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SOCCER CAMP GREENFIELD — City of Greenfield’s Recreation Department invites families to register their children for youth soccer camp, a four-week camp focused on skill development and conditioning at Patriot Park from 4 to 5 p.m. The registration deadline is Jan. 20, and the program...

MONTEREY COUNTY — California has already experienced an unusually early start to its fire year amidst an ongoing drought and historically low rainfall and reservoir levels. While wildfires are a natural part of California’s landscape, increased fire activity in California and across the west is...

KING CITY — King City High School students played Slip ’N Slide baseball on the lawn near the Robert Stanton Theater last Wednesday, while trying to stay cool during the region’s severe heatwave. The afternoon of friendly games was sponsored by the local FFA. Temperatures reached...

KING CITY — A Mee Memorial Healthcare System doctor will host two book readings for local youth this week, kicking off a series of celebrations prior to National Rural Health Day in November. Dr. Joshua Deutsch, a family physician at Mee Memorial in King City...

CENTRAL COAST — Located in California’s Central Coast, the 160-acre Church Creek property overlooks the wild, sharp-crested ridges and steep valleys of the interior coastal range. The private property is in the heart of the Ventana Wilderness, west of the Salinas Valley, and connects to...

KING CITY — This St. Patrick’s Day, the King City Police Department will be on alert for suspected impaired drivers and reminds the community to celebrate the holiday responsibly. Additional officers will be on patrol March 17 from 12 p.m. to 12 a.m. looking for...

SALINAS VALLEY — In an unprecedented collaboration between South County Career Technical Education (CTE) programs, more than 25 teachers from Gonzales Unified School District, Soledad Unified School District and South Monterey County Joint Union High School District participated in the first Work-Based Learning CTE...

MONTEREY COUNTY — The first probable case of monkeypox in Monterey County has been detected, health officials announced Thursday. According to the Monterey County Health Department, a local resident was diagnosed with monkeypox through testing at a California Reference Laboratory Network facility. The county is...

KING CITY — Numerous area organizations partnered to host a Fentanyl Forum Town Hall on July 25 at Chalone Peaks Middle School in King City, with the aim toward improving public knowledge about the narcotic and reducing the rising overdose rate. The primary panelists were...