Soledad

In today’s newscast, the Santa Cruz Cal Fire unit has deployed dozens of firefighters and other resources to help fight the Palisades and Eaton fires in Southern California. Plus, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors approved a new interim housing facility in Soledad.

El proyecto, financiado con una beca del Departamento de Agricultura de los EE.UU, se centra en la reducción de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero de los cultivos especializados del Valle de Salinas.

The USDA grant-funded project is focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from specialty crops in the Salinas Valley.

Santa Cruz County has 150 ballots left to add, and Monterey County is finished counting all its ballots. Measure N for Watsonville Community Hospital passes; Santa Cruz's Measure M and Soledad's Measure P were voted down.

The race’s results will impact how Soledad’s mayor is chosen — whether council members rotate the position or it’s filled by someone voters elected directly.

Jerry Lytle’s story is a familiar one among veterans behind bars. He never collected the benefits he earned from service in the Army, and once in prison,…