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SOLEDAD — Soledad Police Department hosted its 2025 Cops Giving Tree event earlier this month, spreading hope and generosity to local children and families in need...

PG&E customers lost nearly $300K to scammers in 2025

Crime Reports

CENTRAL COAST — As the holiday season gets underway, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is joining Utilities United Against Scams to help customers...

Nearly century-old candy tradition lives on in Gonzales

Local News

GONZALES — A nearly 100-year-old tradition continued at La Gloria Elementary School in Gonzales as students received candy bags before the holiday break, along...

Funny Papers Again Column | Like Charlie’s Ebenezer, We All Have a Christmas Past, Present and Future

Opinion

It is once again Christmas Eve and if I were to think about it, I might possibly recall last Christmas Eve. But right off...

Salinas Valley News Briefs | Dec. 22, 2025

Local News

CITY HALL CLOSED KING CITY — In observance of the holidays, City Hall in King City will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 24, through Thursday, Jan....

Greenfield secures $500K state grant to expand youth diversion efforts

Local News

GREENFIELD — Greenfield City Council has approved acceptance of a $500,000 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program grant, recommended by the Board of State and...

OPINION

Funny Papers Again Column | Like Charlie’s Ebenezer, We All Have a Christmas Past, Present and Future

December 22, 2025

It is once again Christmas Eve and if I were to think about it, I might possibly recall last Christmas Eve. But right off the top of my head nothing special about the day, nor the day after, comes to mind. It has been many years since I have...