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  • A church steeple at the corner of Wood and Roosevelt, part of the CASP coverage area. The faith community is heavily involved in the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace.
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  • Snapshots of some of the kids officers Lofton and Lopez have worked with in the community. The CASP second floor office at the Hebbron Center is full of mementos children and their families have given to the police.
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  • A backyard wedding on Ragsdale Court, part of the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace coverage area. Salinas police officers Richard Lopez and Jeffrey Lofton have gotten to know many of the residents of this neighborhood.
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  • Salinas police officer Richard Lopez talks to a Fremont Street family about the CASP community policing program, and how they might best make use of the resources the Center offers.
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  • A detail from the CASP officer's bulletin boards at the Hebbron Center. The team’s approach encourages dialogue, cooperation and communication.
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  • Salinas police officer Richard Lopez talks to a Fremont Street family about the CASP community policing program, and how they might best make use of the resources the Center offers.
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  • A backyard wedding on Ragsdale Court, part of the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace coverage area. Salinas police officers Richard Lopez and Jeffrey Lofton have gotten to know many of the residents of this neighborhood.
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  • A child enjoys the swing at a backyard wedding on Ragsdale Court, part of the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace coverage area. Salinas police officers Richard Lopez and Jeffrey Lofton have gotten to know many of the residents of this neighborhood.
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  • A backyard wedding on Ragsdale Court, part of the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace coverage area. Salinas police officers Richard Lopez and Jeffrey Lofton have gotten to know many of the residents of this neighborhood.
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  • An empty lot still signposted as under development in the Hebbron CASP policing area. Officers Lofton and Lopez know virtually all the families in this neighborhood.
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  • Salinas police officer Jeffrey Lofton, shown, and partner Richard Lopez go door-to-door along Fremont Street to introduce residents to the CASP program. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • Salinas police officer Richard Lopez goes door-to-door along Fremont Street to introduce residents to the CASP program. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • Salinas police officers Jeffrey Lofton listens to a resident of Fremont Street, part of the CASP coverage area. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • Salinas police officers Jeffrey Lofton and Richard Lopez talk with Charlie, a neighborhood resident. The officers make a point of knowing who is in their area and making themselves available for help. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace, of which they are an active part, is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • Officer Jeffrey Lofton explains some of his duties from his desk at the Hebbron Community Center in Salinas. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • Detail of a corkboard in the CASP second floor offices at the Hebbron Center. The officers do their best to make helpful information available to address the neighborhood's concerns.
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  • KIds buy ice-cream from a vendor at La Paz Park, part of the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace coverage area. CASP is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • At the Hebbron Center, officer Richard Lopez explains how the team makes connections between probation records, school truancy and shared information from parents.
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  • Officer Lofton, in foreground, and Officer Lopez on patrol near Cesar Chavez Park in the Hebbron neighborhood of Salinas.
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  • At the end of the school day, officers Lofton and Lopez keep watch outside the Hebbron Center as parents pick up their kids from the bus stop.
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  • A detailed map of the area under the supervision of Officers Lofton and Lopez on the wall of their office at the Hebbron Center.
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  • The Hebbron Community Center, on the corner of N. Hebbron Avenue and Fremont Street. Officers Lofton and Lopez have a permanent office on the second floor.
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  • An empty lot along Fremont Street still signposted as under development in the Hebbron ASP policing area. Officers Lofton and Lopez know virtually all the families in this neighborhood.
    121129 jd CASP01.jpg
  • Young people hold hands at a backyard wedding on Ragsdale Court, which is in the CASP policing area. Salinas police officers Richard Lopez and Jeffrey Lofton know many of the residents of this neighborhood.
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  • Street scenes along East Market Street, part of the CASP coverage area. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • Scenes along East Market Street, part of the CASP coverage area. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • Scenes along East Market Street, part of the CASP coverage area. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • Scenes along Fremont Street, part of the CASP coverage area. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • Children play at a yard sale along N. Hebbron Avenue, part of the CASP coverage area. Officers Lofton and Lopez know virtually all the families in this neighborhood.
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  • A young resident of Fremont Street listens shyly as Salinas police officer Richard Lopez talks about the CASP community policing program.
