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Salinas, California

City of SalinasCity

Historic Main Street in recently revived downtown Salinas, featuring Maya Cinemas, home of the largest cinema screen in Monterey County as ofApril 2006.

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Nickname(s): Salad Bowl of the World

Motto: "Rich in Land, Rich in Values."

Location of Salinas, California

Coordinates: 36°40′40″N 121°39′20″W [1]Coordinates: 36°40′40″N 121°39′20″W [1]

Country United States

State California

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County Monterey

Government

 • Type Council-Manager

 • Mayor Joe Gunter

 • Senate Anthony Cannella (R)

 • Assembly Luis Alejo (D)

 • U. S. Congress Sam Farr (D)

Area[2]

 • Total 23.217 sq mi (60.131 km2)

 • Land 23.179 sq mi (60.033 km2)

 • Water 0.038 sq mi (0.099 km2)  0.16%

Elevation 52 ft (16 m)

Population (2010)

 • Total 150,441

 • Rank 1st in Monterey County34th in California160th in the United States

 • Density 6,500/sq mi (2,500/km2)

Time zone PST (UTC-8)

 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)

ZIP codes 93901-93902, 93905-93909, 93912, 93915, 93962

Area code(s) 831

FIPS code 06-64224

GNIS feature ID 0277589

Website http:/ / www. ci. salinas. ca. us/

Salinas /səˈliːnəs/ is the county seat and largest municipality of Monterey County, California. Salinas is located 10miles (16 km) east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an elevation of about 52 feet (16 m) above sealevel. The population was 150,441 at the 2010 census. The mostly suburban city is located at the mouth of theSalinas Valley roughly eight miles from the Pacific Ocean and has a mild climate. The city consists mostly of late20th century single family homes, some low-level apartments, ranging from modest bungalows to spacious luxuryhomes. The climate is ideal for the floral industry and grape vineyards planted by world-famous vintners. Salinas isan agricultural center and the hometown of writer and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate John Steinbeck, who basedseveral of his novels there, including Of Mice and Men.

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History

First Mayors House circa 1868

The land currently occupied by the City of Salinas is thought to havebeen settled by native Americans known as the Esselen prior to 200AD.[3] Between 200 and 500 AD, they were displaced by the Rumsengroup of Ohlone speaking people, who were the inhabitants at contactwith the Spanish. Large Spanish land grants for the Catholic Missionsand as bonuses to soldiers gave way to Mexican land grants for smallerranchos where mostly cattle were grazed, and a thriving trade in cattlehide came through the Port of Monterey.[4]

California officially became part of the United States of America in1850, following several years of battles in the Salinas area with John

Fremont flying the American flag on the highest peak of the Gabilan Mountains and claiming California for theUnited States. Before this time, Monterey was the capital of California and had been under military rule after thesigning of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo at the end of the Mexican-American war.

The Salinas post office opened in 1854. A traveler's inn called the Halfway House at the intersection of two stagecoach routes was built in 1856 and a settlement grew up there. The streets of Salinas were laid out in 1867, and thetown was incorporated in 1874. The city was named after the word for a "salt marsh" in Spanish, salinas.The conversion of grazing land to crops and the coming of the rail road in 1868 to transport goods and people was amajor turning point in the history and economic advancement of Salinas. Dry farming of wheat, barley, and othergrains as well as potatoes and mustard seed was common in the 1800s. Chinese labor drained thousands of acres ofswampland to become productive farmland, and as much early farm labor was done by Chinese immigrants, Salinasboasted the second largest Chinatown in the state, slightly smaller than San Francisco.[5] Irrigation changed farmingin Salinas to mainly row crops of root vegetables and sugar beets. A wide variety of fruits and vegetables are nowgrown including wine grapes supporting the burgeoning wine industry in the Salinas Valley.

Sargent House Historic Victorian Home onCentral Avenue

The economy of Salinas is largely based on agriculture. Located in oneof California's richest farming regions, the area produces a variety offruits and vegetables, including lettuce. Many major vegetableproducers are headquartered in Salinas. The historic prevalence of rowcrops is documented by aerial photographic interpretation of EarthMetrics,[6] Aerial photographic interpretation which study alsoindicated a major conversion of cropland to urban uses over the timeperiod 1956 to 1968,[7][8] with that trend continuing for the nextdecades as well. Salinas also annexed the nearby communities of Alisaland Santa Rita during this time.[9]

Salinas was also the birthplace of writer and Nobel Prize laureate JohnSteinbeck. The historic downtown, known as Oldtown Salinas, featuresmuch fine Victorian architecture, and is home to the National Steinbeck Center, the Steinbeck House and the JohnSteinbeck Library.

