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Steve McShane teaches residents about the simpler gardening alternative called “fairy gardening.”

SOLEDAD — As the City of Soledad prepares for its centennial event, 2021 also marks the year one of its residents, Jennie Aquino, becomes a centenarian.  FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/soledad-resident-and-covid-19-survivor-turns-100/

South County girls between the ages of 5 and 17 recently took part in surf camp with the Wahine Project at Casa Verde Beach in Monterey.

Cheers, claps and welcomes greeted buses as Get on the Bus participants drove into the parking lot of Greenfield’s Holy Trinity Church last Saturday, June 10.

Nineteen men and women graduated June 20 from the Farmworker Institute of Education and Leadership Development and EPIC de Cesar Chavez High School Charter during a ceremony at Soledad High School.

Members of the Soledad High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) march in the Labor Day Parade last Saturday in Marina.

Families lined up at Eden Valley Care Center in Soledad for its annual Santa’s Studio to have their pictures taken Dec. 12 with Jolly Old St. Nick.

SALINAS VALLEY — Looking for some holiday cheer this season? More than a dozen community events are planned this month in South Monterey County for residents to get into the holiday spirit and celebrate with loved ones. THURSDAY, DEC. 5 Salinas Valley Fair Heritage Foundation hosts its annual Polenta...

Hundreds of Soledad students started the 2019-20 school year this week with a brand new pair of shoes, thanks to a grant from My New Red Shoes.

School is back in session, but over the summer a few select students learned about the workings of local government through Sen. Anna Caballero’s 2019 Young Legislators Program, and now the South County youth will be sharing their experience with their respective cities.