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  • MEXICO, Veracruz, Tantoyuca, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. Costumed "xantolo" dancers wait their turn to practice in Tantoyuca's "Plaza Constitucion." "Xantolo," the Nahuatl word for "Santos," or holy, marks a week-long period during which the whole Huasteca region of northern Veracruz state prepares for "Dia de los Muertos," the Day of the Dead. For children on the nights of October 31st and adults on November 1st, there is costumed dancing in the streets, and a carnival atmosphere, while Mexican families also honor the yearly return of the souls of their relatives at home and in the graveyards, with flower-bedecked altars and the foods their loved ones preferred in life. Photographs commissioned by HOY newspaper for a feature story.
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  • "Ursula," by Liam Da Leo, a work made in 2013 with acrylic and epoxy resin, part of "Respect Through Sacrifice" at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas. The artist’s comment on the label is “Attracted and Alarmed.”
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  • “Respect Through Sacrifice,” Salinas artist Liam Da Leo’s well-attended opening on Friday, November 1st at the National Steinbeck Center, brought together disparate influences and an edgy attitude to the Monterey County art scene. Featuring graffiti themes, bold colors, and layered textures, the exhibit drew all kinds of art patrons, welcoming the public with cold beer, modern music courtesy of DJ Sergio Lombris, and hip-hop performances and dance from Verenice Portela, Onhel EyeYella, Kas Once, Caleb, Andrew Echo and ATC.
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  • “Respect Through Sacrifice,” Salinas artist Liam Da Leo’s well-attended opening on Friday, November 1st at the National Steinbeck Center, brought together disparate influences and an edgy attitude to the Monterey County art scene. Featuring graffiti themes, bold colors, and layered textures, the exhibit drew all kinds of art patrons, welcoming the public with cold beer, modern music courtesy of DJ Sergio Lombris, and hip-hop performances and dance from Verenice Portela, Onhel EyeYella, Kas Once, Caleb, Andrew Echo and ATC.
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  • “Respect Through Sacrifice,” Salinas artist Liam Da Leo’s well-attended opening on Friday, November 1st at the National Steinbeck Center, brought together disparate influences and an edgy attitude to the Monterey County art scene. Featuring graffiti themes, bold colors, and layered textures, the exhibit drew all kinds of art patrons, welcoming the public with cold beer, modern music courtesy of DJ Sergio Lombris, and hip-hop performances and dance from Verenice Portela, Onhel EyeYella, Kas Once, Caleb, Andrew Echo and ATC.
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  • While waiting for a shower at the Chinatown Health Services Center in Salinas, Joan Sassman makes a call, and her son Nathaniel Ashlin, 11, folds a dollar bill into various shapes. By all accounts, Nathaniel is an excellent student.
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  • Adalasia and Ricardo chill out in the van. Ricardo works the night shift, and gets little sleep.
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  • Perched on the middle bench of their van, Adalasia gets a morning change of clothes.
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  • Volunteer Daniela Mejia quietly checks for occupants in a vehicle on the street during the 2017 Point-In-Time Homeless Count and Survey conducted by the Coalition of Homeless Service Providers in Salinas early Wednesday morning, Jan. 25th.
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  • A mandala made by Urban Arts Collaborative at Noche de le Virgen Tonantzin, a live performance event on Monday, December 12th, 2017 at the Alisal Center for the Fine Arts in east Salinas.
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  • A vocal group of protesters gathered at noon Sunday to denounce Donald Trump’s racist, misogynistic comments in the weeks preceding the presidential election. Represented youth across the spectrum, the group in front of City Hall in Salinas demanded equality and respect.
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  • Organized by the Salinas Valley Dream Academy, students and city residents participated in a Youth Empowerment March & Rally on Saturday, November 5. The rally took place in Closter Park after a march through neighboring streets.
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  • A small group of protesters greeted presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at Hartnell College in Salinas on Wednesday, May 25th, 2016.
