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SALINAS VALLEY — Pacific Coast Athletic League has announced the athletes that were selected to the boys’ and girls’ soccer and basketball All-League teams for the 2024-25 season. Players were chosen by league coaches at divisional meetings. Following are the student-athletes from South Monterey County...

SOLEDAD — Nadia Manzano from Soledad High School is among Rep. Jimmy Panetta’s 2023 nominations of local high school students to U.S. military academies. Manzano and the six other nominated students will attend service academies in the fall as they take their first steps toward...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield resident Daniel Dejesus Garcia, 23, was sentenced Dec. 11 to two years and eight months in state prison after pleading guilty to driving while under the influence (DUI) of alcohol with a prior felony. On March 24, 2023, Garcia was driving while...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Community Human Services (CHS) has provided the Monterey County Parks Department with 17 cases of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, the opioid overdose reversal medication, free of charge. This represents over 200 individual doses of Narcan that park rangers can administer to distressed...

SOLEDAD — Going into their final game of the season, both the King City Mustangs and the Soledad Aztecs were looking to end the year on a high note. Although both the Mustangs and the Aztecs are not going to the postseason, ending the season...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Lions International District 4C-6, in partnership with the Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE), has announced the inaugural Mental Health and Wellness Service Carnival, a community-focused event dedicated to promoting mental health awareness and providing essential resources for well-being. The carnival, a...

SALINAS VALLEY — California Department of Water Resources has awarded more than $10 million in funding to the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) through the Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Grant Program to support implementation of SVBGSA’s state-mandated groundwater sustainability plans in four...

SALINAS — Salinas’ very own cumbia urbana band, ¿Qiensave?, has been selected as official performing artists for this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas. Known for their infectious blend of traditional cumbia rhythms and modern urban sounds, ¿Qiensave? will take the SXSW...

GREENFIELD — A free home fire safety event is coming to Greenfield this month as part of a nationwide effort by the American Red Cross to reduce fire-related deaths by installing smoke alarms in vulnerable communities. The American Red Cross Northern California Coastal Region will...

SOLEDAD — Last Sunday, Aug. 11, two groups from Soledad and one from Salinas organized a Back to School Giveaway in downtown Soledad. Soledad Hair Company and Happy Hour Mobile Bar, along with MOKU Shaved Ice from Salinas gave away 90 haircuts, 250 backpacks and...