Major development took place in the 1990s, with the construction of Creekbridge, Williams Ranch, and HardenRanch.[10]

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GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.2 square miles (60 km2), 99.84% of itland and 0.16% of it water.The city rests about 18 meters (59 ft) above sea level, and it is located roughly eight miles from the Pacific Ocean.The Gabilan and Santa Lucia mountain ranges border the Salinas Valley to the east and to the west, respectively.Both mountain ranges and the Salinas Valley run approximately 90 miles (145 km) south-east from Salinas towardsKing City.The Salinas River runs the length of the Salinas Valley and empties into the Pacific Ocean at the center of theMonterey Bay. During the summer months the river flows partially underground and it is this extensive undergroundaquifer that allows for irrigation of cropland in an area without much annual rainfall.

Demographics

2010The 2010 United States Census reported that Salinas had a population of 150,441. The population density was6,479.8 people per square mile (2,501.9/km²). The racial makeup of Salinas was 68,973 (45.8%) White, down from90.3% in 1970, 2,993 (2.0%) African American, 1,888 (1.3%) Native American, 9,438 (6.3%) Asian, 478 (0.3%)Pacific Islander, 59,041 (39.2%) from other races, and 7,630 (5.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino ofany race were 112,799 persons (75.0%).The Census reported that 147,976 people (98.4% of the population) lived in households, 658 (0.4%) lived innon-institutionalized group quarters, and 1,807 (1.2%) were institutionalized.There were 40,387 households, out of which 21,435 (53.1%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 21,380(52.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 6,835 (16.9%) had a female householder with nohusband present, 3,300 (8.2%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 3,271 (8.1%) unmarriedopposite-sex partnerships, and 271 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 6,895 households (17.1%) weremade up of individuals and 2,587 (6.4%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The averagehousehold size was 3.66. There were 31,515 families (78.0% of all households); the average family size was 4.05.The population was spread out with 47,180 people (31.4%) under the age of 18, 18,049 people (12.0%) aged 18 to24, 44,978 people (29.9%) aged 25 to 44, 28,976 people (19.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 11,258 people (7.5%) who were65 years of age or older. The median age was 28.8 years. For every 100 females there were 102.1 males. For every100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.8 males.There were 42,651 housing units at an average density of 1,837.1 per square mile (709.3/km²), of which 18,198(45.1%) were owner-occupied, and 22,189 (54.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was2.5%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.6%. 65,108 people (43.3% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housingunits and 82,868 people (55.1%) lived in rental housing units.

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2000

Map of income distribution in Salinas.

The 2000 United States Census reported thatSalinas had a population of 151,060. Thepopulation density was 7,948.4 per squaremile (3,068.1/km²). There were 39,659housing units at an average density of2,086.8 per square mile (805.5/km²). Theracial makeup of the city was 65.2%Hispanic or Latino of any race, 49.1%White, 6.2% Asian American, 17.8%African American, 1.3% Native American,38.7% from other races, and 5.1% from twoor more races. 49.2% have children underthe age of 18 living with them, 57.6% weremarried couples living together, 14.8% hada female householder with no husbandpresent, and 21.6% were non-families.17.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of ageor older. The average household size was 3.69 and the average family size was 4.08

Age distribution was 33.0% under the age of 19 or younger, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 33.7% from 25 to 44, 15.5% from45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females therewere 117.7 males. For every 102 females age 18 and over, there were 117.4 males.The median household income was $43,728, and the median family income was $44,669. Males had a medianincome of $35,641 versus $27,013 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,495. About 12.8% offamilies and 16.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.1% of those under age 18 and 9.4%of those age 65 or over.Median household income in the city tended to be significantly higher alongside the city limits, especially in thenorthern Harden Ranch and Creekbridge neighborhoods. East Salinas and the downtown area suffered from a verylow median household income as well as high crime rates. South and North Salinas featured roughly the same levelof median households income with the latter being home to city's wealthiest newly constructed neighborhoods.