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  • Mary, Joseph and their donkey wait backstage at the 2016 Streets of Bethlehem Christmas event, staged by the First Baptist Church in Salinas.
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  • On November 13th, 2016, runners warm up in the early morning for the 14th Big Sur Half-Marathon on Monterey Bay.
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  • Organized by the Salinas Valley Dream Academy, students and city residents participated in a Youth Empowerment March & Rally on Saturday, November 5. The rally took place in Closter Park after a march through neighboring streets.
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  • Ashley Corral, 11, is the Corpse Bride on Monday. Children and adults alike made the afternoon of Halloween a festive one at the César Chávez Library in Salinas.
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  • Fireworks streak the sky at Monday evening's July 4th celebrations at the Salinas Sports Complex.
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  • Selfies at Monday's July 4th celebrations in Salinas.
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  • Memorial Day observances in Salinas on Monday, May 30th included morning ceremonies first at Garden of Memories, then at the Monterey County Vietnam Veterans Memorial, shown here, followed by a moving remembrance at the Central Park Memorial Rose Garden near Hartnell College.
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  • Rocio Tafoya waits for her hard-earned diploma at the 2016 Salinas High School Graduation on May 26th.
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  • A young man rides his customized trike with style along Gee Street in east Salinas.
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  • Seventh-grader Sofia Roa, 13, dances during Sacred Heart School's first annual Diversity Day on Thursday, May 5th in Salinas.
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  • Urban Arts Collaborative's Luis Rodriguez at work in the group's garden at 215 Lincoln Avenue in Salinas.
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  • In response to a number of shootings in Salinas, more than thirty community leaders met late Monday afternoon at Jesse Sanchez Elementary School for a healing circle led by Jerry Tello.
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  • Retiring superintendent Dee Baker and and trustee Emily Hull-Parsons at the dedication on Wednesday, February 17th of the new Dee Baker Education Center at Washington Union Elementary School.
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  • Photographed early Monday morning, February 1st, from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a dusting of snow remains on Mt. Toro from the weekend's rain and subsequent strong winds.
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  • Carlos Mejia, 6, and a friend fly his "papalote," or flying kite, under the power lines near Jesse Sanchez Elementary School in east Salinas.
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  • At the Hebbron Family Center in Salinas, assistant Matilde Peña draws a tropical island on which chilldren in the Tiny Tots program will paint.
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  • Judith Hernandez, 7, Alfredo Matias, 9, and Esmeralda Matias, 7, play a word-guessing game at the Breadbox Recreation Center in Salinas.
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  • A late afternoon rainbow on Monday in Salinas, after weekend rains finally leave town.
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  • On Grandhaven St. and First Ave. in east Salinas, flowers by the thousands open on a mature tree.
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  • Scenes from the nighttime 2015 Colmo del Rodeo Parade on Saturday. The event marks the start of Big Week in Salinas, CA, and is preceded by the Kiddy Kapers Parade, which celebrates children.
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  • Just hanging out after school, eight year-old Mairin Chavez plays on a solitary rope hanging from a tree in her modest front yard in east Salinas. Keen to show off her gymnastic skills, she twisted and turned for a visitor all kinds of different ways, just for fun.
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  • Under the tutelage of Pee Wee basketball coach Markus Garnica, left, young players Julian Garcia, 6, Aaliya Ruiz, 5, and Gael Vega, 5, practice their defensive skills during their first practice on Sunday afternoon at the Recreation Center on Lincoln Avenue in Salinas.
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  • Julisa Salazar, 3, has fun crawling through this colorful play tunnel at Sunday's Dia Del Niño Event at La Paz Park in Salinas. The family event, co-sponsored with Poder Popular, drew children and their parents from all over the community to enjoy music, food and games from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
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  • Emily Ramirez, 11, handles an angora rabbit at Sunday’s Rancho Cielo Family Fun Day in Salinas.
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  • Thousands of people turend out on Sunday for the traditional El Grito Festival in Salinas, which celebrates Mexican Independence Day.
