Bond seeks $450M to update aging voting systems
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D-San Diego) have announced Assembly Bill 668, the Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2018, which seeks $450 million to improve California’s voting systems.
Rotary receives special visit
Three special visitors stopped by the Soledad Rotary Club lunch meeting July 20, including two Camp Royal students and a foreign exchange student.
Architecture firm chosen for Adobe project
Development plans are in the works for the Los Coches Adobe, headed up by Don Chapin to support the rehabilitation of the Adobe and an RV park.
Soledad hosts local National Night Out campaign
Face painting, a CHP helicopter, Soledad Police, restaurants and more arrived at the South County YMCA on Walker Drive to celebrate National Night Out on Aug. 7.
Learning from robots
Eight Main Street Middle School eighth-graders are advancing to the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Finals in Santa Barbara after competing in the preliminaries March 3.
Policy changes affecting recycling companies
Patrick Matthews, general manager of Salinas Valley Recycles, says there have been many challenges in the recycling business over the past year that are changing how things are managed on the manufacturing side of recycling.
La Plaza Bakery expands to King City
Reconstruction has begun on what will soon be the newest bakery in King City, La Plaza Bakery, at the eastern end of Broadway.
San Antonio Mission launches online campaign
The Campaign for the Preservation of Mission San Antonio de Padua Foundation Board President Al Parolini has launched a Go Fund Me page to raise the funds needed to complete the State of California’s mandated seismic retrofit and restoration of the mission located in Jolon.
Self-help court services expand to South County
Monterey County Superior Court has expanded its self-help services to South County, with the new Self-Help Center operating in Greenfield on the fourth Friday of each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Greenfield Civic Center.
Latest report on South County wildfires
An ongoing record of wildfires in the South County area, courtesy of CAL FIRE.

















