Salinas Valley athletes represent at college track finals
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...
Artists give Soledad Fire Department’s new garage a colorful upgrade
SOLEDAD — Soledad Fire Department station continues to receive a colorful upgrade to its newly erected apparatus bay on Monterey Street that was built in June.
The vivid mural, which faces out toward Bill Ramus Park on Soledad Street, depicts faces of a firefighter, police...
Greenfield man gets 30 years-to-life for murder after intentionally running over pedestrian
GREENFIELD — Greenfield resident Paulo Cesar Alcaraz Ortiz, 27, has been sentenced to 30 years and eight months-to-life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder for intentionally running over Guadalupe Garcia.
On Nov. 16, 2021, Ortiz was in a car stolen from a friend’s...
Football | Pacific Grove ends Greenfield’s perfect season
GREENFIELD — The last time the Greenfield Bruins started 3-0 they went to the playoffs, but now the Bruins were looking to do something they haven’t done in school history, and that was to start the season off 4-0.
Entering the Bruins stadium, one could...
Monterey County gears up for busy Easter Sunday at popular parks
MONTEREY COUNTY — With Easter Sunday approaching on April 20, Monterey County officials are preparing for what is traditionally the busiest day of the year at several of its most popular day-use parks, including Toro, Royal Oaks and San Lorenzo. To ensure a safe,...
Monterey County supervisors spare sputtering cannabis equity grant program
MONTEREY COUNTY — A Monterey County program to ensure equity in the local commercial cannabis market is sputtering but will continue on a smaller scale.
The county Board of Supervisors voted unanimously March 19 to continue the Growing Equity Together program, known as GET, despite...
Track and Field | South Monterey County athletes earn medals at Kearney Invitational
SALINAS — Track and field athletes from South Monterey County traveled to Salinas on Saturday and many earned medals at the 32nd Annual Bill Kearney Invitational Track and Field Meet held at Salinas High School.
Gonzales High had three athletes medal in the varsity boys...
Scammers swindled nearly $900K from PG&E customers in 2023
CENTRAL COAST — Scammers continue to take advantage of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customers.
In fact, in 2023, PG&E received nearly 43,000 reports from customers who were targeted by scammers impersonating the company, and customers lost approximately $875,000 in fraudulent payments, with the...
Soledad students help Tripp the Tumbleweed navigate Pinnacles National Park in new book
SOLEDAD — As Christy and Ed Bray, otherwise known as Christy B. and Dr. III, were driving north on Highway 101 after visiting their daughter at the University of California Santa Barbara, they noticed the city of Soledad was not too far from Pinnacles...
Football | Greenfield Bruins clinch at least part of league title
GREENFIELD — For the first time in the school’s history, the Greenfield High varsity football team has clinched at least part of their very first league title after beating Pajaro Valley last Saturday.
For the most part, the Greenfield Bruins should have handled Pajaro Valley...
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Monterey County Health Department awarded grant for cannabis education
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Health Department is the recipient of a $168,862 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support...