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  • The lead singer of Los Nuevos Sauceda gets the crowd rocking at Sunday’s “El Grito” celebration in Salinas marking September 16th's anniversary of Mexico’s independence from Spain. The annual fiesta, which occupies East Alisal Street between Wood and Sanborn, brimmed as usual with booths selling patriotic souvenirs and all manner of food and drink. Local businesses and nonprofits manned booths with information about health and community programs, while traditional “bandas” filled the afternoon with dance music and good cheer.
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  • Hata were necessary for Sunday’s "El Grito” celebration in Salinas marking September 16th's anniversary of Mexico’s independence from Spain. The annual fiesta, which occupies East Alisal Street between Wood and Sanborn, brimmed as usual with booths selling patriotic souvenirs and all manner of food and drink. Local businesses and nonprofits manned booths with information about health and community programs, while traditional “bandas” filled the afternoon with dance music and good cheer.
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  • Gabriela Florencia Arellano, 6, was in a patriotic mood for Sunday’s “El Grito” celebration in Salinas marking September 16th's anniversary of Mexico’s independence from Spain. The annual fiesta, which occupies East Alisal Street between Wood and Sanborn, brimmed as usual with booths selling souvenirs and all manner of food and drink. Local businesses and nonprofits manned booths with information about health and community programs, while traditional “bandas” filled the afternoon with dance music and good cheer.
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  • Sunday's crowds along East Alisal Street in Salinas celebrated the symbolic beginning of Mexico's revolution against Spanish rule, with an afternoon long fiesta culminating in the reenactment of "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence."
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  • Sunday's crowds along East Alisal Street in Salinas celebrated the symbolic beginning of Mexico's revolution against Spanish rule, with an afternoon long fiesta culminating in the reenactment of "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence."
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  • Sunday's crowds along East Alisal Street in Salinas celebrated the symbolic beginning of Mexico's revolution against Spanish rule, with an afternoon long fiesta culminating in the reenactment of "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence."
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  • Honorary Consul Blanca Estela Zarazua rings a replica of Father Miguel Hidalgo's church bell, representing the beginning of the Mexican revolution against Spain more than 200 years ago. "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence" followed the ringing of the bell, with Sunday's crowds along East Alisal in Salinas shouting "Viva Mexico."
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  • As a complement to First Friday’s Art Walk in Oldtown, Alisal artists without a place to exhibit held their own show called Art for the Deprived at Natividad Creek Park.
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  • Morning sun warms up a field just after a heavy overnight rain in Salinas.
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  • Sunday, October 25th saw a great turnout for the third annual Ciclovia Salinas, where a long section of Alisal Street was closed to motor traffic for four hours, allowing hundreds of citizens to enjoy a car-free day.
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  • On N. Sanborn Rd. in Salinas' east side, billboards to inspire.
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  • Uncertainty reigns on Soledad St. in Salinas on Sunday, October 4th, as rumors of a new sweep spread through the community.
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  • The sixth annual Salinas Valley Pride event on September 12th, 2015 at the Fox Theater in Salinas. The popular gathering drew hundreds of people from across the area to share a great evening of solidarity, music and fun across the spectrum.
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  • Scenes from a metal show on  September 11th, 2015, held as a tribute to friend and fellow musician Adrian Garcia of Salinas, who was killed in a hit-and-run last year. Burial Procession, Wretched Remains, Genethliac, Gardens, and Asterion, all local bands, filled La Movida Nightclub on E. Alisal St. with defiant music and praise for Garcia’s positive spirit.
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  • A front-yard cross doubles as a laundry line on Pacific Avenue in Salinas.
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  • Scenes from this weekend at the 2015 California Rodeo Salinas.
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  • The cowboy/cowgirl race on Thursday, grand opening of the 2015 California Rodeo Salinas.
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  • Jessica Ruiz, 18, practices her cosmetology skills on transgender prom queen Angie Esteban in their Regional Occupational Program (ROP) class in Salinas.
