City moves forward with projects
Upcoming projects in the City of Soledad are going to keep city staff very busy. From new stoplights to water reclamation to the new theater, the city has got a lot going on.
Salinas Valley Memorial earns cost-savings award
Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System (SVMHS) is getting national recognition after receiving the 2017 Cost Management and Savings Leadership Award from Vizient, Inc.
Soledad welcomes new Police Officer Yasin
In a small ceremony held last week at City Hall, the City of Soledad added another officer to its ranks.
Pinnacles National Park receives field trip grant from National Park Foundation
Pinnacles National Park will receive a field trip grant for the 2018-19 school year from the National Park Foundation, the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service. This $5,200 grant will be used to help underserved schools with the cost of transportation to Pinnacles National Park.
Council votes to extend marijuana emergency ordinance
The City of Soledad is extending the regulations on cultivation, distribution and the use of non-medical marijuana for 12 more months.
A need for action
Congressman Jimmy Panetta visited Hartnell College students last week to speak about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), where the House stands in reaching a proposal and what Dreamers should do.
BATTER UP!
Softball and baseball games can now call Jesse Gallardo Park home as the park reopened with two softball fields and one baseball field April 7.
County supervisor applauds new drinking water program
Monterey County Supervisor Luis Alejo applauded a first-of-its-kind drinking water replacement program between the Salinas Basin Agricultural Stewardship Group, LLC, and the State Water Resources Control Board and the Central Coast Regional Water Quality
Oath of office
Soledad Unified School District has a new School Board Trustee in Monica Pantoja.
PG&E, Girls Inc. to deliver renewable energy
Out of the 2,000 California youth who built clean energy kits as part of Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) Solar Suitcase program this year, two students from Girls Inc. in Monterey County have been selected to deliver solar suitcases to energy-scarce communities in rural Ecuador this spring.















