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02/25/2024

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07/22/2023

Come on out to Oldtown Salinas today and tomorrow for the Annual Horse Parades to the California Rodeo Salinas - its a Big Week tradition! Sat&Sun 11:30am All the locals will be riding and showing their finest!

03/28/2023

Important reading!

The decline of Salinas' 152-year-old newspaper leaves residents hungry for a trusted watchdog and worried about what stories won't be covered.

05/13/2022

Please donate a book or two (or ten!) today - last chance to bring more diverse poetry books to local schools! A huge thanks to the Arts Council for Monterey County for making this happen!

To celebrate National Poetry Month, help Bookshop.org and Penguin Young Readers donate copies of Amanda Gorman’s books to schools and community organizations across the country. Donations accepted from March 14, 2022 through May 13, 2022.

04/27/2022

The community of Salinas has a strong connection to James Dean. James Dean's Last Drive to Destination Salinas California to race his new Porsche 550 Spyder. Sadly, he did not make it to the racetrack at the the Salinas Airport that day - September 30, 1955.

James Dean fell in love with Downtown Salinas and our “car culture” while filming East of Eden (plus our little farm town reminded him of his own hometown) and he was excited to visit us again for that qualifying race - had he won, he would have continued to race at the Pebble Beach event three months later.

We are all very happy to see artwork by our beloved muralist, John Cerney, gracing the entrance to the hometown of James Dean. Congratulations to Marion Indiana from all of us in Downtown Salinas!

This twelve foot tall James Dean cut-out mural and sign was created by California artist John Cerney and was installed at the entrance to downtown Marion, IN yesterday. The piece was commissioned by The James Dean Gallery in association with the Grant County Indiana Visitors Bureau.

03/20/2022

Please join us!

There is a nation-wide effort to get more poetry, diverse and anti-racist books into the hands of young people around the United States.

09/29/2021

Steinbeck Festival this weekend - register now!

John Steinbeck was no accidental tourist when it came to the Republic of Mexico. Although he later expressed a preference for the mother culture of Spain, he traveled to Mexico early and often for personal and professional purposes: for escape and recovery, for literary and film material, and (some....

07/28/2021

Great to see Cherry's Jubilee back in Salinas!

The Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation has announced a new version of its Cherry’s Jubilee automotive event to be held during this year’s California International Airshow Salin…

07/23/2021

If you've been there, you know SLH is the best - vote for the River Road Wineries! Click the link to read the article and vote for the Santa Lucia Highlands - we are #1

Santa Lucia Highlands region is among 20 nationwide in the running for the top 10 status. Online voting ends Aug. 2.

04/19/2021

Great local history by local writer and photographer Robert Elison.

Eat, Drink, Savor: The spectacular 170 year old lineage of Cienega Valley Wines

04/13/2021

Enjoy the majesty!

More than 300 free-flying condors have been reintroduced into areas of California, Arizona, and Utah. Sighting one remains a rare and awe-inspiring event.

03/18/2021

Great News! Maya Cinemas Salinas reopens tomorrow! Time for Dinner in Downtown Salinas and a date for the movies! ❤🎬

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