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Cross Country | South Monterey County teams ready for finals

Cross country runner
SALINAS VALLEY — High school cross country’s Pacific Coast Athletic League regular season ended last week as local teams participated in the final Center Meet competitions. King City and Greenfield ran last Wednesday at the North Monterey County course, and Gonzales and Soledad ran at...

Hartnell College Foundation hosts 2025 Gala for the Arts on Saturday

Hartnell College Foundation Gala for the Arts honorees
SALINAS VALLEY — Hartnell College Foundation will host its Annual Gala for the Arts on Saturday, Sept. 13, at its Main Campus in Salinas to honor three outstanding individuals and raise funds for scholarships and internships supporting student artists. The Gala for the Arts is...

Cross Country | King City Mustang boys sweep divisions at local invitational

King City Cross Country Invitational
KING CITY — On Saturday at San Lorenzo Park in King City, the King City Mustang boys’ cross country team captured team titles in the varsity boys, JV boys and frosh-soph boys divisions. The Lady Mustang varsity team placed second behind Everett Alvarez. The Eagles...

Catalytic converter thefts reported in South Monterey County

Police car crime
GREENFIELD — Several community members in Greenfield had their catalytic converters stolen overnight on Oct. 14, according to Greenfield Police Department. Similar thefts were also reported in other South Monterey County cities, including Soledad and King City. A catalytic converter is part of a vehicle’s exhaust...

Volleyball | King City ends preseason with 9-4 record

King City Mustangs Soledad Aztecs volleyball
KING CITY — King City Lady Mustangs had a great start to the 2025 volleyball season as they wrapped up preseason with a 9-4 record. In their last week of play, they swept Soledad and Pioneer Valley. To start the season, Hollyn Hearne and Avery Munoz...

Local leader honored for decades of advocacy for Latina and indigenous women in Monterey County

MarĆ­a Elena Manzo
MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” MarĆ­a Elena Manzo, founder and executive director of Mujeres en Acción, is the recipient of the third annual Alfred Diaz-Infante Award, announced the Siembra Latinos Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County. Manzo will be presented with the award at the Eighth...

Fort Hunter Liggett maintains training lands with targeted grazing

Fort Hunter Liggett targeted grazing goats
JOLON — What do a BeeLiner C-17, a herd of 300 goats and an endangered arroyo toad have in common? They’ve all shared land space at Fort Hunter Liggett’s Schoonover Airfield. Fort Hunter Liggett (FHL) recently deployed hundreds of goats to Schoonover Airfield in September,...

Volleyball | Soledad wins 2 as King City splits contests

Soledad Greenfield volleyball
SALINAS VALLEY — Soledad High’s volleyball team had a 2-1 record for the week, beating Oakwood at home last Monday by a 3-1 score, losing by a 3-0 score to Monterey at home on Wednesday and completing the week with a 3-0 victory at...

USPS recognizes Lake Nacimiento in ZIP code 93426 after advocacy

Lake Nacimiento
BRADLEY — After months of advocacy by Rep. Jimmy Panetta on behalf of San Luis Obispo County residents, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has agreed to recognize Lake Nacimiento/Nacimiento Lake as an official community name within ZIP code 93426. This change comes in response to...

Football | King City, Gonzales win division openers

Football King City versus Soledad
SALINAS VALLEY — In high school football last week, King City played a great second half and Gonzales got hot at the right time, as the Mustangs and Spartans won their games against Soledad and Rancho San Juan, respectively. In their Mission Division openers, the...
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