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  • Salinas police officer Richard Lopez, who is bilingual, speaks in Spanish to a Fremont Street resident about CASP. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
    121129 jd CASP26.jpg
  • Salinas police officers Jeffrey Lofton listens to a Fremont Street resident as Richard Lopez looks on. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
    121129 jd CASP23.jpg
  • Salinas police officers Jeffrey Lofton listens to a resident of Fremont Street, in the CASP coverage area. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
    121129 jd CASP22.jpg
  • Salinas police officers Jeffrey Lofton listens to a Fremont Street resident as Richard Lopez looks on. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • Salinas police officer Richard Lopez takes a protective position as partner Jeffrey Lofton interviews a resident of Fremont Street. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • Salinas police officers Jeffrey Lofton, pictured, on patrol with partner Richard Lopez as part of the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace. CASP is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • Officer Richard Lopez points out how information from schools and parents can lead to a solution in their coverage area. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • A young skateboarder enjoys La Paz Park, part of the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace coverage area. CASP is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
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  • Officer Jeffrey Lofton outside the Hebbron Center, as he keeps a close watch on parents picking up their kids from the bus stop.
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  • Salinas police officer Richard Lopez, who is bilingual, speaks in Spanish to a Fremont Street resident about CASP. The Community Alliance for Safety and Peace is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
    121129 jd CASP27.jpg
  • Salinas police officer Richard Lopez on patrol as part of the Community Alliance for Safety and Peace. CASP is an ambitious program that aims to steer youth away from gang violence and toward solutions offered by more than 30 local organizations offering alternatives.
    121129 jd CASP17.jpg
  • NOTE: The images in this slideshow were taken over the course of ten years spent as a photojournalist in Asia and Africa. The children here are from eleven different countries, united by their common humanity.
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  • NOTE: The images in this slideshow were taken over the course of ten years spent as a photojournalist in Asia and Africa. The children here are from eleven different countries, united by their common humanity.
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  • Aztec group Yaocuauhtli perform a healing dance during a march through one of Salinas’ most troubled neighborhoods. The procession was part of a Day of the Dead remembrance at the nearby Alisal Center for the Fine Arts.
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  • Neighborhood children watch Aztec group Yaocuauhtli perform a healing dance during a march through one of Salinas’ most troubled neighborhoods. The procession was part of a Day of the Dead remembrance at the nearby Alisal Center for the Fine Arts.
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  • Dancers from Aztec group Yaocuauhtli take part in a healing march through one of Salinas’ most troubled neighborhoods, touching upon the sites of nine shootings. The procession was part of a Day of the Dead remembrance at the nearby Alisal Center for the Fine Arts.
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  • Monterey County students packed Sherwood Hall in Salinas on Thursday, April 4th to enjoy a dance performance of “Beauty and the Beast,” interpreted by Santa Barbara-based State Street Ballet and presented by the National Steinbeck Center. Nine area schools participated, including Frank Paul, Natividad Elementary, Cesar Chavez, Lagunita Elementary, Los Padres, La Paz Middle School, Roosevelt, Monterey Park and local YMCA spring break camp students. This classic tale of love and loss was adapted from the 1947 film by Jean Cocteau and set to the music of Tchaikovsky by Emmy Award-winning choreographer Robert Sund.
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  • A dancer from Yaocuauhtli blesses waiting cars with copal in the intersection of Pacific and Garner in east Salinas. The ACFA Day of the Dead procession traced a route touching upon the sites of nine shootings.
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  • A prayer circle on April 20th at the Vineyard Church, which runs a bi-monthly food distribution program in collaboration with the Food Bank of Monterey County.
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  • Salvador Ruiz, a volunteer along with his family for the past 20 years, helps distribute food on April 9th to Hebbron residents at St. Clare’s Corner, established in Salinas by the Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra in 1982.
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  • An actress gets the finishing touches on her hair. The Western Stage’s production of “Zoot Suit,” by Luis Valdez, is opening Saturday, September 7, 2013 at Hartnell College and will run until September 28th.
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  • Tereso Zarate, 68, is a field worker from Oaxaca, Mexico who has lived in Salinas for ten years, seen here on April 9th. He cannot subsist solely on seasonal work as a lettuce-picker. A Monterey County Food Bank distribution program in the Hebbron neighborhood where he lives is crucial to making it through the winter.
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  • Crew members on the bridge of the Viking Truvor monitor the progress of the ship through one of the many locks on the Volga-Baltic Waterway near Lake Onega. The route is a combination of natural lakes, rivers, canals and reservoirs between St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia, a distance of 700 miles.
