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October 14, 2026

Valley Health Associates secures grant to expand Medication Assisted Treatment in Soledad

Valley Health Associates
SOLEDAD — Valley Health Associates, in collaboration with Central Coast Overdose Prevention, has announced the award of $2 million in grant funding through the Department of Health Care Services and Sierra Health Foundation. This grant will significantly enhance the availability of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)...

Soccer | Gonzales boys win CCS title, enter NorCal tourney

GONZALES — For the first time in 17 years, the Gonzales High School boys’ soccer team has won a Central Coast Section divisional title. The Spartans secured the CCS Division IV championship on Saturday as they defeated the Pioneer Mustangs of San Jose by a...

College Baseball | Soledad High standout gets second win of the season for OSU

Baseball Eric Segura
SOLEDAD — Soledad High alum Eric Segura moves to 2-0 after his second career win against North Dakota State. In his third start of the college baseball season, the former Aztec has helped produce three wins for the nationally ranked Oregon State Beavers this season....

Soledad winery hiking series returns Sunday

Winery vineyard hiking
SOLEDAD — CRU Winery is partnering with Valley Farm Management and the Blue Zones Project Monterey County to bring back their spring and summer hiking series. Hosted monthly, participants will hike through the stunning and sustainably farmed Paraiso Vineyard before ending with a wine tasting...

Photo | South County Titans travel to San Jose

South County Titans Travel Baseball Program played five games last Saturday in five age groups at Excite Ballpark in San Jose. Excite Ballpark is home of the Minor League Baseball San Jose Giants, an affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. The field was reconfigured...

Hartnell College Foundation announces scholarship for women pursuing higher education

Hartnell College
SALINAS VALLEY — Hartnell College Foundation invites Hartnell College students to apply for the Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Scholarship, which aims to support low-income women seeking to further their education at a University of California campus. The scholarship, which emphasizes diversity and inclusion, promotes...

Baseball | South Monterey County teams enter final stretch of regular season

Baseball
SALINAS VALLEY — High school baseball teams from South Monterey County are entering their final stretch of games in the regular season, with only two more weeks of play. Greenfield High improved to 4-4 in the Mission Division as they swept the Everett Alvarez Eagles...

Greenfield’s 2025 Harvest Festival showcases community

Folklórico dancers
GREENFIELD — The 2025 Greenfield Harvest Festival spanned over two days earlier this month, beginning with a lively kick-off parade that set the tone for a weekend filled with community celebration, fall fun and local talent. The Oct. 18 parade, organized by the Greenfield High...

Gonzales soccer star shines at FC Barcelona Academy in Spain

GONZALES — Gonzales youth soccer prodigy Ahmir Taylor, the 11-year-old son of Jessica and Anthony Taylor, traveled to Spain last month for an incredible training experience at the prestigious FC Barcelona Academy. Taylor, a fifth-grade student at La Gloria Elementary, represents Monterey Surf in the...

Gonzales football player honored by San Francisco 49ers

49ers Foundation Gonzales football Lawrence Bettencourt
GONZALES — On Friday night at Dick Force Stadium, Gonzales High senior football player Lawrence “Larry” Bettencourt was honored as one of the San Francisco 49ers’ nominees for the NFL’s Latino Youth Honors program this year. “This is the third year that we have chosen...

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Two arrested after altercation at Soledad bar

SOLEDAD — Two men were arrested after a physical altercation at a Soledad bar Saturday night, where officers later found a firearm, ammunition and...