Salinas, CA – Vote by mail ballot packets for the California Gubernatorial Recall Election will enter the mail stream on Friday, August 13. This mailing will include:
Ballot cover page
Official ballot
Sample ballot
Local voter guide
Party Endorsements
Postage paid return envelope
The local voter guide is available online at: https://www.montereycountyelections.us/voter-guide-and-polling-place-locator/. State voter guides will be mailed separately and are available online at: http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/.
All active voters will receive a ballot in the mail. A list of ballot return locations is available at https://www.montereycountyelections.us/ballot-drop-off-locations/
In-person voting opportunities will be available for those who need assistance or wish to vote in person. In-person voting locations include:
August 16th – September 14th
Monterey County Elections Office
1441 Schilling Place – North Building
Salinas, CA 93901
August 30th – September 14th
Satellite Vote Location at Embassy Suites
1441 Canyon Del Rey
Seaside, CA 93955
The Monterey County Elections Office and the Satellite Vote Location at Embassy Suites will be open during special weekend hours from 9am to 5pm on September 11th and September 12th.
In addition, polling places will be open 7am to 8pm on Tuesday, September 14th. The Monterey County Elections office is recruiting for poll workers in the areas of Salinas, Prunedale, Carmel Valley, Carmel, Pebble Beach, King City and Lockwood.
For more information 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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