Economy

Downtown Salinas Farmer's Market

Salinas is known as the "Salad Bowl of the World." Over 30% of theworld's lettuce is grown in the Salinas Valley. The city's labor force is54.6% blue collar and 45.4% white collar. According to the 2000United States Census, 24% of the population worked in sales andoffice occupations, 21.4% worked in management, professional, andrelated occupations, 16.2% worked in service occupations, 14.9%worked in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations, 14.4% worked inproduction, transportation, and material moving occupations, and 9.1%worked in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations.Many believe these numbers are skewed as they do not include asignificant portion of farm workers and blue collar workers who are migratory and undocumented, and are presentfor approximately 9 months of the year.

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Large employers include local agricultural companies such as Fresh Express, Taylor Farms, Tanimura & Antle, andD’Arrigo Bros.

Weather

On March 10, 2006, a record breaking storm covered many of thenearby mountain tops in a white blanket of snow. Snow in the city of

Salinas is extremely rare.

Salinas has cool and moderate temperatures, due to the"natural air conditioner" that conveys ocean air and fogfrom the Monterey Bay to Salinas, while towns to thenorth and south of Salinas experience hotter summers,as mountains block the ocean air. Thus, Salinas weatheris closer to that of the Central Coast of California,rather than that of inland valleys, and thus enjoys amild Mediterranean climate with typical daily highsranging from around 63 °F (17 °C) in the winter toaround 75 °F (24 °C) in the summer. According to theWeather channel, monthly average temperature highsrange from 63 to 75 F.

Salinas is in the top ten American Cities for cleanest air quality.[citation needed] The offshore marine layer generateswinds that blow smog further inland).[citation needed]

The difference between ocean and air temperature also tends to create heavy morning fog during the summermonths, known as the marine layer, driven by an onshore wind created by the local high pressure sunny portions ofthe Salinas Valley, which extend north and south from Salinas and the Bay.The average annual rainfall for the city is approximately 14.4 inches (370 mm). Occasionally, there is snowfall onthe peaks of the Gabilan and Santa Lucia mountain ranges, but snow in the city itself is extremely rare, occurringabout once every 10 to 20 years on average. The last time snow fell in Salinas was on February 26, 2011.

Climate data for Salinas, California (1981–2010 normals)

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year

Average high °F (°C) 62.8(17.1)

64.3(17.9)

65.9(18.8)

67.6(19.8)

68.8(20.4)

70.9(21.6)

71.4(21.9)

73.1(22.8)

74.7(23.7)

73.6(23.1)

67.9(19.9)

62.6(17)

68.63(20.33)

Average low °F (°C) 41.4(5.2)

43.4(6.3)

44.8(7.1)

46.1(7.8)

49.4(9.7)

52.1(11.2)

54.5(12.5)

55.3(12.9)

53.6(12)

49.8(9.9)

44.8(7.1)

41.4(5.2)

48.05(8.91)

Precipitation inches (mm) 3.00(76.2)

3.00(76.2)

2.64(67.1)

1.06(26.9)

0.42(10.7)

0.09(2.3)

0(0)

0.04(1)

0.14(3.6)

0.70(17.8)

1.74(44.2)

2.34(59.4)

15.18(385.6)

Avg. precipitation days 8.1 8.8 7.8 5.2 2.7 1.0 0.2 0.7 0.9 2.7 5.6 8.2 52.0

Source: NOAA

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Arts and culture

Hat In Three Stages of Landing by ClaesOldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

Salinas boasts an emerging arts scene led by the First Fridays Art Walkand the innovative use of non-traditional or business venues to exhibitart and host live local music. The oldest gallery in Salinas, the ValleyArt Gallery, has been active for over 30 years. The Hartnell CollegeGallery hosts world-class exhibitions of art during the schoolyear.[citation needed] The National Steinbeck Center has two gallerieswith changing exhibits, and the city's newest @Risk Gallery featurescutting-edge and visionary exhibitions. The Art Walk, held in thedowntown area, features 50 venues.

Live theater companies in Salinas include ARIEL Theatrical located inthe Karen Wilson's Children's Theater in Oldtown Salinas, and TheWestern Stage, based at Hartnell College.Live local music is available at many restaurants in the downtown area, and during the First Fridays Art Walk.Concerts are held at the historic Fox California Theater, Steinbeck Institute for Arts and Culture and the SalinasSports Complex, as well as at Hartnell Community College.Salinas is home to many public murals, including work by John Cerney which can be viewed in the agriculturalfields surrounding the city. Claes Oldenburg placed his sculpture, Hat in Three Stages of Landing, in Sherwood Parkat the center of the city.

