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April 11, 2026

Cross Country | King City hosts 2025 invitational Saturday

South County Cross Country Meet King City
KING CITY — This Saturday, Sept. 13, the King City High School cross country team will host the 2025 King City Cross Country Invitational at San Lorenzo Park. The meet will feature races in the boys’ and girls’ varsity divisions, junior varsity divisions and frosh/soph...

Pre-election mailing for March 2024 Primary on the way for Monterey County voters

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County voters can soon expect a pre-election mailing related to the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election.  The mailing, sent by the Monterey County Elections Department, is used to verify residential and mailing addresses. Instructions are included on the card. If...

Photo | Soledad Tractor Supply donates to fire department

Soledad Tractor Supply check presentation to fire department
Soledad Tractor Supply recently presented a check to Soledad Fire Department in honor of National Hometown Heroes Day. Tractor Supply celebrated National Hometown Heroes Day on Nov. 1 across all of its 2,300-plus stores nationwide, and each store donated $500 to a local police,...

Women arrested for $3M embezzlement scheme from Taylor Farms

Police arrest crime
SALINAS — Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced Oct. 18 that Karen Rodriguez, 38, and Elizabeth Vargas, 34, both current residents of Arizona, have been charged with embezzling more than $3 million from Taylor Farms. Rodriguez and Vargas were employed in the Human Resources department...

Greenfield Police arrest man for child molestation

Police arrest crime
GREENFIELD — Greenfield Police Department, in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), arrested 36-year-old Kavan Hawkins on Dec. 27 for the sexual assault of a minor. Greenfield detectives and FBI agents ā€œworked tirelesslyā€ to serve warrants at Hawkins’ home, workplace and on his...

Greenfield man sentenced to 18 years in prison for child molestation

Law judge court
GREENFIELD — Greenfield resident Julio Martinez, 43, was sentenced Aug. 28 to 18 years in prison for committing two counts of lewd acts upon a child under 14 years of age and two counts of assault with intent to commit a lewd act upon...

Second bat tests positive for rabies in Toro Park

Bat
SALINAS — A bat found on June 7 near Portola Drive and Anza Drive in the Toro Park area of unincorporated Monterey County has tested positive for the rabiesĀ virus. Hitchcock Road Animal Services has investigated this incident and determined that there was no exposure to...

Gonzales youth explore humpback whale replica at Fairview Middle School

Gonzales Kid Power After-School Program whale
GONZALES — Students from the City of Gonzales Kid Power After-School Program received the chance to walk inside of a humpback whale last month at Fairview Middle School. Dee, a 43-foot replica of a humpback whale, was the star attraction as the students learned about...

Art and social justice intersect in ā€˜The Evolve Experience’

SALINAS — From 2016 to 2019, Portland’s Red Door Project toured a show called ā€œHands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments,ā€ featuring monologues about the experiences of African Americans with the criminal justice system.  The stories performed were autobiographical accounts of actual experiences with racial profiling....

United Way Monterey County’s ā€˜Stuff the Bus’ campaign kicks off in Soledad to support local students

SOLEDAD — Community leaders, volunteers and local agencies gathered last month at Jack Franscioni Elementary School in Soledad to officially kick off the 15th annual ā€œStuff the Busā€ campaign, an initiative dedicated to providing school supplies to children experiencing homelessness and housing instability across...

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Monterey County Sheriff’s Office investigating suspicious death in Ventana Wilderness

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death in the Sykes Hot Springs area of the Ventana Wilderness in the...