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May 13, 2025

International soccer event, the Orlegi Cup, arrives this week

Soccer
SALINAS — Salinas Regional Sports Authority (SRSA) has announced a collaboration with Orlegi Sports, which is bringing the Orlegi Cup for U16-U19 (excluding U18) teams to the Salinas Regional Soccer Complex this weekend, June 28-30. Orlegi Sports manages and owns teams in Liga MX, and...

Schmidts honored with Blue Ribbon Award for beautifying Salinas Valley Fair

KING CITY — Eric and Kim Schmidt of Pine Canyon were honored Thursday evening for the volunteer work they have done to beautify and promote the Salinas Valley Fair in King City. The couple were presented with a Blue Ribbon Award from the Western Fairs...

San Lucas Union School District Board appoints Jimenez as new principal/superintendent

SAN LUCAS — San Lucas Union School District Board of Education has appointed Lizsette Jimenez as principal/superintendent. Jimenez brings a wealth of experience and educational background to her new role. She holds a Master of Science in applied school leadership from National University and a...

Little League tournaments underway for South Monterey County teams

Little League
SALINAS VALLEY — Little League teams from South Monterey County are participating in the California District 2024 All-Star Tournaments that began last weekend. Baseball games from the ages of 7-9, 8-10, 9-11 and 11-12 are going on all over Monterey County. In the 11-12 division, Soledad...

Football | South Monterey County high school teams stay busy

Football
SALINAS VALLEY — South Monterey County high school football teams will start the seven-on-seven football summer series this Wednesday at 5 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium in King City. Gonzales, Greenfield, Soledad and King City high schools have already been busy with seven-on-seven football and...

Monterey County implements new ways to access non-emergency assistance

County of Monterey
MONTEREY COUNTY — The County of Monterey’s Emergency Communications Department (ECD) operates the countywide consolidated emergency communications system for emergency and non-emergency call answering, as well as dispatch services for a majority of Monterey County. Recently, ECD has implemented new tools for reporting non-emergency information,...

King City Beautification Week 2024 kicks off this weekend

Cleanup rake
KING CITY — King City’s Beautification Week is just around the corner, and residents and businesses are urged to pick a project to beautify the town. Beautification Week 2024 will run from June 21-30 under the sponsorship of the King City Chamber of Commerce and...

Fort Hunter Liggett soldiers honor Army’s 249th birthday with morning run, cake cutting

Fort Hunter Liggett
JOLON — The Fort Hunter Liggett community came together last Friday to celebrate the Army’s 249th birthday with an early morning run and a special meal.  As the sun rose over Sulphur Springs, Lt. Col. Amorris Conley delivered opening remarks and Chaplain Guy Crubaugh offered...

Quick-thinking Monterey County bus drivers extinguish car fire

MCOE bus drivers
SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) bus driver Susana Rodriguez and her passenger/husband Isaac Godinez, who is also a bus driver for MCOE, were en route from Salinas to Soledad on a routine mail run May 22 when they came across...

Boxing | South Monterey County boxers head to national tourney in Kansas

Boxing boxers
KING CITY — Boxers from the King City and San Ardo Boxing Clubs will be competing for a week at the National Jr. Olympic Boxing Tournament that will be held June 22-29 in Wichita, Kan. ā€œWe have been preparing for some time now for this...
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