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Hartnell College y Salinas Valley Health están ampliando su colaboración para ayudar a los estudiantes de enfermería.
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Hartnell College y Salinas Valley Health están ampliando su colaboración para ayudar a los estudiantes de enfermería.

  • Royvi Hernandez
  • May 8, 2026

Ante la falta de enfermeros en todo el estado de California y los condados de la Costa Central, Hartnell College y Salinas Valley Health conti…

Hartnell College and Salinas Valley Health are expanding longtime partnership to help nursing students.
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Hartnell College and Salinas Valley Health are expanding longtime partnership to help nursing students.

  • Royvi Hernandez
  • May 8, 2026

With a nursing shortage throughout the state of California and the Central Coast, Hartnell College and Salinas Valley Health continue to partn…

An incredible bilingual play at Hartnell College triggers a full range of emotions.
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An incredible bilingual play at Hartnell College triggers a full range of emotions.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Nov 20, 2025

Everything about this particular theatrical experience is one of a kind. Raw and real, Piernas: The Story Between Our Legs, a bilingual drama …

After two years of renovations, Hartnell’s art gallery is back.
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After two years of renovations, Hartnell’s art gallery is back.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Nov 6, 2025

For the first time since the pandemic, the Hartnell College Gallery at the college’s main campus in Salinas is fully open. That happens after …

Local schools join a competition to develop robotic and AI solutions for agricultural challenges.
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Local schools join a competition to develop robotic and AI solutions for agricultural challenges.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Oct 23, 2025

In 2022, an educational robot was born: the “Amiga” – a modular, all-electric mini tractor developed by Farm-ng (now Bonsai Robotics). Looking…

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Hartnell College freshman Francesca Muñoz found her voice on stage.
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Hartnell College freshman Francesca Muñoz found her voice on stage.

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  • Sep 4, 2025

Rising college freshman Francesca Muñoz is just 18 and the brand-new recipient of a driver’s license, but she carries herself with wisdom and …

New owners are optimistic about reinvigorating the National Steinbeck Center.
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New owners are optimistic about reinvigorating the National Steinbeck Center.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jul 9, 2025

Sara Rubin here, wondering what John Steinbeck’s characters would make of downtown Salinas of today. The cleaned-up neighborhood would be unre…

A new partnership seeks to skill up the local agricultural workforce.
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A new partnership seeks to skill up the local agricultural workforce.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Mar 6, 2025

As an industry, ag tech is an amorphous and rapidly evolving space. It encompasses a wide array of technologies that include AI, drones, robot…

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