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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.

Residents of Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield and King City took part in a Regional Police Survey to help the local law enforcement get feedback on the region.

“Coco in the Vines,” the third annual South County event for the Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries, is set to take place Saturday, July 7, at Scheid Vineyards and will feature the award-winning author Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford.

The City of Soledad will enforce a strict no illegal fireworks policy this Fourth of July.

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

A rapid-spreading fire that destroyed multiple greenhouses July 23 at Loudpack Farms in Greenfield was caused by a cigarette, officials said Tuesday.

Gonzales High School FFA Chapter President and Monterey Bay Sectional Reporter Samantha Santos, who was selected as the Monterey County Fair’s 2017 Heritage Scholarship winner, auctioned off two hogs Sept. 2 at the fair, one of which — the heritage hog — sold for more than $33,000.

Monterey County Elections Program Manager Greta Arevalo visited Soledad City Council on May 2 to speak about changes that are coming to election ballots in Monterey County, ahead of the June 5 Primary Election.

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

Soledad schools are moving forward with solar power this fall and winter.