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MONTEREY COUNTY — The California District 9 2022 Tournament of Champions will begin play this Saturday for Little League Major and Minor teams in Monterey County. South Monterey County teams participating in the TOC games are Greenfield, King City, Gonzales and Soledad. In the Minors Division,...

SOLEDAD — Soledad’s second Christmas parade this year, hosted by the group Front Street, takes place Friday starting at 6 p.m. Tonight’s event, called Christmas Parade of Lights, is in addition to the annual parade hosted by the Soledad Chamber of Commerce on Dec....

CREATIVITY WORKSHOP SOLEDAD — A free creativity workshop, hosted by Juan Felipe Herrera and Monterey Museum of Art, will take place Friday, July 15, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Soledad Branch Library, 401 Gabilan Drive. Children of all ages are welcome to...

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...

GREENFIELD — Greenfield resident Paulo Cesar Alcaraz Ortiz, 27, has been sentenced to 30 years and eight months-to-life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder for intentionally running over Guadalupe Garcia. On Nov. 16, 2021, Ortiz was in a car stolen from a friend’s...

GONZALES — Blue Zones Project Monterey County recently collaborated with Brighter Bites to host a cooking demonstration at La Gloria Elementary School in Gonzales. About 30 residents attended the July 26 cooking demo presented by Antonio Vargas and Genevieve LeBlanc from Blue Zones Project,...

SCHOOL TOURS MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) is hosting its “Inside Education Monterey County” tours for the 2024-25 school year, inviting the public to explore local classrooms and programs. Starting in September and running through March, participants can attend one or...

SALINAS VALLEY — Chesty Puller Battalion of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, a nonprofit organization chartered by the Federal Government in 1962 that aims to instill principles of leadership within youth ages 10 to 18, recently volunteered with the Food Bank for Monterey...

CALIFORNIA — Enrollment in early childhood development programs can mitigate some of the consequences of homelessness among infants and toddlers, but only 1 out of 9 of these children are enrolled in such programs, according to a recent national report. In California, 1 out...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has been demobilized, as it is no longer needed while recovery and emergency repairs from the recent winter storms continue. The EOC was active for 40 days and was the heart of emergency operations during the...