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The Salinas Valley (Spanish: Valle de Salinas) [1] [2] is one of the major valleys and most productive agricultural regions in California. [3] It is located west of the San Joaquin Valley and south of San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley .
It was the hometown of writer and Nobel laureate John Steinbeck (1902–68), who set many of his stories in the Salinas Valley and Monterey. [14] Salinas has a high Hispanic proportion, which at 79.6%, is the highest proportion of Hispanic Americans out of any city in California, and 8th largest overall in the nation. [15]
It is located on the Salinas River 51 miles (82 km) southeast of Salinas, [8] at an elevation of 335 feet (102 m). [6] It lies along U.S. Route 101 in the Salinas Valley of California's Central Coast. King City is a member of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments. The population was 13,332 at the 2020 census, [7] up from 12,874 in 2010.
Events and outreach programming makes up the bulk of the National Steinbeck Center's time, effort, and budget. The center plans and runs over 40 events a year. The major events the center is known for is the annual Steinbeck Festival, Steinbeck's Birthday Celebration, [4] the Steinbeck Young Authors Program, [5] and the Salinas Valley Comic Con ...
The district stretches along the eastern edge of the state from the Oregon border to Lake Tahoe, wrapping around the Sacramento Valley along the northern Sierra Nevada. The district is primarily rural and heavily Republican and at 27, 276 square miles, is the largest assembly district by area in California. [2]
California's 30th State Assembly district is one of 80 California State Assembly districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Dawn Addis of Morro Bay.On December 21, 2021 the new Assembly District 30 Map has been finalized.
The house is significant under National Register Criterion C, in the area of architecture, as an example of the Queen Anne architectural style. [2] The Steinbeck House is open as a restaurant for lunch and for tours during the summer on Sundays from Memorial Day to Labor Day. [4] [3] The National Steinbeck Center is located two blocks away at 1 ...
Simon Salinas (born October 8, 1955) [1] is a California politician. He was a member of the California State Assembly district 28 from 2000 to 2006. His district included all of Salinas and Watsonville. Before going to the Assembly, Salinas was a County Supervisor, a City Council Member, a community college instructor, and an elementary school ...