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May 25 marked National Wine Day, honoring wines throughout the Salinas Valley. Two wineries in South Monterey County are Scheid Winery and Hahn Family Wines.

This year’s Soledad Mission Fiesta saw the return of the annual Grape Stomp featuring eight young ladies from the Mission School District.

Monterey County Pops! orchestra’s “Salute to Veterans” concerts, performed in conjunction with the Veterans Day weekend, have been so well-received by hundreds of South County residents for the past four years that the Pops are bringing it back for another free concert at the King City High School Auditorium.

The 32nd annual Big Sur International Marathon is Sunday, April 30. The 26.2-mile foot race, a major sporting event on California’s Central Coast, necessitates the temporary closure of California Highway 1 from south of Carmel to Big Sur for a half day.

Mission San Antonio de Padua will present its annual Day of the Dead event Saturday, Oct. 28, and the community is invited.

The Soledad American Legion Post held its annual rib barbecue over the weekend, serving about 500 meals in fewer than three hours.

Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum (MCARLM) is featuring a new exhibit called “South County Roots” that opened this summer, created by the second cycle of high school interns, focusing on the lost towns of Monterey County.

City Council approved a recommendation to go forward with constructing three ball fields as part of the Gallardo Park improvements.

The South Monterey County Fire Protection District (SOMOCO) and the City of Soledad Fire Department partnered for a regional traffic safety grant and were awarded $70,000 for the purchase of electric powered extrication equipment with funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield and King City school districts are working on changing safety procedures to ensure student safety.