Soledad News

One person is dead and another is in critical condition after a car accident in Soledad on Highway 101 near Front Street Friday night.

Photo by Stephen Osman/Special to the Star. Soledad Ruiz 41, right, and her mother Inez Blanco 63, center, walk with Ruiz's grandsons David 3, left, and Isaac Luna 4, past a Seventh Street billiard hall in downtown Oxnard.

In Soledad, a brown lawn could become conservationist chic. On Tuesday, the city issued its first-ever mandatory water-conservation measures, limiting when residents can water their yards and asking customers to cut back usage.

The City of Soledad today issued "Mandatory Water Conservation Measures" effective immediately due to regional water shortages caused by the extended draught, urging customers to cut back non-essential water use to both conserve water and energy.

A Soledad resident died Monday morning after he fell off his horse and hit his head, Monterey County Sheriff's deputies said.

SOLEDAD The construction of a traffic light on a busy Soledad intersection becomes the first major construction project in Monterey County to break ground using funds from the stimulus bill, officials said.

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A white Toyota Camry carrying four women crashed at 4:45 p.m. today on Doud Road near Soledad, a reporter has confirmed.

French tourists have filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit for the April tour bus crash that killed five people in Soledad.

SOLEDAD, Calif- Crews continue to work on an emergency project to repair a bridge that was recently damaged by a tour bus accident on Highway 101 at the North Soledad Overhead, just south of the Camphora-Gloria Overcrossing.

Hundreds of prison workers from Salinas Valley State Prison and the Correctional Training Facility will protest today against the 324 layoff notices they received from the governor in May.

The Soledad City Council adopted a resolution Wednesday to cut its meetings from twice monthly to once a month.

On Friday morning, five local families in need will have a unique opportunity to visit their fathers in prison.

Charges: PC 496 , PC 148 , CVC 2800.1 Suspect Arrested Y/N: No Arrestee: None Location: North Salinas Synopsis: SUBJECT WAS SEEN COMMITTING A CVC VIOLATION.

Hiring tax credits of up to 50 percent of employee wages could become available to employers under a plan going before the Salinas City Council next week.

Sara Silva says she knew something was wrong when two uniformed military officers arrived at the door of her Greenfield home Tuesday.

Overall, Monterey County emergency responders did a good job of reacting to the fatal tour bus crash April 28 in Soledad, officials said.

A sign of the times is always popping up somewhere in our sacred communities. This sign of our economic woes really is a eyesore.

It was to be one of the happiest days of Amy Slenk's young life: She married her college sweetheart during a wedding at a California vineyard.

In 2000: When she attended Holland Christian High School, Amy Slenk, center, shown with Rotary Club exchange students Anna VanderVeen, left, and Bridget Gottlieb, visited Japan.