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  • On Easter Sunday, many local families attended services at St. Mary of the Nativity Catholic Church in east Salinas, where Rev. Miguel Rodriguez, pictured here, and Rev. Mr. Jhonnatan Carmona spoke of hope.
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  • More than fifty enthusiastic children took part on Thursday afternoon in an Easter-themed piñata party at the Cesar Chavez Library. Many of these kids had spent several hours doing their vacation homework, so to the cheers of parents, they eagerly took shots at emptying the colorful candy-filled star of its contents. After all the kids had a turn, and were munching from Easter baskets, the hard-working staff at the library had their turn at bat.
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  • Ana Suarez, right, helps Jalyssa Garibay, 9, at her fitting for a First Communion dress at Alicia’s Boutique in Salinas.
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  • A twelve-foot handmade cross trucked in from Mexico outside Cristo Rey Church in Salinas. The carpenter donated it to the church during Easter Week.
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  • Just hanging out after school, eight year-old Mairin Chavez plays on a solitary rope hanging from a tree in her modest front yard in east Salinas.
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  • Scenes from a metal show on  September 11th, 2015, held as a tribute to friend and fellow musician Adrian Garcia of Salinas, who was killed in a hit-and-run last year. Burial Procession, Wretched Remains, Genethliac, Gardens, and Asterion, all local bands, filled La Movida Nightclub on E. Alisal St. with defiant music and praise for Garcia’s positive spirit.
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  • Scenes from a metal show on  September 11th, 2015, held as a tribute to friend and fellow musician Adrian Garcia of Salinas, who was killed in a hit-and-run last year. Burial Procession, Wretched Remains, Genethliac, Gardens, and Asterion, all local bands, filled La Movida Nightclub on E. Alisal St. with defiant music and praise for Garcia’s positive spirit.
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  • Scenes from a metal show on  September 11th, 2015, held as a tribute to friend and fellow musician Adrian Garcia of Salinas, who was killed in a hit-and-run last year. Burial Procession, Wretched Remains, Genethliac, Gardens, and Asterion, all local bands, filled La Movida Nightclub on E. Alisal St. with defiant music and praise for Garcia’s positive spirit.
    150911 metalshow16.jpg
  • Scenes from a metal show on  September 11th, 2015, held as a tribute to friend and fellow musician Adrian Garcia of Salinas, who was killed in a hit-and-run last year. Burial Procession, Wretched Remains, Genethliac, Gardens, and Asterion, all local bands, filled La Movida Nightclub on E. Alisal St. with defiant music and praise for Garcia’s positive spirit.
    150911 metalshow10.jpg
  • Scenes from a metal show on  September 11th, 2015, held as a tribute to friend and fellow musician Adrian Garcia of Salinas, who was killed in a hit-and-run last year. Burial Procession, Wretched Remains, Genethliac, Gardens, and Asterion, all local bands, filled La Movida Nightclub on E. Alisal St. with defiant music and praise for Garcia’s positive spirit.
    150911 metalshow06.jpg
  • Scenes from a metal show on  September 11th, 2015, held as a tribute to friend and fellow musician Adrian Garcia of Salinas, who was killed in a hit-and-run last year. Burial Procession, Wretched Remains, Genethliac, Gardens, and Asterion, all local bands, filled La Movida Nightclub on E. Alisal St. with defiant music and praise for Garcia’s positive spirit.
    150911 metalshow05.jpg
  • Scenes from a metal show on  September 11th, 2015, held as a tribute to friend and fellow musician Adrian Garcia of Salinas, who was killed in a hit-and-run last year. Burial Procession, Wretched Remains, Genethliac, Gardens, and Asterion, all local bands, filled La Movida Nightclub on E. Alisal St. with defiant music and praise for Garcia’s positive spirit.
