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October 17, 2024

City of Soledad receives $750K in CDBG funds

SOLEDAD ā€” City of Soledad has been awarded $750,000 from the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), a program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The grant award will go to small businesses located in Soledad as they continue to recover from...

Sen. Caballero secures $1.4M in state funding for Greenfield, Soledad improvements

SALINAS VALLEY ā€” Sen. Anna Caballero stopped by Greenfield and Soledad last Monday to present checks for $1 million and $400,000 in state funding, respectively, to the City of Greenfield for radio transmission and reception upgrades and to the Soledad-Mission Recreation District for improvements...

Greenfield Science Fair returns after 5-year hiatus

Greenfield Science Fair
GREENFIELD ā€” Following a half-decade hiatus, students at Vista Verde Middle School (VVMS) once again enjoyed the Science Fair, which occurred May 22 thanks to a resurrection coordinated by their teachers and the Greenfield Community Science Workshop (Greenfield CSW). Posters showcasing studentsā€™ projects filled the...

Greenfield Community Science Workshop receives acclaim

GREENFIELD ā€” Greenfield Community Science Workshop was honored with the ā€œExcellence in Educationā€ award by the Monterey County School Boards Association (MCSBA) during its annual dinner and organizational meeting March 30 at Hartnell Community College in Salinas. Greenfield Community Science Workshop was selected from a...

Baseball | Season gets underway for South Monterey County teams

Baseball
SALINAS VALLEY ā€” As the spring approaches, itā€™s time to break out the bats and gloves as the start of the baseball season is officially on the way. To start off the season, there could be a major problem due to potential rain coming into...

Supervisor Lopezā€™s open house honors South County Young Leaders, art contest winners

SALINAS VALLEY ā€” Monterey County Supervisor Chris Lopez hosted his third annual District 3 Open House last Thursday, celebrating this yearā€™s South County Young Leaders and the 2023 winners of the ā€œWe Are Southern Monterey Countyā€ art competition. ā€œWhat an incredible evening and open house...

Soledad Community Health Care District celebrates lifelong residentā€™s 105th birthday

Birthday
SOLEDAD ā€” Soledad Community Health Care District (SCHCD) celebrated a momentous milestone in the life of one of its cherished residents, Jennie Aquino, who turned 105 years old on Saturday. Aquino, a lifelong resident of Soledad, has been an integral part of the community since...

Gonzales City Council awards contract for community center

GONZALES ā€” Gonzales City Council awarded the design-build contract for the Dennis and Janice Caprara Community Center to the Otto Construction/WRNS Studio team on June 6.  The community center will be constructed on a city-owned parcel at Gabilan Court and Fifth Street, just east of...

Local schools to participate in 2024 STEM Education Central Coast Conference

STEM Education Central Coast Conference
CENTRAL COAST ā€” Students from South Monterey County will be among this yearā€™s participants at the STEM Education Central Coast Conference, a collaboration between California State University Monterey Bay and University of California Santa Cruz.Ā  The 2024 Conference will bring together formal and informal STEM...

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Scammers target PG&E customers, stealing more than $334K this year

CENTRAL COAST ā€” Utility scams have continued at an alarming rate during 2024, with nearly 15,000 Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) customers reporting more...