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MONTEREY COUNTY — County of Monterey, Coalition of Homeless Services Providers, Community Foundation for Monterey County and the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP) have partnered to present the first Monterey County Lead Me Home Summit on Homelessness, set for Thursday, July 14, from 9...

SUMMER CAMP SALINAS VALLEY — The Salvation Army will be hosting a free six-day Summer Camp for South Monterey County youth ages 8-12 at Camp Redwood Glen from July 18-24. Anyone interested in enrolling their child is encouraged to contact to Jean Salcido at 831-744-5839...

SALINAS — Construction work on the Hartnell Road Bridge Replacement Project began on July 5. The bridge replacement will require the closure of Hartnell Road about 400 feet west of Alisal Road, just south of the City of Salinas, for the duration of the work.  The...

SALINAS VALLEY — Local McDonald’s owner and operator Raymond Costa has awarded college scholarships to 21 employees and their children of McDonald’s restaurants throughout Salinas Valley and Hollister. This year’s recipients received between $1,500 and $5,000 in scholarship money to help pay for tuition or...

GREENFIELD — Hundreds of community members had a chance to walk and ride freely on El Camino Real last month as part of Ciclovía Greenfield. The June 26 event was meant to showcase bicycling by having community organizations, music and family activities held along Greenfield’s...

KING CITY — Monterey County has started the process of demobilizing Operation Oasis, its isolation housing program that assisted more than a thousand residents during the Covid-19 pandemic. As of June 24, referrals are no longer being made to Operation Oasis and assigned staff have...

SOLEDAD — Travelers on Highway 146 east of Soledad will experience traffic control and a one-day full closure of the roadway next week as a paving project moves forward from Monday, July 11, through Thursday, July 14. Highway 146 is the main road leading...

A slew of festivities this year celebrated Independence Day throughout Salinas Valley, including the Soledad Fourth of July celebration at Little League Park, where hundreds of community members played games, listened to music, viewed cars on display and ate festival food on Monday after...

GREENFIELD — A 20-year-old man from Greenfield has been arrested after trying to buy fentanyl pills online. Last month the South Monterey County Taskforce became aware of a Greenfield resident using social media to purchase fentanyl M30 pills — the same type of pills that...

CAR SHOW SOLEDAD — Soledad Hot Summer Days, a downtown car show and street festival, is planned for Saturday, July 9, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Soledad. Presented by the Salinas Crusaders and the City of Soledad, the event will feature entertainment for...