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  • In a well-attended, all-ages music event organized by Salinas' own In Your Face Productions, five area metal bands played their hearts out on Saturday night at the Rock Boxing Gym on East Alisal Street. Appreciative fans and some enthusiastic dancers welcomed dark harmonic waves, heartfelt lyrics, and solid musicianship from Gilroy's Disruption, who opened the night, Windows of Lucidity, from Monterey, Worship, from Salinas, Gonzales' The Art of Torture, celebrating a CD release, and headliners Aethere, from Salinas. The nearly five-hour event, brought together through social media and word-of-mouth, was characterized by camaraderie and good humor throughout.
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  • Windows of Lucidity from Monterey played second on Saturday. In a well-attended, all-ages music event organized by Salinas' own In Your Face Productions, five area metal bands played their hearts out at the Rock Boxing Gym on East Alisal Street.
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  • Singer Dillon Costello from Monterey's Windows of Lucidity levitates. In a well-attended, all-ages music event organized by Salinas' own In Your Face Productions, five area metal bands played their hearts out on Saturday night at the Rock Boxing Gym on East Alisal Street.
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  • Members of Disruption hang out after their set. In a well-attended, all-ages music event organized by Salinas' own In Your Face Productions, five area metal bands played their hearts out on Saturday night at the Rock Boxing Gym on East Alisal Street.
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  • Scenes from “Nightmare on Alisal Street,” a boisterous five-band metal show put on by independent Salinas organizers on Saturday, October 19th. Faced with a last-minute scramble to find an alternative venue, band members were undeterred, showing both patience and resilience in moving the all-ages, no alcohol event to Rock Boxing Gym in East Salinas. Local energetic trio Electrix led off the evening, followed by hard and fast sounds from Asterion, both from Salinas. Parasitic Ejaculation, from Santa Cruz, delivered a blistering set. The evening was capped off by two local favorites, Vianna, offered melodies juxtaposed with brutal passages, a distinct counterpoint to Aethere’s furious wall of noise.
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  • Aethere’s drummer is stripped down for action during “Nightmare on Alisal Street,” a boisterous five-band metal show put on by independent Salinas organizers on Saturday, October 19th at Rock Boxing Gym.
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  • In a welcome scene near the Maya Theater in Oldtown Salinas on Saturday night, an energetic crowd of young music fans jammed the Pica Fresh Mex restaurant for a five-band show. Metal headliners Vianna from Salinas brought together like-minded Asterion and A Breed Extinct, also from Salinas, adding Windows of Lucidity from Monterey and duo Monroe & Julia to the mix. Well aware of the dearth of approved performance spaces in the city, organizers were scrupulous about maintaining a low profile, and through social media drew fans whose responsible attitude toward the community contributed to the success of the all-ages show.
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  • Fans dance to the rhythms of Vianna, a band from Salinas who headlined Saturday night’s show at Pica Fresh Mex restaurant in Oldtown.
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  • Scenes from the sixth annual Salinas Valley Pride event on September 12th, 2015 at the Fox Theater in Salinas. The popular gathering drew hundreds of people from across the area to share a great evening of solidarity, music and fun across the spectrum.
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  • Scenes from the sixth annual Salinas Valley Pride event on September 12th, 2015 at the Fox Theater in Salinas. The popular gathering drew hundreds of people from across the area to share a great evening of solidarity, music and fun across the spectrum.
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  • Scenes from the sixth annual Salinas Valley Pride event on September 12th, 2015 at the Fox Theater in Salinas. The popular gathering drew hundreds of people from across the area to share a great evening of solidarity, music and fun across the spectrum.
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  • Scenes from the sixth annual Salinas Valley Pride event on September 12th, 2015 at the Fox Theater in Salinas. The popular gathering drew hundreds of people from across the area to share a great evening of solidarity, music and fun across the spectrum.
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  • Scenes from the sixth annual Salinas Valley Pride event on September 12th, 2015 at the Fox Theater in Salinas. The popular gathering drew hundreds of people from across the area to share a great evening of solidarity, music and fun across the spectrum.