Sister cities• Cebu City (Philippines) May 18, 1964• Ichikikushikino (Japan) June 11, 1979• Yurécuaro (Mexico) December 3, 1996• Guanajuato (Mexico) November 6, 2007

Services

Transportation

Highways and roads

U.S. Route 101 is the major north-south highway in Salinas, linking the city to the rest of the Central Coast region,San Francisco to the north, and Los Angeles to the south. California State Route 68 heads west to Monterey, whileCalifornia State Route 183 runs northwest to Castroville.

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Rail

Art Deco Style Amtrak Train Station in Salinas

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, serves Salinas, operatingits Coast Starlight daily in each direction between Seattle, Washington,and Los Angeles.

Bus

Public transportation via bus is provided by Monterey-Salinas Transit.Public buses take passengers throughout the county, as well as SanJose and Gilroy. Buses to San Jose and Gilroy connect to Caltrain andAmtrak in those cities.Greyhound operates a bus station on West Gabilan Street in downtownSalinas with service to other California cities and throughout theUnited States.

AirportSalinas Municipal Airport is located on the southeastern boundary of the City of Salinas, three miles (5 km) from thecity center. It is a general aviation facility occupying 763 acres (3.1 km2), with three runways serving single and twinengine aircraft and helicopters, as well as an increasing number of turbopropeller and turbine-powered business jets.The airport has an air traffic control tower in operation twelve hours a day, seven days a week. The airport terminalis located on Mortensen Avenue and houses airport office staff as well as professional offices. The city iscurrentlyWikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers#Chronological items accepting proposals for leasing andoperation of the restaurant located within the Terminal. Salinas Airport Commissioners agreed to a proposed projectthat would bring a 100-room hotel, offices and hangars to a vacant lot in front of the Salinas Municipal Airportterminal. The Salinas Jet Center would include a national chain hotel, 80,000 square feet (7,000 m2) of office space,four large complexes combining more offices with airplane hangars and a 24-hour, full-service aircraft fuelingstation. The project would also include a taxiway to allow planes to access the new hangars.The airport has full Instrument Landing System (ILS) and VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) located on the airport.The ILS has a Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System, with Runway Alignment Indicator Lights. The VORapproach has Runway End Identifier Lights. All but the ILS runway, RWY 31, have Visual Approach SlopeIndicators (VASIs).The airport is the site of the California International Airshow, set annually in the late summer or early autumn. Theevent draws thousands of visitors to Salinas over its three-day run.

Education

School districts

Salinas has seven school districts serving the city core and adjacent unincorporated areas. The largest school districtin Salinas is the Salinas Union High School District (grades 7-12) with 13,578 students enrolled in 10 campuses.[11]

The Salinas City Elementary School District is the largest elementary school district in Salinas, with 13 schools and7,954 students.[12] Other districts include Santa Rita Union Elementary School District, Graves Elementary SchoolDistrict, Washington Union School District, Lagunita School District, and Alisal Union School District.

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Higher education

Opportunities for higher education in Salinas include Hartnell Community College and Heald College.

HospitalsSalinas and its surrounding towns are served by Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital and Natividad Medical Center[13], both located in Salinas. Natividad is one of the University of California, San Francisco's teaching hospitals andis owned and operated by Monterey County.As of 2012, the Natividad Medical Center was training medical interpreters bilingual in one of the Oaxacanlanguages (including Triqui, Mixteco, or Zapotec) as well as in Spanish.

Points of interest

Boronda Adobe History CenterJust outside the official city limits, the restored adobe dwelling constructed in 1844 by José Eusebio Boronda, restson one of the original Mexican land grants. The Boronda Adobe is a California Historical Landmark and listed in theNational Register of Historic Places and holds a museum of early Salinas and California history. Other historicbuildings are located here, including the Lagunita School house John Steinbeck wrote about in the Red Pony. Thesite also holds the official archive of Monterey County, open to researchers by appointment.

Authentic Wells Fargo Coach at California RodeoSalinas Heritage Museum.

California Rodeo Salinas

As host of a PRCA-sanctioned rodeo, Salinas is a major stop on theprofessional rodeo circuit. The California Rodeo Salinas began in 1911as a Wild West Show on the site of the old race track ground, now theSalinas Sports Complex. Every third week of July is Big Week, whencowboys and fans come for the traditional rodeo competitions,including bull riding. Rodeo-related events held in Salinas andMonterey include cowboy poetry, wine tasting, a carnival, barbecuesand a gala cowboy ball.

