Written by GRISELDA D. RAMIREZ, The Californian January 16, 2012 — Five members of the D’Arrigo family donned hard hats and wielded sledgehammers to smash holes in a wall on the second floor of Natividad Medical Center in Salinas last week as they

THE HERALD’S VIEW Monterey County Herald January 15, 2012 — If anyone had told us a decade ago that Natividad Medical Center would be financially stronger than Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital at the start of 2012, we might have suggested bed

from The Californian March 28, 2011 — The Walmart Foundation, through its California State Giving Program, awarded $50,000 to the Natividad Medical Foundation to purchase three hand-held hearing screeners Monday. The devices will help the medical staff

March 3, 2011 — SALINAS, CA – On Friday, February 25th, Natividad Medical Foundation received a $201,000 donation from The Agricultural Leadership Council (TALC). TALC is a collective of 77 agricultural leaders, including the D’Arrigo,

By Mike Hornick, The Packer February 26, 2011 — SALINAS, Calif. — John D’Arrigo, president of D’Arrigo Bros. Co. of California, has received the Natividad Medical Foundation’s fourth annual Hero award in Salinas. The award honors

February 24, 2011 — The Natividad Medical Foundation has named John D’Arrigo as its 2011 NMF "Hero" award recipient. D’Arrigo will receive the award at 6 p.m. today in the main lobby of Natividad Medical Center in Salinas. He was

By LILY DAYTON, Monterey County Herald February 24, 2011 — "It brings happiness inside my whole body." These words are the English translation of those spoken by a patient native to Oaxaca, Mexico when she saw the colorful display of 1,300

by Monterey County Herald December 22, 2010 — SALINAS, CALIF. – Children listened to Santa Claus read a story as they waited for gifts to be handed out Tuesday at Natividad Medical Center in Salinas. Toys, distributed to children hospitalized at

The diabetes educator at Natividad Medical Center, Bertha Ramirez, checks the body mass index of visitors at the hospital to help screen for diabetes Monday in Salinas. (Photo by Conner

By LISA CRAWFORD WATSON, Monterey County Herald Novermber 12, 2010 — Dr. Yojiro Iba wandered down the sterile white expanse of the empty corridor, lost. Tears coursing down his face, his heart heavy with grief, his hands still felt the weight of his