    150912 jd SVP13.jpg
  • Scenes from the sixth annual Salinas Valley Pride event on September 12th, 2015 at the Fox Theater in Salinas. The popular gathering drew hundreds of people from across the area to share a great evening of solidarity, music and fun across the spectrum.
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  • Dance music by DJ Anima kept the crowd up well into Thursday morning at the third year anniversary of "Social Wednesdays" at Casa Sorrento in Salinas. DJ Luna, Salinas Valley Pride Celebrations, and a supportive community have made these regular evenings popular.
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  • Dance music by DJ Anima kept the crowd up well into Thursday morning at the third year anniversary of "Social Wednesdays" at Casa Sorrento in Salinas. DJ Luna, Salinas Valley Pride Celebrations, and a supportive community have made these regular evenings popular.
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  • Saturday night’s third annual “Salinas Valley Pride Celebrations ” program at the Fox Theater on South Main Street drew an enthusiastic, all-ages crowd from all over California to watch, laugh and dance well into the early hours of Sunday. Organized by Salinas residents Jacob Agamao and Mariana Luna, also known as DJ Luna,  SVPC is a volunteer-based group whose mission statement is to “unite people of all ages, races, ethnicities, sexual and gender identities in celebration of our diversity.”
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  • Saturday night’s third annual “Salinas Valley Pride Celebrations ” program at the Fox Theater on South Main Street drew an enthusiastic, all-ages crowd from all over California to watch, laugh and dance well into the early hours of Sunday. Organized by Salinas residents Jacob Agamao and Mariana Luna, also known as DJ Luna,  SVPC is a volunteer-based group whose mission statement is to “unite people of all ages, races, ethnicities, sexual and gender identities in celebration of our diversity.”
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  • Paying tribute to the fallen during a Veterans Day ceremony on Wednesday at the Monterey County Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Salinas.
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  • Julie Posey sings the national anthem during a Veterans Day ceremony on Wednesday at the Monterey County Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Salinas.
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  • A view toward Salinas and the Monterey Peninsula seen from the slopes of Fremont Peak. The valley is well-known for stellar air-quality.
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  • The colossal redwoods of Big Sur, part of the Monterey Bay coastline area.
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  • Sea birds take flight on a stormy afternoon in December at Andrew Molera State Park near Big Sur, CA.
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  • In the Wednesday morning sunshine, a solitary worker plants seedlings in the fields bounded by E. Laurel Avenue and Natividad Road in Salinas. Some leafy greens can stand the cool January evening temperatures.
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  • The vivid colors of fallen leaves after a late November rain in Salinas.
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  • Cattle enjoy the lush mid-March growth on the hills of Toro Park off Rt. 68, the Monterey-Salinas highway.
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  • At Christ the King in Salinas, parishioners filled the church for a moving Holy Saturday vigil led by Fr. Antonio Sanchez, spreading the warmth of candlelight one by one through the expectant crowd.
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  • At Christ the King in Salinas, parishioners filled the church for a moving Holy Saturday vigil led by Fr. Antonio Sanchez, spreading the warmth of candlelight one by one through the expectant crowd.
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  • Deacon Omar Solis enters Christ the King Church in Salinas during late morning mass on the 4th Sunday of Advent. A period of four weeks before the birth of Jesus, Advent is a time of celebration during which Western Christians prepare themselves spiritually for the Nativity. The word is derived from the Latin “adventus,” meaning ”arrival,” or “approach.” Advent is often marked by the lighting of four candles, one each week until the evening of the 24th, when a fifth one is lit, symbolizing the life of Christ.
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  • Hands raised in prayer at the second “Maria La Luz Divina” Congress on Sunday at Sherwood Hall. The well-attended, all-day event is sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Monterey, and helps raise funds to keep radio programs at 1570 AM on the air.
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  • A handpainted icon is front and center for Sunday's service at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Salinas. Father Mark Vinas, left, blesses parishioners as they leave.
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