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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.

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

Cannery Row in Monterey to host its first family-friendly Cultural Festival

Publication: The Monterey County Herald
September 12, 2019

The waterfront district in Monterey will be the scene for the first Cannery Row Cultural Festival – a celebration of the contributions and history of the diverse cultures and people who have made Monterey renowned. The Cultural Festival will be held [...]

The Case for Healthy Military Housing

February 25, 2019

According to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment, "The quality of military housing, as part of the military quality of life, is a key component of military readiness." However, recent reports from Reuters and the Military [...]

The Small California Farm Town That Puts Kids First

Against All Odds, Gonzales—Population 9,000—Offers Services That Touch the Lives of All Its Young People

Publication: Zocalo Public Square
February 6, 2019

What if California actually decided to put the needs of its poor kids first? What would that look like? Here's one answer: it might look like Gonzales, a small city of 9,000 people—many of them farmworkers—along Highway 101 in the Salinas Valley. The [...]

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Chef Nathaniel Tuazon develops a personal bond with his diners at Forest Hill senior living community

Publication: The Monterey County Herald
February 6, 2019

Very rarely does a professional chef develop a personal bond with diners, the physical and emotional wall of the kitchen standing firmly in the way. Not so with chef Nathaniel Tuazon, who prepares breakfast, lunch and dinner for the same guests, day [...]

Gonzales Small Business Loans Boost Big Goals

Publication: Coastal Grower
October 31, 2018

Luz Garcia had a vision: a walk-up clinic in the small rural community of Gonzales. When her idea caught on with the local independent pharmacy, she opened inside the store and quickly attracted a regular flow of clients seeking locally available and [...]

Rep. Jimmy Panetta visits Gonzales High to look at student project

Publication: The Monterey County Herald
April 3, 2018

The Gonzales High School campus was empty on Monday afternoon as students were on a much needed spring break just before the end of the school year. But that didn’t stop a group of students in the Wings of Knowledge program from hosting Rep. Jimmy [...]

Gonzales High students build weather station for NOAA

Publication: The Monterey County Herald
March 20, 2018

Students from the Wings of Knowledge program will show off their latest weather station project they developed in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at Wednesday’s Science Maker Faire at Soledad High School. “It’s [...]