Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 28th of May.
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🏘️ Community
The SPCA Monterey County seeks fosters to care for over 187 puppies and kittens that need bottle feedings, with all food, litter, and veterinary care provided.
A workshop will be held on June 13 to teach interested participants proper feeding techniques.
On June 6, Hitchcock Road Animal Services in Salinas will host free pet adoption on California Adopt a Pet Day, offering complimentary spay/neuter, vaccinations and microchipping while providing counseling (to help match pets with families) and a photo booth for new adopters.
Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Community Foundation for Monterey County, and Montage Health donated $110,000 to fund housing and recovery services for survivors of the Casanova Plaza Apartment fire in the Casanova Oak Knolls neighborhood (eight people were hospitalized and more than 80 displaced).
🏛️ Government
Monterey-Salinas Transit acquired the vacant 7-acre dump at 139 Sun St. from Salinas Valley Recycles (sale price $6M) and will build a transit maintenance and training facility as part of the Alisal Vibrancy Plan.
The agency will conduct community outreach in the coming months.
🏈 Sports
Pacific Grove and Palma advanced to the CCS baseball finals in their respective divisions, while Pacific Grove's softball team was ousted in the semifinal round.
Eric Segura will pitch in the NCAA tournament for Oregon State with a 5-2 record and a career low 2.31 ERA, setting the stage for his team in the upcoming regional play.
During Memorial Day weekend at Del Monte Beach in Monterey, a sea lion jumped onto a Santa Cruz crew’s canoe during an outrigger race, sparking loud reactions as coaches urged the team to keep paddling and finish the close competition in third place.
🎉 Salinas Events
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Los Originales de San Juan and CLAVE AR
9 p.m. — Hacienda Mexican Grill — Buy your ticket on Ticketón — Experience a vibrant live performance from CLAVE AR, a Latin music band that fuses traditional rhythms with contemporary sounds.
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