Local News

SOLEDAD — A recent multi-agency meeting concerning local homeless camps was discussed during Soledad City Council’s regular meeting last month. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/area-agencies-investigate-riverbed-homeless-camp-in-soledad/

SOLEDAD — New iPads have been ordered for students at Soledad Unified School District after the school board passed a motion during its Sept. 9 meeting to buy 800 of them. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/soledad-schools-buy-800-new-ipads-for-students/

SOLEDAD — Thousands of face masks were recently handed out in the form of 10-mask bundles to South Monterey County families during a free mask distribution at Soledad High School. FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/10000-face-masks-distributed-to-south-monterey-county-families/

Soledad senior Brian Sanchez has earned a full ride to the University of Maine in Orono after four years as part of the Soledad High School Navy JROTC program.

Local students from Gonzales and Soledad high schools as well as Main Street Middle School competed in a math, engineering and science competition March 2 at University of California, Santa Cruz, and came home with top prizes.

Soledad Police Department organized and hosted the annual National Night Out last Tuesday, Aug. 6, that took place at the South County YMCA.

More than $26,000 was raised last Friday during the Fifth Annual Casino Night benefitting Rancho Cielo at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City.

Students at Rose Ferrero Elementary embraced Dr. Seuss by having a “Read Across Rose Ferrero” day on March 1.

All four South County mayors have joined together on a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom asking him to intervene in the decision about where to build the next courthouse for Monterey County.

Monterey County Supervisor Chris Lopez is opening up a new office in Greenfield as part of The Vines at Greenfield Shopping Center.