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GONZALES — April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the Gonzales Police Department wants to remind drivers to stay focused, keep their eyes forward and hands on the wheel. Distractions like checking a phone, using the in-dash touchscreen or car phone app, adjusting the...

SALINAS VALLEY — Salinas Valley Fair hosted its annual Miss Salinas Valley Fair Competition on March 26-27 at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City, where Morgan Hancock was crowned the 2026 Miss Salinas Valley Fair. Hancock, 17, is a senior at King City High...

SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County School Boards Association has honored the Salinas Valley Health Mobile Clinic with its prestigious “Excellence in Education” Award, recognizing the program’s impact on student health and academic success across the region. The Mobile Clinic was selected from more than three...

SALINAS VALLEY — Student artists from Hartnell College and the Salinas Valley Arts and Innovation Hub will be featured this spring in two events in Salinas and King City showcasing visual art, performance and creative workforce development opportunities. The Hartnell College Art Gallery is presenting...

GREENFIELD — Authorities recovered the body of a man Monday after a vehicle was discovered partially submerged in the Arroyo Seco River west of Greenfield, according to the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office. The incident began Sunday, April 12, at about 4:30 p.m., when a kayaker...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Residents and visitors now have an easier way to explore local destinations thanks to new bicycle and pedestrian wayfinding signs installed by the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC). To promote the system, TAMC launched a social media campaign March 9 that...

SOLEDAD — Wingstop was formally introduced to the community of Soledad last week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of the new fast-food restaurant at 2135 H Dela Rosa St. Bill Shaw, developer of the Soledad Mission Center in Soledad, snipped a large green traditional...

CENTRAL COAST — Over the next few weeks, PG&E will be flying helicopters overhead to conduct what its calling “routine safety inspections” along the company’s gas transmission pipelines in the Central Coast and South Bay regions. That will include, portions of Monterey, Santa Cruz and...

GREENFIELD — A routine afternoon shift turned into a life-changing moment for one local student when Rodrigo Velasquez, a King City KFC employee and aspiring pilot, was surprised with a $20,000 scholarship during a celebration March 26 at the restaurant on Broadway Circle. Velasquez, a...

GONZALES — City of Gonzales announced that the April 15-17 monthly California Coastal Commission hearing will be held in Gonzales, as part of the agency’s ongoing effort to hear from inland communities. The three-day public hearing will take place at the Dennis and Janice Caprara...