Baseball | South Monterey County teams look toward playoffs
SALINAS VALLEY ā With one week left before finding out who will make it to the postseason, South Monterey County has at least one team going, but Soledad and King City will be in the conversation.
In the Central Coast Section, there are six divisions....
Fall Round Up Festival offers family fun at Salinas Sports Complex
SALINAS ā California Rodeo Salinas is hosting the second annual Fall Round Up Festival Oct. 12-15 at the Salinas Sports Complex.
The event is presented by Brent Eastman Insurance Services Inc., and will feature a carnival, food trucks, live music, a pumpkin patch, childrenās activities...
Soccer | Gonzales Spartan boys shut out Soledad, 6-0
SALINAS VALLEY ā Gonzales High boysā soccer team made the most of their only game of the week, shutting out South Monterey County rival Soledad by a 6-0 score on Friday at Rabobank in Salinas.
Four players scored goals for the Spartans, including two goals...
Greenfield man sentenced to 40 years in prison for child molestation
GREENFIELD ā Greenfield resident Eleuterio Dominguez Ortiz, 38, was sentenced on Dec. 19 to 40 years in prison for committing four counts of forcible lewd acts upon a child under 14.
āThese offenses are serious and violent felonies and considered strikes under Californiaās Three Strikes...
Rural County Representatives of California concludes 2023 Annual Meeting in Monterey County
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) concluded its 2023 Annual Meeting last Friday in Monterey County, where more than 300 local government officials representing RCRCās 40 member counties were in attendance this year.
The Sept. 20-22 event, held at the Portola Hotel...
9th annual Greenfield Coat Drive gets underway
GREENFIELD ā Local resident Avelina Torres is once again spearheading the annual Greenfield Coat Drive, which seeks donations to benefit homeless individuals and others in need of warm clothing this winter.
This yearās collection project ā Torresā ninth year ā is already underway, with donations...
City of Gonzales installs new āFuture Focusedā banners
GONZALES ā Gonzales Public Works Department has installed new āFuture Focusedā banners along Alta and Fifth streets and in Central Park.
The banners honor Gonzales High School Class of 2023 graduates attending local community colleges, technical schools, four-year universities and the armed forces. They feature...
Local schools to participate in 2024 STEM Education Central Coast Conference
CENTRAL COAST ā Students from South Monterey County will be among this yearās participants at the STEM Education Central Coast Conference, a collaboration between California State University Monterey Bay and University of California Santa Cruz.Ā
The 2024 Conference will bring together formal and informal STEM...
Community workshops exploring regionās water use underway in Salinas Valley
SALINAS VALLEY ā Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) is hosting multiple workshops this spring to provide residents and businesses of the Salinas Valley with an opportunity to learn about water use and management in the region.
The āOur Water Future in the Salinas Valley:...
Notre Dameās Lopez of Soledad signs with Hiram College
SOLEDAD ā Notre Dame High softball infielder Julie Ann Lopez of Soledad signed a Letter of Intent last Thursday to attend Hiram College in Ohio and will receive a full-ride softball and academic scholarship.
Hiram is a Division III college for softball.
Lopez, the 17-year-old daughter...
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Jury convicts Greenfield man of child molestation
GREENFIELD ā A Monterey County jury has convicted a 34-year-old Greenfield man of five counts of child molestation, the Monterey County District Attorneyās Office...






















