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SOLEDAD — California State Parks announced the City of Soledad would be granted $7.6 million for the construction of the Metz/Orchard Park near the intersection of Metz Road and Orchard Lane. Soledad was one of 52 recipients and 62 grants named in the state’s announcement last week,...

SALINAS VALLEY — Local voters in South Monterey County have chosen whether or not to support several school bond measures listed on the ballot in California’s primary election on Super Tuesday, March 3. As of Monterey County Elections’ final report Tuesday night, King City Union School District’s...

SALINAS VALLEY — Alliance on Aging hosted the fifth annual South County Trashion Show at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City last Thursday, which coincided with the organization’s 50th anniversary year. The theme for the Feb. 20 fundraiser was Mardi Gras, and dress designers were directed...

SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County is being examined as a possible area for the Blue Zones Project (BZP), with a Wine at Five social hour and keynote presentation planned for Feb. 26, followed by a community presentation on Feb. 27 at the Salinas...

SOLEDAD — The series of Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) workshops for the Soledad Unified School District is underway, with the fourth of seven having taken place on Feb. 13 at Frank Ledesma Elementary School. “The purpose of tonight is to hear from the parents what’s important to...

SOLEDAD — Students at Jack Franscioni Elementary School celebrated the birthday of Jack Franscioni himself on Feb. 13. Franscioni celebrated his 97th birthday on Feb. 1, and school officials put together a celebration in his honor, during which students sang to him and delivered hand-made birthday cards...

SOLEDAD — Students from throughout Monterey County gathered at Soledad High School on Feb. 1 as the Soledad Naval Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) hosted a drill competition. The four other schools in the county with cadet programs — Monterey, Seaside, Everett Alvarez and...

SOLEDAD — City of Soledad hosted a community planning meeting Jan. 30 to begin the process of collecting feedback on the proposed Pinnacles Parkway Project, which is aimed at creating a street to connect Metz and Los Coches roads. Doing so would provide a way for people on...

MONTEREY COUNTY — A community workshop was held last Friday in Salinas to consider options in how to pay for Monterey County’s aging dams and reservoirs, which continue to provide water for drinking and agriculture to the Salinas Valley. Landowners, politicians, legal experts and concerned citizens packed the...

SOLEDAD — South County Animal Rescue (SCAR) collected donations of household items for Goodwill from Jan. 24 to 26 as a fundraiser for its animal services. This year the organization collected an entire truck’s worth of donations by Saturday afternoon, with a second trailer partially filled throughout the...