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Gonzales City Manager Rene Mendez is pleased to announce the appointment of Taven M. Kinison Brown as the new Community Development Director for the City of Gonzales. In collaboration with the Assistant City Manager, Kinison Brown will oversee and [...]

Gonzales City Manager Rene Mendez and Carmel Gil, Director of Community Engagement & Strategic Partnerships, will be presenters at the 2022 Western Forum for Migrant and Community Health Conference being held April 11-13 in Portland, Oregon. The [...]

The City of Gonzales is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Hartunian as the Assistant City Manager for the City of Gonzales. In collaboration with the City Manager, Hartunian will be responsible for the overall management analysis and [...]

The City of Gonzales was incorporated on January 10, 1947 and on January 18, 2022 celebrated the 75th Anniversary of the city's incorporation by adopting a proclamation to honor the rich history of Gonzales. In addition to the proclamation the [...]

Local author and stroke survivor, Richard L. Burns, will be signing his latest book, Live or Die Act II, at River House Books located in the Crossroads shopping center in Carmel on Sunday, January 16th from 1:00-2:00pm. Burns was struck down with a [...]

The City of Gonzales in collaboration with Monterey County has become the first city in Monterey County – and one of the first in the state – to create an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EIFD) to help fund economic development projects. [...]

The Carmel Mission Foundation announced the successful completion of its third major restoration, the $4 million dollar Downie Museum and Basilica Forecourt restoration project at the historic Carmel Mission in Carmel-by-the-Sea. After three years of [...]

The Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) congratulates the City of Gonzales for reaching a 93% vaccination rate with 5,000 people in the community eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine receiving at least one dose. The County of Monterey has [...]

On September 15, 2021, we will celebrate the unveiling in the Monterey Conference Center with a spirited program and music presentations. Mike Marotta Sr. will be memorialized with a Steven Whyte Sculpture which will permanently be placed at the [...]

City of Gonzales Youth Commissioners Aidan Cervantes and Magaly Santos will be participating in a free virtual workshop, Civic Engagement and Civic Infrastructure to Advance Health Equity, hosted by the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement at [...]

Gonzales City Manager Rene Mendez will be participating in an online event hosted by Zócalo Public Square on June 17, 2021 at 6:30pm, What Makes a Good Small Town. In addition to Mendez the panel includes Coachella councilmember and civil rights [...]

Step two of the Downie Museum and Basilica Forecourt Restoration Project officially began with a groundbreaking that took place in the Basilica Forecourt on April 5th. The Downie Museum and Basilica Forecourt project is a $4 million dollar [...]

The Carmel Mission Foundation was awarded a $1,800,000 grant from the Hind Foundation for the Downie Museum and Basilica Forecourt Restoration at the Carmel Mission. This is the first grant the Carmel Mission Foundation has received from the Hind [...]

The City of Gonzales and the Gonzales Unified School District (District) entered into a memorandum of agreement and have jointly funded and hired a shared licensed clinical social worker. The new hire increases the number of licensed clinical social [...]

For the 26th year Cannery Row kicked off the holiday season in Monterey with the annual lighting of the Christmas tree in Steinbeck Plaza, located at the corner of Cannery Row and Prescott Avenue, an event normally open to the public. For 25 years [...]