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CENTRAL COAST — Pacific Coast Athletic League divisional trials and finals will take place next week for high school track and field teams from Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties. Gonzales, Greenfield and King City have completed the regular season in the Santa Lucia...

SALINAS VALLEY — King City Lady Mustangs had a great start to the 2025 volleyball season as they wrapped up preseason with a 9-4 record. In their last week of play, they swept Soledad and Pioneer Valley. To start the season, Hollyn Hearne and Avery Munoz...

SOLEDAD — Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) Board of Directors has approved the City of Soledad’s request to schedule Regional Surface Transportation Funds dedicated to its Participatory Budgeting process for four projects. These projects include pedestrian improvements on Orchard Lane and Gabilan Drive for...

SOLEDAD — City of Soledad launched a crack seal project in July to help roads last longer and give motor vehicles a smoother drive. Crack sealing is the most commonly applied preventative pavement maintenance, and it is a relatively inexpensive process for its tremendous benefit...

SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Dance Theatre (MCDT) is set to raise the curtain on its 65th anniversary production of “The Nutcracker Ballet” this weekend at the historic Robert Stanton Theater. Directed and choreographed by Janette Harkness, the daughter of MCDT founder Pauline Hall, the...

SALINAS — The Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) hosted Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Jimmy Panetta and their staff alongside agricultural leaders and stakeholders for a field day visit to the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Salinas station. The Oct. 21 visit highlighted the critical organic...

SOLEDAD — After serving the Salinas Valley community for the past 90 years, Los Coches Animal Hospital has announced that it will be closing its Soledad location effective April 1. Los Coches, a full-service animal hospital at 311 Nestles Road in Soledad, plans to merge...

GREENFIELD — Arroyo Seco Road has reopened to the public after major stabilization work, and motorists will see additional repairs occurring over the next month. The County of Monterey Public Works and its contractor Graniterock were able to clear and stabilize the road after damages...

MONTEREY COUNTY — YWCA Monterey County is expanding its services by opening its first transitional housing location in South Monterey County for women and families impacted by domestic violence. The confidential site — planned to open the week of Nov. 24 — will include 10...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Community Action Partnership is celebrating a milestone with its partner organizations across the county this month: 60 years of improving communities, fighting the impacts of poverty, inspiring a spirit of hope and creating opportunities for residents to be a...