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GONZALES — Gonzales High School hurdler Alen Valdez and high jumper Robert Gutierrez placed second in their specialties at last Saturday’s season opening track and field meet at the Watsonville Time Trials. Valdez, a junior, ran the 110 hurdles in a time of 18.76, and...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Fire Department has recognized a local utility gas technician for their proper handling of a carbon monoxide situation that could have resulted badly had they not intervened. Gustavo “Gus” Rivera, who works for PG&E, was called to a Greenfield residence on Dec....

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to support AT HOME, a first-of-its-kind comprehensive approach developed by the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) in collaboration with county leaders throughout the state to effectively and equitably address homelessness in California. This program...

SALINAS — Award-winning country artist Keith Urban will headline the 2024 Big Week Kick Off Concert on July 12. Urban was recently inducted into the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame and just completed his first residency at Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in...

SOLEDAD — City of Soledad received an early Christmas gift Saturday during the second annual Cookies with Santa event, where it was awarded a $50,000 T-Mobile Hometown Grant to upgrade the stage at the Soledad Community Center. Soledad was selected as one of T-Mobile’s latest...

SOLEDAD — A new community tradition took off with excitement on the evening of May 9, as the Soledad Chamber of Commerce launched its first-ever Night Market. Held in the Grocery Outlet parking lot at 401 Nestles Road, the event brought together local businesses, food...

SOLEDAD — The stage is set for Soledad’s summer music series finale this Friday, Aug. 8, at Cesar Chavez Park, where the final Music in the Park concert will take place featuring the high-energy, crowd-favorite the Chicano All-Stars. Known across the Central Coast for their...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Adriaan Urquidez, a young adult from Monterey County, is part of a massive response to protect the burned areas of Los Angeles from taking another hit. This time from winter storms. “When I first heard about the Palisades fire, I was itching...

GREENFIELD — Heberth Reyes, 38, of Lockwood, was arrested May 9 on multiple counts of child molestation spanning over five years, announced Greenfield Police Department. The investigation was conducted collaboratively with the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office and involved two juveniles; one in Greenfield and the...

SALINAS — Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren presented a check appropriated by Congress for a community project totaling $1 million to the Rancho Cielo Youth Campus on May 10 to help expand the Drummond Culinary Academy. “Workforce development programs matter — they help provide people with the...