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MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Elections Office and Monterey County Free Libraries (MCFL) are joining efforts to offer a new program, Books and Ballots: Candidate Filing. The program offers flex candidate filing locations at various libraries during specified times in the candidate filing period. Candidates...

SALINAS VALLEY — In a game where one goal might be enough to win a game, the high school girls’ soccer teams from Gonzales and Greenfield produced 28 goals combined in the second week of Pacific Coast Athletic League divisional play. Goal production was not...

The National Weather Service has issued multiple warnings affecting Monterey County: Flood Advisory in effect through 10 PM Saturday — Urban and small stream flooding, shallow landslides, and possible river and flash flooding.High Wind Warning in effect through 10 AM Friday — Expect strong winds.Impacts:...

SOLEDAD — Soledad Police detectives have arrested 24-year-old Giovanni Lopez Orozco, a Soledad resident, for sexual acts on a child. With assistance from the King City Police Department, the suspect was located at work in King City and safely taken into custody by officers. Orozco’s bail...

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...

GONZALES — Gonzales High cross country athletes and their parents and coaches gathered on Dec. 8 for an awards night and banquet inside the school’s cafeteria. Gonzales head coach and athletic director Margie Daniels was pleased that the team had such a good showing for...

SALINAS — Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren presented a check appropriated by Congress for a community project totaling $1 million to the Rancho Cielo Youth Campus on May 10 to help expand the Drummond Culinary Academy. “Workforce development programs matter — they help provide people with the...

SOLEDAD — South Monterey County is set to benefit from additional free mobile spay and neuter clinics in Soledad and King City organized by the SPCA Monterey County. Sponsored by Hitchcock Road Animal Services and staffed by SPCA’s veterinary team, these clinics aim to help...

SALINAS — Award-winning country artist Keith Urban will headline the 2024 Big Week Kick Off Concert on July 12. Urban was recently inducted into the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame and just completed his first residency at Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in...

SALINAS VALLEY — Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City were buzzing last month as the annual Fair Kick-Off event drew more than 600 guests and set an enthusiastic tone for the upcoming 81st Salinas Valley Fair, scheduled for May 15-18. Organized by the Salinas Valley...