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  • The old and the new along the Volga-Baltic Waterway: the sunken bell tower of the Church of the Trinity, built in 1654, flooded for a canal project, and in the background, a massive communications dish used by the Russian space program.
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  • Families enjoy the last of summer in the late afternoon light along the banks of the Rybinsk Reservoir. Children will return to school September 1st. The Volga-Baltic Waterway, made up of natural lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and canals, runs from St. Petersburg to Moscow, Russia, a journey of 700 miles.
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  • A rustic timbered church graces this small village on the banks of the Rybinsk Reservoir. The Volga-Baltic Waterway, made up of natural lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and canals, runs from St. Petersburg to Moscow, Russia, a journey of 700 miles.
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  • A church along the banks of the Sheksna River heading south toward the Rybinsk reservoir. The Volga-Baltic Waterway, made up of natural lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and canals, runs from St. Petersburg to Moscow, Russia, a journey of 700 miles.
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  • Afternoon light along the banks of the Sheksna River heading south toward the Rybinsk Reservoir. The Volga-Baltic Waterway, made up of natural lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and canals, runs from St. Petersburg to Moscow, Russia, a journey of 700 miles.
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  • The former fortress of Schlusselburg in Russia, positioned at the head of the Neva River to defend St. Petersburg from invaders coming from Lake Ladoga, Europe's biggest body of water, at 7,000 square miles.
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  • A new church glistens in the late afternoon light on the banks of the Rybinsk Reservoir. The Volga-Baltic Waterway, made up of natural lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and canals, runs from St. Petersburg to Moscow, Russia, a journey of 700 miles.
    JAD_RF Waterways 54_9857.jpg
  • One of the many locks along the Volga-Baltic Waterway, which is made up of natural lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and canals, and runs from St. Petersburg to Moscow, Russia.
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  • A Russian bear on the bridge of the Viking Truvor guards passengers and crew alike. The Volga-Baltic Waterway runs from St. Petersburg to Moscow, a journey of 700 miles.
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  • Sunset along the Vytegra Canal on the way to Lake Beloye, part of a 700 mile cruise from St. Petersburg along the Volga-Baltic Waterway to Moscow, Russia.
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  • One of the many locks on the Volga-Baltic Waterway near Lake Onega. The route is a combination of natural lakes, rivers, canals and reservoirs between St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia, a distance of 700 miles.
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  • NOTE: The images in this slideshow were taken over the course of ten years spent as a photojournalist in Asia and Africa. The children here are from eleven different countries, united by their common humanity.
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  • Sunset on the Rybinsk Reservoir. The Volga-Baltic Waterway, made up of natural lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and canals, runs from St. Petersburg to Moscow, Russia, a journey of 700 miles.
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  • A fairy-tale sunset on the shores of Lake Onega. The Volga-Baltic Waterway runs between St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia, a journey of 700 miles.
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  • Early morning in a small village along the shores of Lake Onega. The Volga-Baltic Waterway is a combination of natural lakes, rivers and reservoirs between St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia, a distance of 700 miles.
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  • Passengers on the Viking Truvor say farewell to St. Petersburg as they pass under a suspension bridge headed east along the Volga-Baltic Waterway to Moscow, Russia, a journey of 700 miles.
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  • Serious work vessels line the banks of the Neva River as it widens east of St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Crew members on the Viking Truvor say farewell to their sister ship before sailing from St. Petersburg along the Volga-Baltic Waterway to Moscow, Russia, a journey of 700 miles.
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  • Elaborate sculptures grace this lock before entering Lake Onega.The Volga-Baltic Waterway is a combination of natural lakes, rivers, canals and reservoirs between St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia, a distance of 700 miles.
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  • Lock art along the Volga-Baltic Waterway, which is made up of natural lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and canals, and runs from St. Petersburg to Moscow, Russia, a journey of 700 miles.
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  • A burnoff at a canalside factory approaching Lake Beloye, part of a 700 mile cruise from St. Petersburg along the Volga-Baltic Waterway to Moscow, Russia.
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  • Members of the Alisal Teachers Association and the California School Employees Association picket outside Bardin Elementary School before a scheduled meeting of the Alisal School Board on Wednesday, October 9th in Salinas. Teachers were protesting the cancellation of school board meetings, and the lack of adequate textbooks and classroom materials for the 2013/2014 school year.
