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SALINAS — Members of the Salinas community and law enforcement showed up in the rain Saturday morning to complete an honor run for Salinas Police Officer Jorge David Alvarado Jr., who was killed Feb. 25 in the line of duty. “The love and support was...

SALINAS VALLEY — Anna Graham was named one of Progressive Grocer magazine’s “Top Women in Grocery” in its annual list for 2020. Graham, who is a Greenfield resident and a store director at Foods Co #387 in Soledad, was among the 350 women recognized in...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) is offering the Science of Reading Academy, a professional development series providing local teachers with research-based tools and strategies to accelerate literacy in classroom settings serving students ages 4 to 8.  The first cohort launched in...

SOLEDAD — Partners For Peace recently celebrated the graduation of 27 Soledad seventh and eighth graders for its inaugural Step-Up Mentoring class at the Soledad Community Center. The Step-Up Mentoring program, held weekly from May to October 2023, made a profound impact on Soledad’s youth,...

POSSIBLE SPAM TEXT SOLEDAD — Over the weekend, a number of Soledad residents received a text message that may be possible spam. The text came from a “Dynata” using the phone number 360-578-7022. The text asks the recipient to complete a quick survey on “issues...

GREENFIELD — The start of a new school year Wednesday comes with new leadership at South Monterey County Joint Union High School District (SMCJUHSD), as Caroline Cota steps in as superintendent. Cota, who began her new position this past April, brings 25 years of experience...

GONZALES — Athletes from Gonzales High School’s football and cross country teams worked together last Friday to distribute food to those in need who showed up to the Gonzales Food Bank. Multiple coaches and a handful of student athletes from each program arrived to help...

SALINAS — From 2016 to 2019, Portland’s Red Door Project toured a show called “Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments,” featuring monologues about the experiences of African Americans with the criminal justice system.  The stories performed were autobiographical accounts of actual experiences with racial profiling....

GONZALES — Gonzales City Council has approved a ballot measure to raise the city’s sales tax by half a percent during a special meeting last month. After the 4-0 approval by Mayor Maria Orozco, Mayor Pro Tem Scott Funk and Council Members Lorraine Worthy and...