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March 28, 2024

Condors lay first egg of year at Pinnacles National Park

Pinnacles National Park condor egg
SOLEDAD ā€” Pinnacles National Park biologists have confirmed the first condor egg within the park for 2024. The parents, Condors 868 and 931, are a new pair and have chosen a nest cavity in a place that no condors have used before. Condor 868 is a...

Salinas Valley News Briefs | March 27, 2024

News Briefs
MUSTANG CELEBRATION KING CITY ā€” The community is invited to celebrate the King City High School Mustang boysā€™ soccer team, which won the 2024 Division IV NorCal State Championship, on Wednesday, March 27. A downtown parade will begin at 1:40 p.m., followed by a ceremony...

Soledad High School cadet heads to Vermont

Soledad NJROTC
SOLEDAD ā€” Soledad High School senior Evelyn Camacho, a four-year Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) cadet, was awarded a full scholarship to attend Norwich University in Vermont. The 17-year-old Camacho, daughter of Apolonio and Patricia Camacho of Soledad, is completing her fourth year...

Community Foundation for Monterey County announces LEAD Institute 2024 participants

LEAD
MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) has selected 21 emerging nonprofit managers to join the LEAD (Leadership, Education and Development) Instituteā€™s 2024 cohort. LEAD is a year-long professional development institute offered by the CFMCā€™s Center for Nonprofit Excellence to foster strong, effective...

Inmate dies after altercation with correctional officers at CTF in Soledad

Correctional Training Facility
SOLEDAD ā€” Correctional Training Facility (CTF) Investigative Services Unit is investigating the death of an inmate who died after he attacked correctional officers during an altercation. On March 21, at about 11 a.m., officers were releasing inmates from their cells when 61-year-old inmate Joseph Altamirano...

Salinas Valley News Briefs | March 22, 2024

News Briefs
ANNUAL BBQ KING CITY ā€” Pine Canyon Firefighters will host their 30th annual Tri-Tip Steak Barbecue this Sunday, March 24, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pine Canyon Fire Station on Pine Canyon Road in King City. It will be takeout or sit...

New Alert and Warning System enhances safety for Monterey County residents

Monterey County Sheriff's Office
MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” Monterey Countyā€™s Department of Emergency Management has announced the implementation of a cutting-edge Alert and Warning System designed to ensure the safety and well-being of all residents. This collaborative project, which started in 2022 and brings together dozens of emergency response agencies,...

Gonzales High FFA contributes to local food bank

Gonzales FFA Food Bank
GONZALES ā€” Last Wednesday afternoon, 77 members of the Gonzales High School FFA held a door-to-door food drive to collect food for the Food Bank for Monterey Countyā€™s Gonzales Program. The large group of students collected a total of 988 pounds of food for the...

Los Coches Animal Hospital in Soledad announces closure

Los Coches Animal Hospital
SOLEDAD ā€” After serving the Salinas Valley community for the past 90 years, Los Coches Animal Hospital has announced that it will be closing its Soledad location effective April 1. Los Coches, a full-service animal hospital at 311 Nestles Road in Soledad, plans to merge...

Salinas Valley Fair seeks exhibit entries for 2024 show

Salinas Valley Fair exhibits
SALINAS VALLEY ā€” Itā€™s getting to be that time of year again, and the Salinas Valley Fair wants community members to become exhibitors at this yearā€™s Fair, May 16-19, in King City. Entries are open to residents in Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and San...

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Open Studios Art Tours

New look and name for 2024 Artists Studio Tour

MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” Arts Council for Monterey County (Arts4MC) will be continuing the Artist Studio Tourā€™s legacy, previously run by Arts Habitat. To ensure the...