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  • Frank Alvarado, Sr. speaks to media after an official press conference at Sherwood Hall on Thursday about police-community relations in Salinas. Alvarado's son Frank Jr. was killed in an incident with police on July 10, 2014.
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  • The 2013 Colmo del Rodeo Parade is the traditional kickoff to Big Week of the California Rodeo Salinas. Saturday’s night-lighted extravaganza followed the Kiddy Kapers Parade by just one hour,  drawing cheers from thousands of residents for the fourth consecutive year since its revival in 2010 for the 100th anniversary of the Rodeo.
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  • The 2013 Colmo del Rodeo Parade is the traditional kickoff to Big Week of the California Rodeo Salinas. Saturday’s night-lighted extravaganza followed the Kiddy Kapers Parade by just one hour,  drawing cheers from thousands of residents for the fourth consecutive year since its revival in 2010 for the 100th anniversary of the Rodeo.
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  • Usually held in the mid-summer in Japan, "Obon" is the traditional time to honor one's departed family members. Across America, this deeply spiritual Buddhist tradition has evolved into an event that celebrates all things Japanese as well. The festival usually culminates in joyful "odori" dances, meant to commemorate the ancestor's release from suffering.
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  • Salinas pilot Sean Tucker poses for the camera before this weekend's California International Airshow Salinas. The exhibition featured state-of-the-art precision flying from the US Air Force Thunderbirds, Canada's CF-18 demonstration team and the civilian Patriots jet team. Both days of the show highlighted aerobatic routines from Tucker, Jacquie Warda and Kent Pietsch, aerial tributes to flying legends Clay Lacey and Bob Hoover, and plenty of static aircraft displays for the whole family.
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  • The Patriots civilian jet team begins a pass by the grandstands at this weekend's California International Airshow Salinas. The exhibition featured state-of-the-art precision flying from the US Air Force Thunderbirds, Canada's CF-18 demonstration team and the civilian Patriots jet team. Both days of the show highlighted aerobatic routines from Sean Tucker, Jacquie Warda and Kent Pietsch, aerial tributes to flying legends Clay Lacy and Bob Hoover, and plenty of static aircraft displays for the whole family.
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  • Spectators watch Sean Tucker begin a pass upside down at the 2012 California International Airshow Salinas. The exhibition featured state-of-the-art precision flying from the US Air Force Thunderbirds, Canada's CF-18 demonstration team and the civilian Patriots jet team. Both days of the show highlighted aerobatic routines from Tucker, Jacquie Warda and Kent Pietsch, aerial tributes to flying legends Clay Lacy and Bob Hoover, and plenty of static aircraft displays for the whole family.
    120923 jd airshow05.jpg
  • The 2013 Colmo del Rodeo Parade is the traditional kickoff to Big Week of the California Rodeo Salinas. Saturday’s night-lighted extravaganza followed the Kiddy Kapers Parade by just one hour,  drawing cheers from thousands of residents for the fourth consecutive year since its revival in 2010 for the 100th anniversary of the Rodeo.
    130713 jd colmoparade08.jpg
  • Members of the Alisal Teachers Association and the California School Employees Association picket outside Bardin Elementary School before a scheduled meeting of the Alisal School Board on Wednesday, October 9th in Salinas. Teachers were protesting the cancellation of school board meetings, and the lack of adequate textbooks and classroom materials for the 2013/2014 school year.
    131009 jd teachersprotest02.jpg
  • Alma Garcia, a teacher at Frank Paul Elementary School, with her daughter Mia Mendez, 2, and son Arih Mendez, 9 picketing outside Bardin Elementary School before a scheduled meeting of the Alisal School Board on Wednesday, October 9th in Salinas. Members of the Alisal Teachers Association and the California School Employees Association were protesting the cancellation of school board meetings, and the lack of adequate textbooks and classroom materials for the 2013/2014 school year.
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  • Debbie Aguilar, with megaphone, of the group "A Time for Grieving and Healing," leads a march on Tuesday from East Market and Towt Streets to Closter Park in response to the recent gun violence in Salinas. Students, parents, clergy and local officials carried signs and made their voices and prayers heard. The event was part of National Night Out, developed by the National Association of Town Watch, a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of various crime prevention programs devoted to safer communities.
