🌱 How Greenfield’s police drone aided a tragic Arroyo Seco River search

What's up Greenfield! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Greenfield’s police drone aided a tragic Arroyo Seco River search

Also on today's calendar: Comedy Night and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 42 degrees.
• Saturday: Sun mixing with clouds, temps: high: 80, low: 46.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 78 and low of 44 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Body found in Arroyo Seco River identified (montereyherald.com) — Greenfield’s police drone helped deputies locate a submerged vehicle in the Arroyo Seco River, where a Salinas man was later found dead downstream. The recovery involved Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies, search-and-rescue volunteers, and a CHP helicopter, and the case remains under investigation as authorities work to determine what happened.
   

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📸 Around Greenfield

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Greenfield

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• FinFit Life 5K Fitness Challenge - Greenfield, CA
  1351 Oak Ave, Greenfield
  3:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Saturday Academy
  Greenfield Union School District Greenfield, CA 93927
  8:00 am
• Comedy Night
  Rising Phoenix , 320 Broadway St # A , King City
  8:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• OAK Parent Café: HATS
  Oak Avenue Elementary School , 1239 Oak Ave , Greenfield
  8:15 am

Thursday April 23

• MCA Parent Café: Aspire Health
  Mary Chapa Academy , 490 El Camino Real , Greenfield
  8:15 am

Friday April 24

• ASA Parent Café: Aspire Health
  Arroyo Seco Academy , 1226 Apple Ave , Greenfield
  8:15 am

Saturday May 2

• Monterey County 4-H Centennial Gala
  Expo Building , 625 Division St , King City
  6:00 pm

Monday May 4

• King City Lions Meeting
  Pozzi's Stampede , 207 Broadway St , King City
  7:00 pm

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📣 Greenfield Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday April 18

• Salinas Valley Fair Kick Off
  Orradre Building , 625 Division St. , King City
  5:30 pm

Monday April 20

• âžď¸ Baseball vs Palma- Twitchell âžď¸
  Soledad Unified Soledad, CA 93960
  4:00 pm
• đ Boys Volleyball vs Watsonville- Cooper
  Soledad Unified Soledad, CA 93960
  5:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Soledad Aztecs vs North Salinas Vikings
  Soledad High School , 425 Gabilan Dr , Soledad
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Soledad. Apply here.
• Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Team Member, FAST in Soledad. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Greenfield here.

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🗞 Nearby News

King City

• King City High senior crowned Miss Salinas Valley Fair 2026 (kingcityrustler.com)
• Oakwood boys basketball shines with 20-5 season (morganhilltimes.com)

Soledad

• South Monterey County patients have limited maternity care options (kazu.org)
• St. Francis bounces back from loss to Livermore, beating Valley Christian with a double shot from Emi Yumiba (fresnobee.com)

Carmel Valley

• Premier Workspaces Opens 17,129 SF San Diego Office Location at One Del Mar in Del Mar Heights / Carmel Valley (allwork.space)
• 6 Factors That Determine Whether Vertical Restore Will Work for You (conservamome.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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