Salinas, California Official seal of Salinas, California Location of Salinas, California Location of Salinas, California Salinas, California is positioned in the US Salinas, California - Salinas, California Salinas /s li n s/ is the governmental center of county and biggest municipality of Monterey County, California.
Salinas is positioned just outside the southern portion of the greater Bay Area and 10 miles (16 km) east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an altitude of about 52 feet (16 m) above sea level. The populace was 155,662 as of 2013. The town/city is positioned at the mouth of the Salinas Valley roughly eight miles from the Pacific Ocean and has a climate more influenced by the ocean than the hot-summer interior.
6.1.2 California Rodeo Salinas The territory presently occupied by the town/city of Salinas is thought to have been settled by Native Americans known as the Esselen before to 200 AD. Between 200 and 500 AD, they were displaced by the Rumsen group of Ohlone speaking citizens , who were the inhabitants at contact with the Spanish.
In 1848 California officially became a part of the United States of America, following a several years of battles in the Salinas region with John Fremont flying the American flag on the highest peak of the Gabilan Mountains and claiming California for the United States.
In 1854, six years after becoming a part of the United States, a group of American pioneer living in the vicinity of this route-junction opened a postal service at the junction, which had been assembled over the salty marshes of the Alisal Slough, thus calling their town Salinas, meaning "salty marshes" in Spanish. Soon after that, in 1856, a traveler's inn called the Halfway House was opened at that junction in Salinas. (The close-by Salinas River, was apparently only later titled by an American cartographer, after the nearest town of Salinas in 1858.
The conversion of grazing territory to crops and the coming of the rail road in 1868 to transport goods and citizens was a primary turning point in the history and economic leader of Salinas.
Chinese workforce drained thousands of acres of swampland to turn into productive farmland, and as much early farm workforce was done by Chinese immigrants, Salinas boasted the second biggest Chinatown in the state, slightly lesser than San Francisco. Irrigation changed farming in Salinas to mainly row crops of root vegetables, grapes and sugar beets.
Many primary vegetable producers placed their command posts in Salinas.
The historic prevalence of row crops is documented by aerial photographic interpretation of Earth Metrics, Driven by the profitable agricultural industry, Salinas had the highest per capita income of any town/city in the United States in 1924. View of barracks at the Salinas Assembly Center.
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During World War II, the Salinas Rodeo Grounds was one of the locations used as a temporary detention camp for people and immigrant inhabitants of Japanese ancestry, before they were relocated to more permanent and remote facilities.
One of seventeen such sites overseen by the Wartime Civilian Control Administration, the Salinas Assembly Center was assembled after President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, authorizing the removal and confinement of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast.
The town/city experienced two especially strong expansion spurts in the 1950s and 1960s, and again in the 1990s and early 2000s. Aerial photographic interpretation indicate such primary conversion of cropland to urban uses over the time reconstruction - 1956 to 1968, while the town/city annexed the adjoining communities of Alisal and Santa Rita amid this time. The Harden Ranch, Creekbridge and Williams Ranch neighborhoods constituting much of the city's North-East were assembled almost exclusively between 1990 and 2004. Salinas was also the place of birth of writer and Nobel Prize laureate John Steinbeck.
The historic downtown, known as Oldtown Salinas, features much fine Victorian architecture, and is home to the National Steinbeck Center, the Steinbeck House and the John Steinbeck Library.
Traditionally an Anglophonic European American settlement, Salinas became home to a momentous Asian minority who joined European-American immigrants in the agriculture and fishing industries at the turn of the 20th century.
Mostly European-American neighborhoods in North Salinas, an expansion of the initial city assembled mostly in the 1950s and 60s, became majority Latino by 2010.
From the time it was first assembled in the late 1980s, to the 2000 Census, Creekbridge the city's highest income area, least affected by poverty - remained mostly European-American and minority Latino. By 2010, however, US-born Latinos had turn into the biggest ancestry group in the area.
In South Salinas, the city's initial area and most European-American section, Hispanics typically constitute over 40% of residents. Even with its major part in the city's early evolution and momentous Filipino immigration over recent decades, the Asian-American improve of Salinas remains small compared to California average.
By 2011, Salinas had one of the highest concentrations of unauthorized immigrants in the state and nationwide.
As a result, Salinas police department policy is to not verify immigration status of individuals coming into contact with town/city police officers. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 23.2 square miles (60 km2), 99.84% of it territory and 0.16% of it water.
Prior to mass agricultural and urban development, much of the town/city consisted of rolling hills bisected by wooded creeks and interspersed with marsh land. Today, the town/city is positioned mostly on leveled ground, with some rolling hills and wooded gulches with creeks remaining in the north-eastern Creekbridge and Williams Ranch neighborhoods, as well as the Laurel Heights section of East Salinas. The natural ecosystems accompanying the area's topography and surrounding have been recreated in Natividad Creek Park and adjoining Upper Carr Lake. The Gabilan and Santa Lucia mountain peaks border the Salinas Valley to the east and to the west, in the order given.