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  • A mother and child hold hands at a march on Tuesday, August 6th from East Market and Towt Streets to Closter Park in response to the recent gun violence in Salinas. Students, parents, clergy and local officials carried signs and made their voices and prayers heard. The event was part of National Night Out, developed by the National Association of Town Watch, a non-profit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of various crime prevention programs devoted to safer communities.
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  • Flora Cristobal, left, holds a cross with the name of her son Rodolfo, who was a victim of violence. Rodolfo's sister Cristina wears a shirt with her brother's photograph on it - on the right is her sister Barbara. On Sunday in Closter Park, the group “A Time for Grieving and Healing” led by Debbie Aguilar unveiled a memorial to the numerous victims of violence in Monterey County.
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  • A float from Sam's School of Rock belts out the Xmas tunes during the parade on Sunday. Thousands of Salinas residents turned out to experience the magic of the 14th annual Holiday Parade of Lights in Oldtown Salinas.
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  • Bella Rocha, left, and Savanna Radowicz, prepare to ride their Xmas bikes in the parade on Sunday evening. Thousands of Salinas residents turned out to experience the magic of the 14th annual Holiday Parade of Lights in Oldtown Salinas.
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  • Thousands of cheerful spectators lined South Main Street on Saturday night, July 12th, for the traditional lighted Colmo del Rodeo Parade, one of the many events to kick off the 2014 California Rodeo Salinas.
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  • The 2013 Colmo del Rodeo Parade is the traditional kickoff to Big Week of the California Rodeo Salinas. Saturday’s night-lighted extravaganza followed the Kiddy Kapers Parade by just one hour,  drawing cheers from thousands of residents for the fourth consecutive year since its revival in 2010 for the 100th anniversary of the Rodeo.
    130713 jd colmoparade09.jpg
  • The 2013 Colmo del Rodeo Parade is the traditional kickoff to Big Week of the California Rodeo Salinas. Saturday’s night-lighted extravaganza followed the Kiddy Kapers Parade by just one hour,  drawing cheers from thousands of residents for the fourth consecutive year since its revival in 2010 for the 100th anniversary of the Rodeo.
    130713 jd colmoparade08.jpg
  • In a pre-Christmas tradition which began in 1957, the Jimenez family of Castroville put on their annual "posada," with friends, family and guests celebrating the holiday season together on Dec. 15th. Posada” means “inn” in Spanish, and for this occasion, children dressed as Biblical figures reenacted Mary and Joseph's search for shelter during their Biblical journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Moving from house to house, the “peregrinos,” or pilgrims, trade touching verses in song with the “hosteleros,” the innkeepers, inside, until at last, shelter is found.
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  • In a pre-Christmas tradition which began in 1957, the Jimenez family of Castroville put on their annual "posada," with friends, family and guests celebrating the holiday season together on Dec. 15th. Posada” means “inn” in Spanish, and for this occasion, children dressed as Biblical figures reenacted Mary and Joseph's search for shelter during their Biblical journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Moving from house to house, the “peregrinos,” or pilgrims, trade touching verses in song with the “hosteleros,” the innkeepers, inside, until at last, shelter is found.
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  • Isaiah Cuevas, 7, helps hand out necessary foodstuffs to the needy at the Hebbron Family Center on Thursday, Dec. 12th. Isaiah and his friends take part daily in after-school programs offered at the center by the city of Salinas. The supplemental food effort is part of the Monterey County Food Bank's regular emergency food assistance program in east Salinas, which happens twice a month at the Hebbron Center.
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  • A shrine to the Virgin of Guadalupe along Mohar Street in East Salinas. Despite the best efforts of city programs and community policing, the working-class area around Acosta Plaza continues to be troubled by gang violence.
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  • Jared Lersh, watches over some of the regulars at the Breadbox Recreation Center, a non-traditional space for youth at 745 North Sanborn Road in Salinas. The same building houses Second Chance and the Alisal Center for Fine Arts.
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  • Crosses mark the names of the dead at a somber mid-November ceremony in Closter Park in Salinas. The group “A Time for Grieving and Healing” led by Debbie Aguilar unveiled a memorial to the numerous victims of violence in Monterey County since 1988.
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  • Costumed dancers, friends and family move counter-clockwise around the central stage during the "bon odori" dances at the end of Sunday’s 63rd annual Obon Festival at the Buddhist Temple of Salinas.
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