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SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High’s softball team beat Stevenson last Thursday by a 7-5 score to improve to 2-1 in the Mission Division and are 5-2 overall. The Aztecs travel to Salinas to play the Alisal Trojans on Thursday afternoon. Greenfield Bruins’ softball team swept a...

SALINAS VALLEY — Greenfield High had its unbeaten streak snapped as the opened Mission Division play with losses to North Monterey County. Last Wednesday in Castroville, Fabian Gonzales took the 6-3 loss on the mound as he allowed seven hits and six runs, while striking...

LOCKWOOD — Conditions and weather permitting, Cal Fire plans to conduct a multi-week pile burning on Westside Fuel Break of Southern Monterey County starting March 31. The project will be along the Lockwood-San Lucas Road, which will remain open during operations. The purpose of the...

MONTEREY COUNTY — The County of Monterey is grappling with a projected $39.7 million deficit for the upcoming fiscal year, driven by rising labor and operational costs, the ongoing impacts of multiple natural disasters and a notable reduction in one-time and federal funding. Financial forecasts...

SOLEDAD — On March 11, Soledad High baseball Head Coach Damien Ryan coached his varsity team to a 7-5 win over the visiting Salinas High Cowboys in the Gabilan Division opener for both teams. The victory was the third of the season for the Aztecs...

CALIFORNIA — Millions of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customers will automatically receive the California Climate Credit on their April energy bill. Residential households with an active electric account will receive an electric credit of $58.23. Residential households with an active gas account will...

SOLEDAD — A Monterey County judge sentenced Tyrone Owens, 41, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, to a total term of 25-years-to-life in prison for a sexual assault that occurred on prison grounds.  Owens was sentenced as a third “strike” offender pursuant...

GONZALES — The streets of Gonzales were temporarily shut down last Thursday for a parade to honor the Gonzales High School varsity boys’ soccer team, which won both the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Cypress Division and the Central Coast Section’s Division IV, as well...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield police and fire departments responded to a car accident at the local Post Office on March 21 at about 2 p.m. An 82-year-old man accidentally drove his vehicle into the side of the building, police said. He and his 90-year-old wife, who...

SALINAS VALLEY — Greenfield Bruins are 7-0 at the end of their non-league schedule in baseball. The Bruins had two games this past week, defeating the Gonzales Spartans 15-2 on the road and finishing the series with a 10-0 shutout at home. In the first game...