Wineries celebrate ‘Wine Day’
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.
California begins 2019 with batch of new laws
New laws are taking effect this week that involve adding more women on corporate boards, banning plastic straws from restaurants, increasing restrictions on guns and more.
Mastering MESA
Local members from the 2017-18 Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) Club competed at the annual MESA competition at UC Santa Cruz on March 3.
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.
Road delays expected through September
Drivers should expect delays as the City of Soledad works on Front Street, between San Vicente Road and Miranda Street, for the next eight weeks to install a large 6-foot diameter stormwater pipeline that will increase the capacity of the storm drain system in the area.
District gov visits area Rotary Clubs
Rotary District Governor Art Gafferty visited the Soledad, Greenfield and Gonzales Rotary Clubs on Oct. 25 to speak about different outreach works that Rotary has participated in.
City Council awards 3 fireworks permits
At last week’s Soledad City Council meeting, the council authorized the issuing of three Fireworks Sales Permits and the approval of three applications to sell.
Making testing fun
Preparations are underway for the upcoming Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) test at the local elementary schools.
THANKING VETERANS
The Salinas Annual Veterans Day Parade brought many local veterans as well as high school groups, such as Soledad High School NJROTC and Gonzales Marching Band, to honor veterans Nov. 11 at Downtown Main Street.
