Salinas, CA – The Monterey County Local Voter Information Guides are on the way!
Guides began arriving in mailboxes on Saturday, September 26 and will continue throughout the week. Monterey County ballots will also begin mailing this week. Voters will begin receiving ballots by the end of this week and into the week of October 5.
Local voter guides are also available online at https://www.montereycountyelections.us/ look for the Polling Place and Voter Information Guide Lookup under the ELECTIONS tab.
“Monterey County Elections is delivering the ballots ahead of schedule to give voters plenty of time to vote and return their ballots,” said Registrar of Voters, Claudio Valenzuela
State Voter Information Guides are available online at https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/. Audio and large format versions of the state voter guide will be available at our early voting locations:
Monterey County Elections: 1441 Schilling Place – North Building, Salinas
Embassy Suites: 1441 Canyon Del Rey Blvd, Seaside
Early voting begins Monday, October 5 at both early voting locations during regular business hours. Weekend voting will be available from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, October 24 – 25 and October 31 - November 1.
For more information visit www.MontereyCountyElections.us or call (831) 796-1499.
Monterey County DA Releases Preliminary Information Concerning an Officer Involved Shooting Incident that Occurred Outside of Soledad on December 16
SALINAS, California- Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni on December 19 released preliminary information concerning the officer involved shooting (OIS) which occurred at about 1:20 a.m. outside the city of Soledad on December 16, 2025. Just before 1:00 a.m., Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputy Carlos Pina, who has been a peace officer for 10 years all with MCSO, and Deputy Blain Councilman, each in separate patrol cars, were dispatched to 32097 McCoy Road. A resident at the farm labor camp reported a suspicious individual with a handgun whose white Honda 4 door sedan was parked in space 18 at the complex. Before parking there, the suspect drove around and around, stopped in front of the reporting party’s (RP’s) truck, and got out. The RP could hear music. Deputy Pina drove the lead patrol car and arrived just after 1:20 a.m. His dashcam video, which does not record sound but which he installed on his own and at his own expense, depicts the following: He drove down ...
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