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SALINAS VALLEY — Once again the Salinas Valley Fair drew thousands of people to South Monterey County for a long weekend of family-friendly activities and entertainment, including its first-ever huge concert headlined by multiplatinum country singer Dylan Scott on Saturday night. The 79th annual celebration...

SOLEDAD — Youth in Monterey County Friday Night Live (FNL) have launched a campaign this year to tackle underage drinking throughout the region, including in Soledad. Friday Night Live builds partnerships for positive and healthy development, engaging youth as active leaders and resources in their...

SALINAS — To better equip young adults with essential life skills, Salinas-based nonprofit Rancho Cielo recently offered financial education workshops to 65 students — some of whom are studying for jobs that will help them to earn their first paycheck. During Financial Capability Month in...

GONZALES — Gonzales High School senior athletes Andrew Zarate and Celeste Camarena have been named the Gonzales Spartans’ Male and Female Athletes of the Year, respectively. Zarate is a two-sport athlete — football and wrestling — who excelled as a grappler this year, placing...

SALINAS VALLEY — As high schoolers are gathering for the 2023 Central Coast Section (CCS) trials and finals, their college counterparts gathered for the Northern California Community College Track and Field Championships just last week on May 12.  Hartnell College has, and always will be, a school full of...

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...

SOLEDAD — For the first time in school history, the Soledad High girls’ softball team is a co-league champion. The Aztecs softball program had to suffer for many years, but this year they made history when they beat Seaside, 11-1, on May 10. That win...

GONZALES — Gonzales Police Officer Nathan Cordoba was selected as the Monterey County Peace Officers Association’s 2022 Peace Officer of the Year. Last month the Monterey County Peace Officers Association (MCPOA) hosted its annual awards banquet to recognize professional and uniformed staff members for their...

GREENFIELD — Through continuing investigation, King City Police Department detectives identified several subjects as persons of interest in the April 15 shooting of a juvenile in the 600 block of Bishop Street in King City. On May 11, KCPD officers, along with assistance from other...

GONZALES — Greatness on the playing fields, the courts and the mats were brought up by those that attended the 2023 Gonzales Spartans Hall of Fame Banquet on April 29 at the Amaral Ranch in Salinas. A few hundred guests spent the evening reminiscing about...