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Gonzales is being recognized as a 2023 All-America City, the National Civic League's prestigious award has recognized and celebrated the best in American civic innovation since 1949. Gonzales showed the power of involving youth, and all residents, in [...]

Gonzales High School senior Valeria Tinoco has been awarded a Mental Health Awareness Scholarship from the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS). The scholarship was given to students who demonstrated positive efforts in spreading [...]

On April 27, 2023 the Monterey County Peace Officer Association (MCPOA) held their annual award ceremony to name the 2022 Peace Officer, Firefighter and Support Person of the Year. Gonzales Police Officer Nathan Cordoba was selected as the MCPOA 2022 [...]

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation in partnership with the Ted J. Balestreri (TJB) Leadership Classic announced a donation of $20,000 to the Monterey Peninsula Country Club's Morse Foundation Scholarship Fund. The check was [...]

The City of Gonzales in partnership with the Transportation Agency of Monterey County (TAMC) and Ecology Action, will be implementing a bike lane pilot project from April 7-June 30, 2023, as part of the Salinas Valley Safe Routes to School Plan. The [...]

The City of Gonzales was selected as one of 20 finalists for the All-America City Award given by the National Civic League. The All-America City Award recognizes communities that leverage civic engagement, collaboration, inclusiveness, and innovation [...]

On Thursday, December 8th the City of Gonzales held a press conference to launch the public phase of a capital campaign to build a new community center. Speakers at the press conference included Senator Anna Caballero, Supervisor Chris Lopez, Mayor [...]

Cannery Row will kick off the holiday season in Monterey with the 28th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Friday, November 25, 2022. This FREE event is open to all.

Fresh on the heels of the City of Gonzales receiving the esteemed 2022 Helen Putnam Award for Excellence for the Gonzales Youth Council's Mental Health Service Action Project the city announced the appointment of the 2022-2023 Gonzales Youth Council [...]

The League of California Cities announced today that the city of Gonzales received the esteemed 2022 Helen Putnam Award for Excellence in Ruth Vreeland Award for Engaging Youth in City Government for the city's Youth Supporting Youth Mental Health [...]

Cannery Row Company is proud to welcome the newest retail shop to open on Cannery Row, "Blue Pebbles." Open now at 751 Cannery Row, #117, Blue Pebbles sells a variety of themed merchandise including shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, dresses, hats, [...]

Cannery Row Company is proud to welcome the newest entertainment center on Cannery Row, "Oscar's Playground", open now on the third floor of the 685 Cannery Row building in the former Blue Fin Billiards location. Oscar's Playground offers a bevy of [...]

The Gonzales City Council has appointed Carmen Gil to the position of Interim City Manager. Gil has been the city's Director of Community Engagement & Strategic Partnerships for the past 2.5 years and has been serving as Acting City Manager since [...]

On June 6th the Gonzales City Council approved the City Manager to sign a two year extension to the private/public partnership agreement with T-Mobile for the Hotspot Program, a contract that was scheduled to end on June 30, 2022.

A major agreement was signed in Gonzales Friday afternoon designed to bring an end to the digital divide in south Monterey County. "For too long the residents of our south county have not had access to broadband like they deserve," said King City [...]