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March 2, 2026

Soledad community to decide funding for Safe Routes to School projects

SOLEDAD — Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC), in partnership with the City of Soledad, announced that Soledad residents and workers, age 14 and older, will have the opportunity to vote to determine which Safe Routes to School projects to fund in their city. Voters...

Nutrition incentive program launches in Greenfield, King City

Double Up Food Bucks
GREENFIELD — Aspire Health, in close collaboration with Blue Zones Project Monterey County, has announced the expansion of the Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program to South Monterey County. Launched in November 2023 at the La Princesa Markets on Williams Road and East Alisal Street...

Soledad Community Health Care District celebrates 75 years with gala

SOLEDAD — Soledad Community Health Care District (SCHCD) recently celebrated 75 years of healthcare in Soledad and the surrounding areas. With the theme ā€œAn Evening Under the Stars,ā€ SCHCD hosted a gala on Sept. 9 in Rosie’s Garden at Eden Valley Care Center featuring a...

Soccer | Soledad Aztec girls’ season ends with loss to Eagles in finals

Soccer ball sports
SOLEDAD — Soledad High School girls’ soccer team saw their season come to an end Saturday in a 4-1 loss to the Everett Alvarez Eagles in the CCS Division IV finals at Christopher High School. ā€œEverett Alvarez is fast and really good at passing the...

Wrestling | Gonzales shows well at Watsonville, San Jose meets

Gonzales wrestlers
SALINAS VALLEY — Gonzales High School's wrestling team competed in Watsonville and San Jose last week. In Watsonville last Thursday, Spartan grapplers Jesus De Lucas, Jose Lomeli, Andrew Tejeda, Gabriel Prieto and Cristian Zazueta won by fall. On Saturday, Gonzales competed in the Lynbrook 2nd Man...

Track and Field | South Monterey County teams head to championships Friday

Track and Field
SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County track and field teams from the Mission and Santa Lucia divisions of the Pacific Coast Athletic League will gather this Friday for the division championships. King City will travel to the Mission Division championships at Rancho San Juan High...

Salinas City Elementary School District launches electric bus fleet

Salinas City Elementary School District electric bus
SALINAS — Salinas City Elementary School District (SCESD) has added 10 new electric school buses and 10 new electric bus chargers to the District’s school bus fleet. The new buses will primarily serve students with special needs, improving the students and drivers’ experience by providing...

Nonprofit launches to build Family Justice Center in Salinas

Justice legal laws
SALINAS VALLEY — A new nonprofit organization, Holding on to Hope, has been formed to bring a Family Justice Center to Salinas, a place where survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse and human trafficking can find help and healing under...

Lake San Antonio reopens after fish die-off event

BRADLEY — County of Monterey Parks and Lakes Division, Environmental Health Bureau and Water Resources Agency staff reported Monday that data and testing results from water samples taken in the wake of a massive fish die-off at Lake San Antonio were ā€œinconclusive,ā€ but that...

On Valentine’s Day, let hearts soar, not metallic balloons, warns PG&E

metallic balloons
CENTRAL COAST — More metallic balloons are sold for Valentine’s Day than any other holiday and, not surprisingly, it’s also around this time of year that Pacific Gas and Electric CompanyĀ (PG&E) sees an uptick in outages caused by metallic balloons drifting into overhead power...

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King City man arrested for DUI, firearms and drugs in Greenfield

GREENFIELD — A King City man was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance and related firearms...