Spreckels News

It takes only a few seconds in art dealer Sabrina Buell's loft to see that she is a bit like a surgeon living in a hospital.

Once again, Spreckels showed Saturday that tiny communities can exhibit huge patriotism.

"The Untaken Pictures," by Claudia Ramsey-Wilson . Local connection: The author was born in Salinas and lived in the area during part of her youth.

A s playgrounds of the rich, famous and notable go, quiet Sonoma Valley seems nearly in retirement, full of names ripped from yesteryear's headlines and long since senesced into the landscape.

These days, Harold Kahn's luck may be changing for the better. "The only thing I've ever won was a case of Pepsi when I was 17," said Kahn, 67.

Don't forget your dancing shoes! FREE CONCERTS: Are your Thursday night outings beginning to add up? Take a relaxing break, free of charge, at Spreckels Organ Pavilion downtown for the Balboa Park Twilight Concert series.

Editor's note: With this column, Gail Scandrett of Spreckels launches a weekly account of family life.

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Her first-grade class at Spreckels School over, Michaela Chioino, a 6-year-old with brown hair in braids, hops the yellow bus home, where she saddles up her horse, Joker.

Forget about p.c. tiptoeing around ethnicity, religion and sexual persuasion. Everything is fair game at a Lisa Lampanelli concert.

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Stanley Read II of Salinas checks out the cars at the Third annual Rock and Rod Festival at the Monterey Fairgrounds.

Evelyn Poppa-McKenna pointed at her brother's name Gerald Leland Poppa ' engraved on the base of a large Vietnam Memorial stone monument shaped like an American flag.

Most Monterey County public schools continued to improve in state standardized test scores last year, according to results released Thursday, but only seven in and around Salinas scored at a proficiency level.

Seven individuals and one couple who have achieved the status of role models for the young people of the greater Manteca/Lathrop community will be inducted into the 17th Manteca Hall of Fame at a dinner ceremony May 23.

Spreckels Elementary fifth grader Kapil Sinha has for the second year in a row won his category of the State History Day competition -- the fourth and fifth grade poster category.

They may not be superheroes, but according to the Buena Vista 4-H Leadership Project, they are just as important to the River Road community.

These are bands we especially dig, not full listings. For those, please see "Concerts and Clubs". For more top shows featuring local acts, please see "Nightgeist" Wednesday, April 15 PLAN A: Vivian Girls, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Gary Wilson @ The Casbah .

On the outskirts of Salinas, the small community of Spreckels has begun a homegrown effort to rid the town's streets of 18-wheelers. Some locals say it's been a safety concern for over 15 years.

The Farm in Salinas will hold its spring open house Saturday, featuring a puppet show for children, hay rides and baby animals on display.