Salinas
A city in Monterey County, California — population 154,868 as of 2020.
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Lookout Santa Cruz
September 23This week in Santa Cruz County business: Summit on economic opportunities for local arts; Verve workers reach tentative contract; voting underway for Lookout List
A Monterey Bay Economic Partnership summit focused on improving the economic health and quality of life of Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties, a union deal for local Verve Coffee Roasters employees and how to show your favorite local businesses some love – it's all part…
Local Business
Elk Grove News
September 22Moss Landing battery storage fire flares up again, raising new safety fears in California
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General
Lookout Santa Cruz
September 18Monterey County officials continue to monitor Moss Landing fire; shelter-in-place order lifted
Monterey County officials say they are continuing to monitor a still-smoldering fire that started early Friday at a battery storage facility in Moss Landing. The fire began in an old scar burn from a building damaged in the original blaze in 2025 , according to County of Monterey…
Public Safety
Lookout Santa Cruz
September 18Fire reignites at Moss Landing battery plant; Monterey County officials issue shelter-in-place order
Residents near the Moss Landing battery plant were under a shelter-in-place order after a fire erupted at the facility early Friday morning.
Public Safety
City of Monterey
September 12Pride Flag Raising Ceremony in Honor of Pride Month in June, Friday, May 29
June is Pride Month, when the world's LGBTQIA+ communities come together and celebrate the freedom to be themselves. Pride Month celebrates years of struggle for civil rights and the ongoing pursuit of equal justice under the law for marginalized groups. FULL NEWS RELEASE IN PDF
EventsIn and around Salinas
See & do
- A - Hartnell College Library
- A to Z Rental Center
- Alta Performance Institute
- Anytime Fitness
- Atlantic Little League
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Salinas by the numbers
- Area
- 23.51 sq mi (60.9 km²), 0.03 sq mi water
- Median age
- 32.4
- Households
- 43,620
- Persons per household
- 3.7
- Median household income
- $91,908
- Median house value
- $654,100
- Office
- MIGUEL GUTIERREZ ASSIST FINANCE DIRECTOR
- Address
- 200 LINCOLN AVE, SALINAS, CA 93901