunities for its members.

Publication: Daily Yonder
October 5, 2020

Of the various types of branding, the most powerful ones are based on beliefs and values, which connect with an audience on a deep, emotional level. But how do you settle on a brand identity and convey it to various audiences? The small California [...]

Gregory Allen to rejoin Greenfield Police Department as chief of police

Publication: Salinas Valley Tribune
July 21, 2020

Gregory Allen, a commander and acting chief with the Greenfield Police Department from 2015 to 2017, will rejoin the department as chief of police in September, the city announced Monday. Upon his return to Greenfield, Allen will lead a department of [...]

Greenfield Police Department hires new Chief

Publication: KION 46
July 20, 2020

The City of Greenfield announced that it is hiring a new Police Chief. The department is hiring Gregory Allen, who was a commander and acting chief between 2015 and 2017. He is expected to start in September. "We are very pleased and proud that Chief [...]

Greenfield announces new police chief

Publication: KSBW Action News 8
July 20, 2020

The City of Greenfield has announced its next chief of police. Gregory Allen, a commander and acting chief with the Greenfield Police Department from 2015-2017 will rejoin the department in September. Allen will be in charge of 22 sworn officers and [...]

How a farmworker town got broadband for all

Publication: San Francisco Chronicle
May 17, 2020

If California is really the global tech capital, why is it so hard for our small towns to get the internet service they need? One answer to that question is in Gonzales, a Salinas Valley settlement of 9,000. While California's biggest cities now [...]

How a Rural California Town Got Universal Broadband

Publication: KCRW
May 14, 2020

High-speed internet access is something many of us take for granted in the 21st century. But in Southern California and across the country, the lack of universal quality service is especially problematic during the Coronavirus pandemic. Employees [...]

City of Gonzales handing out internet hotspot devices at drive-thru events

Publication: KION 46
March 24, 2020

The City of Gonzales was set to launch "Internet for All" and distribute wireless hotspot devices to residents at a Community Summit earlier this month, but since it was canceled due to coronavirus, the city has had to get creative. On Friday, the [...]

Gonzales Public Works receives transportation excellence award

Publication: Salinas Valley Tribune
January 29, 2020

ransportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) awarded the City of Gonzales Public Works Department a 2019 Transportation Excellence Award for their work on the city’s “5th Street Bridge Pilot Traffic/Pedestrian Safety Program” at the TAMC board [...]

Monterey Peninsula Chamber announces new CEO, board members, location for 2020

Frank Geisler tapped for leadership position of the nonprofit business association

Publication: The Monterey County Herald
December 20, 2019

Almost a year since the former president and CEO of the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce left the post, the organization has named Frank Geisler its new chief, its board of directors announced Thursday, along with news that it will move into [...]

City of Gonzales receives Culture of Health Prize, national recognition

The southern Monterey County city was among five communities out of 200 chosen for its efforts in creating a thriving community

Publication: The Monterey County Herald
November 12, 2019

Recognized for pursuing innovative ideas and bringing partners together to rally around a shared vision of health, the city of Gonzales was chosen to receive the 2019 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize of $25,000, and were part of [...]

First locally owned, fleet-based private jet company flies out of Monterey

MPIJet operates out of Monterey Jet Center with a fleet of five aircraft

Publication: The Monterey County Herald
October 25, 2019

A full-service private jet charter company at the Monterey Regional Airport — Monterey Pacific International Jet — has expanded its private air travel services offering more national and international flights along with custom concierge and cargo [...]

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister receives $129k opioid treatment grant

Publication: KSBW Action News 8
October 16, 2019

The program enables their ER to treat anyone who is experiencing withdrawal from opioids or anyone who needs support quitting