Both mountain peaks and the Salinas Valley run approximately 90 miles (145 km) south-east from Salinas towards King City.
The Salinas River runs the length of the Salinas Valley and empties into the Pacific Ocean at the center of the Monterey Bay.
Salinas Snow in the town/city of Salinas is extremely rare.
Salinas has cool and moderate temperatures, due to the "natural air conditioner" that conveys ocean air and fog from the Monterey Bay to Salinas, while suburbs to the north and south of Salinas experience hotter summers, as mountain peaks block the ocean air.
Thus, Salinas weather is closer to that of the Central Coast of California, clean water that of inland valleys, and thus has a mild Mediterranean climate with typical daily highs ranging from around 63 F (17 C) in the winter to around 75 F (24 C) in the summer.
Salinas is in the top ten American metros/cities for cleanest air character, because the offshore marine layer generates winds that blow smoke and fog further inland. The difference between ocean and air temperature also tends to problematic heavy morning fog amid the summer months, known as the marine layer, driven by an onshore wind created by the small-town high pressure sunny portions of the Salinas Valley, which extend north and south from Salinas and the Bay.
An inch of snow fell in Salinas on February 26, 2011.
Climate data for Salinas (KSNS) Enumeration Bureau, Salinas tended to be poorer and less educated than California and the country as a whole, with the notable exception of sizeable neighborhoods in the southern and north-eastern portions of the town/city (see thematic maps and table below).
The most well-to-do and educated neighborhoods in Salinas are Creekbrige (North-East), Laurelwood (Central-West) and South Salinas (South-West).
Hebbron Heights/central East Salinas was the poorest and least educated - as it has been since the Alisal region including it was took in by the town/city in 1963. While most neighborhoods saw 1 in every 4-to-6 inhabitants live in poverty, only 1 in 25 inhabitants lived in poverty in Creekbridge - by far the lowest rate in the town/city and less than a third of state and nationwide average.
There remained a momentous disparity athwart the city, but the city's most well-to-do neighborhoods floundered to exceed nationwide or statewide averages despite having decidedly higher incomes and lower poverty than California or the country as a whole. Income, poverty and education for all neighborhoods inside Salinas town/city limits (2008 2012 5-year average) N/A Salinas City 50,587 2.2 20.8 43.8 60.0 13.1 4.1 2 North Salinas 58,401 2.1 16.1 48.3 54.2 4.2 0.6 3 North Salinas 55,345 0.0 15.8 54.8 66.1 12.5 1.2 4 North Salinas 40,449 1.8 24.9 28.4 57.1 8.2 2.1 6 East Salinas 48,663 1.3 29.1 29.5 36.1 6.1 0.0 7.01 East Salinas 36,043 0.0 40.5 24.5 29.6 2.4 0.5 7.02 East Salinas 40,483 0.0 40.5 18.4 22.7 2.0 1.5 8 East Salinas 54,685 0.0 28.3 48.6 41.0 1.2 0.0 9 East Salinas 42,336 0.0 27.8 33.8 39.3 4.5 0.3 15 Los Olivos & Mission Park/South Salinas 72,426 3.2 15.0 40.2 93.6 25.6 9.2 16 South Salinas 61,635 1.8 16.6 57.5 86.5 24.9 9.2 17 South Salinas 51,797 2.9 14.3 46.1 66.2 16.2 8.2 18.02 North Salinas 53,813 2.4 22.5 26.0 68.6 16.0 4.2 106.6 Monte Bella & East Salinas 58,363 4.6 13.1 59.3 58.5 14.2 4.4 106.8 North Salinas 53,147 0.0 14.8 45.0 32.6 5.5 1.2 106.7 East Salinas 45,156 0.0 31.0 37.2 32.6 5.5 1.2 Although positioned inside town/city limits, census tract 9800 consists solely of an airport, golf course and commercial region with a populace of 0. The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Salinas had a populace of 150,441.
The ethnic makeup of Salinas was 68,973 (45.8%) White, down from 90.3% 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 competitions, and 7,630 (5.1%) from two or more competitions.
The 2000 United States Enumeration reported that Salinas had a populace of 151,060.
Median homehold income in the town/city tended to be decidedly higher alongside the town/city limits, especially in the northern Harden Ranch and Creekbridge neighborhoods.
East Salinas and the downtown region suffered from a very low median homehold income as well as high crime rates.
