The Accidental Salinas Movie Magnate Over sixty years ago, during the heyday of Hollywood, a young Hollywood movie Producer/Director named Stanley Kramer felt stifled by studio bosses. He wanted to make his “own” movies. He needed sound stages – and...
In the 1880’s, Ann Adcock’s grandfather arrived in the Salinas Valley and homesteaded a parcel of land in South Monterey County. It was located in the vicinity of what is today the San Antonio Dam; a gigantic reservoir created to accommodate the highly...
The Philosophy of “Doc” Ricketts Over seventy five years ago, a group of young intellectuals gathered around their Guru on Cannery Row and discussed ideas!The revolving group included people like Joseph Campbell who was later to become a world famed...
The End of the Beginning The first draft he threw away. “Too vindictive,” he told his publisher. Then came six months in Los Gatos, a small town in the hills west of San Jose. The result changed the world – and the life of John Steinbeck who was...