River Road Wine TrailThe largest wine-grape producing region in California, the Salinas Valley, is home to over 20 wineries and 14 estatetasting rooms along the scenic and historic River Road just south of the city limits. Hahn Estate, Paraiso, Scheid,Talbot, Wrath and Ventana along with smaller boutique wineries of Marilyn Remark, Manzoni, Pessagno,Bookenoogan, Puma Road, Sycamore Cellars, and Hammond are just a few of the vinters growing in the region.Tasting rooms are open weekdays, weekends and by appointment. Check with the River Road Wine Trail [14] beforegoing.

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Gallery

MediaSee also: Media in Monterey County

Local newspapers include The Salinas Californian, Monterey County Weekly and Monterey County Herald.Television service for the community comes from the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz designated market area (DMA).Local radio stations include:•• KDBV/980•• KION/1460•• KTGE/1570•• KHDC/90.9•• KPRC-FM/100.7•• KDON-FM/102.5•• KRAY-FM/103.5•• KOCN/105.1KION-TV Channel 46 and KSBW Channel 8 also provides news for the area as CBS, NBC and ABC affiliates.

Notable people

The Steinbeck house in downtown Salinas

• Monica Abbott, 2008 Olympic softball pitcher• Everett Alvarez, Jr., American Navy pilot and

prisoner of war[15]

• Jodi Arias, defendant in the Travis Alexandermurder case.

• Dustin Lance Black, Academy Award–winningscreenwriter[16]

• Ernie Camacho Major League Baseball Pitcher[Teams (by GP):Indians/Giants/Astros/Pirates/Cardinals/..1980-1990]

• Doug Chandler, Hall of Fame Motorcycle Racer,Grand Slam Winner, World Superbike Champion

• Ramiro Corrales, Major League Soccer defender with the San Jose Earthquakes.• Cordell Crockett, bass guitarist with the band Ugly Kid Joe.• Chris Dalman, National Football League offensive lineman and coach[17]

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The National Steinbeck Center, devoted to John Steinbeck

• Evan Dietrich-Smith Green Bay Packers, OffensiveLinemen, Super Bowl XLV Champion(2011),Salinas High School graduate class of 2004

• David Estrada, Former UCLA soccer player(Midfield, Forward), Estrada was drafted in the firstround (11th overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft bySeattle Sounders FC

• Verna Felton, actress• Michael Gasperson, National Football League wide

receiver• Brandi Glanville, fashion model and television

personality in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills• Jackie Greene, singer-songwriter and blues musician• Jonathan Griffin singer-songwriter and musician. Member of the band 'The Lightfighters'.• Sammy Hagar Singer. Former member of Van Halen. Now in the bands 'Chickenfoot' and 'Waboritas'.• Alvin and Calvin Harrison, twins, and 1996 Olympic Track and Field athletes• Vanessa Hudgens, singer and actress• Ernie Irvan, race car driver and winner of the 1991 Daytona 500• Joe Kapp, National Football League quarterback• Slim Keith, socialite• Craig Kilborn, talk show host• Howard H. Leach, businessman and diplomat• Xavier Nady, Major League Baseball player, Salinas High School graduate, class of 1997• Carl Nicks, Offensive linemen, Super Bowl XLIV champion(2010), North Salinas High School graduate• Kassim Osgood, National Football League wide receiver, Pro-Bowl, North Salinas High School• Van Partible, cartoonist• Monty Roberts, horse tamer and author of The Man Who Listens to Horses• Del Rodgers, National Football League running back• Brendon Small, Actor, composer, and musician. He is best known as the creator of the animated series Home

Movies and Metalocalypse.• Sam Spence, NFL Films composer• John Steinbeck, author and Nobel laureate• Anthony Toney, National Football League running back• Elliot Vallejo National Football League Offensive Lineman, Palma High School• Cain Velasquez, UFC Heavyweight Champion mixed martial arts fighter and former collegiate wrestler

Salinas in popular culture•• Marilyn Monroe, Twentieth Century Fox Starlet, was honored as the Diamond Queen of Salinas on February 20,

1948• Salinas is mentioned in various John Steinbeck novels, and it is the setting of his monumental novel East of

Eden.[citation needed]

• Salinas is the subject of a song ('Salinas') from British singer-songwriter Laura Marling's third album A Creature IDon't Know

• James Dean was killed in a car accident while driving to Salinas for a car race.•• In Kris Kristofferson's Me and Bobby McGee, Salinas is where he lost Bobby McGee 'One day up near Salinas, I

let her slip away'

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• East Bay punkers Rancid reference Salinas in their song "St. Mary."

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