South and North Salinas featured roughly the same level of median homeholds income with the latter being home to city's wealthiest newly constructed neighborhoods. Salinas has long had a well-recognized, momentous lured with organized street gangs Such as Nortenos and Surenos, and associated violent crime. According to the U.S.
Bureau of Justice Statistics, the city's overall violent crime and homicide rates are decidedly above those for California and the country overall, although the overall violent crime has declined since 2000. Gang activeness and violent crime are concentrated in the poorer parts of Central and East Salinas and exacerbated by the city's comparatively low tax base and consequently limited policing resources. A hypothesis to explain the city's especially intense lured with gang related violent crime cites the city's adjacency to Salinas Valley State Prison.
Year Violent Crime Rate - Salinas Homicide Rate - Salinas Violent Crime Rate - California Homicide Rate - California Major employers in Salinas include Taylor Farms, Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, Natividad Medical Center, Mann Packing, Hilltown Packing, Newstar Fresh Foods, and Monterey County. Salinas boasts an emerging arts scene led by the First Fridays Art Walk and the innovative use of non-traditional or company venues to exhibit art and host live small-town music. The earliest loggia in Salinas, the Valley Art Gallery, has been active for over 30 years. The Hartnell College Gallery hosts world-class exhibitions of art amid the school year. The National Steinbeck Center has two arcades with changing exhibits, and the city's newest @Risk Gallery features cutting-edge and visionary exhibitions.
Live theater companies in Salinas include ARIEL Theatrical positioned in the Karen Wilson's Children's Theater in Oldtown Salinas, and The Western Stage, based at Hartnell College.
Concerts are held at the historic Fox California Theater, Steinbeck Institute for Arts and Culture and the Salinas Sports Complex, as well as at Hartnell Community College.
Salinas is home to many enhance murals, including work by John Cerney which can be viewed in the agricultural fields encircling the city.
The Boronda Adobe is a California Historical Landmark and listed in the National Register of Historic Places and holds a exhibition of early Salinas and California history.
Authentic Wells Fargo Coach at California Rodeo Salinas Heritage Museum.
As host of a PRCA-sanctioned rodeo, Salinas is a primary stop on the experienced rodeo circuit.
The California Rodeo Salinas began in 1911 as a Wild West Show on the site of the old race track ground, now the Salinas Sports Complex.
Rodeo-related affairs held in Salinas and Monterey include cowboy poetry, wine tasting, a carnival, barbecues and a gala cowboy ball.
The biggest wine-grape producing region in California, the Salinas Valley, is home to over 20 wineries and 14 estate tasting rooms along the River Road, just south of the town/city limits. In 2014, Forbes ranked Salinas the second least educated urbane region in the United States. Salinas has seven school districts serving the town/city core and adjoining unincorporated areas.
The biggest school precinct in Salinas is the Salinas Union High School District (grades 7-12) with 13,578 students enrolled in 10 campuses. The Salinas City Elementary School District is the biggest elementary school precinct in Salinas, with 13 schools and 7,954 students. Other districts include Santa Rita Union Elementary School District, Graves Elementary School District, Washington Union School District, Lagunita School District, and Alisal Union School District.
Opportunities for college studies in Salinas include Hartnell College.
Local newspapers include The Salinas Californian, Monterey County Weekly and Monterey County Herald.
Route 101 is the primary north-south highway in Salinas, linking the town/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, while California State Route 183 runs northwest to Castroville.
Art Deco Style Amtrak Train Station in Salinas Amtrak, the nationwide passenger rail system, serves Salinas, operating its Coast Starlight daily in each direction between Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles.
Greyhound operates from the Salinas Amtrak station with service to other California metros/cities and throughout the United States. Salinas Municipal Airport is positioned on the southeastern boundary of the City of Salinas, three miles (5 km) from the town/city center.
Salinas Airport Commissioners agreed to a proposed universal that would bring a 100-room hotel, offices and hangars to a vacant lot in front of the Salinas Municipal Airport terminal.
The Salinas Jet Center would include a nationwide chain hotel, 80,000 square feet (7,000 m2) of office space, four large complexes combining more offices with aircraft hangars and a 24-hour, full-service airplane fueling station.
The event draws thousands of visitors to Salinas over its three-day run.
Salinas and its encircling towns are served by Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital and Natividad Medical Center, both positioned in Salinas.
Salinas is served by the following utilities: Steinbeck home in downtown Salinas Evan Dietrich-Smith, Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive linemen, Super Bowl XLV champion (2011 with Green Bay Packers), Salinas High School graduate class of 2004 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 Salinas in prominent culture Marilyn Monroe, actress, 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 Salinas is the subject of a song ("Salinas") from British singer-songwriter Laura Marling's third album A Creature I Don't Know Salinas has established sister town/city relationships with four cities: Restored Steam Engine Salinas City of Salinas, California.
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