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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 56 acres (23 ha) Wagon Caves rock formation about 18 miles (29 km) northwest of present-day Jolon is an archeological site that was used by the Salinan Antonianos subtribe [3] [4] who researchers believe occupied at least two villages in the area, an older site dating to approximately 450 A.D. and a later, protohistoric site with dates ...
Member Party Years served Electoral history Counties represented District established January 5, 1885 George W. Watson : Republican: January 5, 1885 – January 3, 1887 Elected in 1884. [data missing] Alameda: Charles O. Alexander : Republican: January 3, 1887 – January 5, 1891 Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data missing] Almon Ames
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 ...
Assembly members Party Years served Counties represented Notes Maurice Timothy Dooling: Democratic: January 5, 1885 - January 3, 1887 San Benito: John H. Matthews: January 3, 1887 - January 7, 1889 E. C. Tully: January 7, 1889 - January 5, 1891 Charles G. Cargill: Republican: January 5, 1891 - January 2, 1893 William Lyman Talbott