The Superior Court of California for Monterey County is currently looking for candidates from South County to serve on the 2018-19 Monterey County Civil Grand Jury.

Community members gathered Saturday along the Arroyo Seco River near Greenfield to watch dozens of rubber ducks float down the river with hopes of winning a prize during the Arroyo Seco Duck Race.

Salinas Valley Fair’s annual kickoff dinner and dance is set for Saturday, April 28, at the fairgrounds’ Orradre Building in King City.

Arroyo Seco Citizen’s Association will present the Arroyo Seco Duck Race this Saturday to raise funds for the local fire station and its volunteer firefighters.

Dozens of South County high school girls recently traveled to the California State Capitol in Sacramento to voice their concerns on local policy issues, explain their views on bills that lawmakers are considering and learn about policy-making.

Multiple law enforcement agencies assisted the South County Major Crimes Unit last Wednesday to arrest a 19-year-old suspect in connection with the February shooting that killed a Greenfield father of two.

Monterey County Free Libraries will host a series of National DNA Day events in South County this week to highlight the role of genetics in the modern world, in addition to discussing what the human genome will mean to the leaders of tomorrow and encouraging local youth and adults to take an interest in the subjects of genomics and genetics.

Sol Treasures and Salinas Valley Fair are hosting a bicycle wheel decorating contest for the South County community in celebration of next month’s arrival of the Amgen Tour of California in King City.

An early morning rainstorm and flood advisory couldn’t deter hundreds of guests from visiting Mission San Antonio de Padua on April 7 for its annual Mission Days celebration.

More than $31,000 was raised last Friday during the Fourth Annual Casino Night at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City.