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SOLEDAD — Seats shifted during Soledad City Council’s Dec. 2 meeting, in which outgoing Mayor Fred Ledesma called the meeting to order one last time while Anna Velazquez was sworn in as the city’s first female mayor.  FULL STORY: https://salinasvalleytribune.com/city-of-soledad-swears-in-first-female-mayor/

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.

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

Monterey County Free Libraries, which has branches in all four South County cities, is seeking community input to help determine priorities and updates to its strategic plan.

City of Soledad welcomed new and returning councilmembers Dec. 5 while giving gratitude to those leaving the council.

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 — 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/

Step back in time to California’s mission era while attending Mission San Antonio de Padua’s annual Mission Days event this Saturday, April 6.

Tickets are now available for the fun and fabulous Trashion Show, which returns to South County next month for the fourth year.

SOLEDAD — A nice crowd of Soledad residents and local and state officials joined representatives from Premiere Cinemas for the groundbreaking of the new movie theater complex at Nestles and Los Coches roads, across from Food Co. Premiere Cinemas plans to open the eight-screen movie...