Celia Jiménez | April 30, 2026 @ 12:00 PM PDT

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NewsSalinas Valley Health earns the right to deliver free vaccines to kids through its mobile clinic.

Salinas Valley Health earns the right to deliver free vaccines to kids through its mobile clinic.

Lynette Fitzgerald is not one to give up when faced with a challenge. As Salinas Valley Health’s community benefit director, she pushed for several years to get the SVH mobile clinic approved for the Vaccines for Children Program through the Centers for Disease Control. The federal program allows approved providers to administer free childhood vaccines to families that can’t afford them.

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NewsLiteracy club delivers its 10,000th book to first-graders in Salinas.

Literacy club delivers its 10,000th book to first-graders in Salinas.

On Tuesday, April 14, first-graders at Los Padres Elementary School in Salinas are eagerly waiting for Clifford Gilkey to start reading aloud a bilingual book, El león y el ratón, The Lion and the Mouse. After the former teacher and volunteer wraps up, each student will get their own copy of the book – a gift from the Kiwanis Literacy Club of Salinas – to keep.

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Community Calendar

05May

CCL - Playgroup

Community
📍 Cesar Chavez Library · 10:30 AM

Parent-Child Playgroups Each playgroup provides sensory play and exploratory activities that deve...

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05May

Farmers Market E. Alisal

Community
📍 WIC Office · 11:00 AM

The warmer weather and the longer days of May are yielding great bounty from our local fields and...

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05May

Cooking Demo-Swiss Chard Tacos with Chipotle Salsa - Soledad - Live Well Project

Community
📍 Soledad Community Center · 11:00 AM

Details: Cooking Demo - Swiss Chard Tacos with Chipotle Salsa Tuesday, May 5 11:00am-12:00pm Loca...

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05May

JSL-Spring Independent Studies Computer Class

Community
📍 John Steinbeck Library · 2:00 PM

Spring Independent Studies Computer Class Build your digital skills in our Independent Study Open...

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05May

CCL - Craftivity for Teens

Community
📍 Cesar Chavez Library · 3:30 PM

TEENS!Join us every firstTuesday of the month from 3:30PM - 5PM at Cesar Chavez Library! Each ses...

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