Salinas Valley

It seems likely that they differ from the more typical Californians of the central region.

Their territory, however, physiographically forms part of the Great Basin and not of the Pacific coast, and even politically constitutes only a fringe along an artificial boundary of the state, so that they may be disregarded in the present connection as is the case everywhere there are no absolute breaks and few sharp ones between the several cultures that have been mentioned so that the areas occupied by each cannot be very definitely circumscribed as regards single characteristics there are many complete transitions and even identities between two or more cultures but the general type of life and native activity in each of the several areas in spite of such resemblances is quite distinct the numerous linguistic families of california though they must apparently still continue to be considered as generally unrelated fall into three groups each confined to a certain territory and containing languages of the same type of structure in the northwest the languages are rough and complex in the southwest they are also complex while over the greater part of the state they are phonetically smooth and morphologically simple case inflections taking the place of incorporation these three linguistic areas correspond approximately to the culture areas north of tehachapi the agreement is not exact for the saladin family of the salinas valley linguistically shows the southwestern type in more pronounced form than the Chumash of Santa Barbara, while culturally the Salonan Indians seem to have formed part not of the southwestern Santa Barbara area, but of the central one.

Nevertheless, it is quite clear that in a general way, the Indians of two rather restricted areas in northwestern and southwestern California can be affirmed to have been distinct from those of the main body of the state the character both of their languages and of their culture presenting in both respects a greater degree of complexity and development than the majority of the Indians of the state there is no reason to suppose any causal connection between these developments in the southwest and northwest ethnologically California may be said to be characterized by the absence of agriculture and of pottery by the total absence of totemism or Gentile organization by an unusually simple and loose social organization in which wealth plays for a somewhat primitive and an american group a rather important part by the very rude development of all arts except basketry by the lack in art of realism by a slight development of fetishism and by the conspicuous lack of the symbolism and ritualism so highly developed by most of the american indians by the marked prevalence of religious restrictions connected with birth death sexual matters and similar phases of life by the predominance among ceremonials of mourning and initiation rites and by a considerable development of true conceptions of creation in mythology these characteristics hold true in some degree almost throughout the entire state but in nearly every case they are most marked in the large central region the inhabitants of which may be justly regarded as the most typical of californians

Drew McIntyre here from WWE.

Um, this is a literary retelling of the story of Cain and Abel from the Bible.

This is, and it's a generational tale of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, in the Salinas Valley of California.

I'm really excited for this.

Me too.

The legend was later adopted by Spanish vaqueros and ranchers.

It gained widespread recognition when author John Steinbeck, who grew up hearing the tales in Salinas Valley, included them in his 1938 short story Flight.

He described them as the dark watchers who looked down from the mountains, noting that no one knew who the watchers were nor where they lived.

While paranormal enthusiasts speculate they're ghosts, interdimensional beings, or guardians of the mountains, scientists offer compelling natural explanations.

First trailer for East of Eden, starring Florence Pugh.

Christopher Abbott and Mike Face follows the intertwined lives of the Trask and Hamilton families in California's Salinas Valley.

Released on October 1st on Netflix.

Fire Fizzle.

Right.

You have a handful of mega farms and massive processing facilities in places like the Salinas Valley or central Mexico supplying the vast majority of the country's restaurant produce.

Three or four decades ago, if a local farm had a water contamination issue, a few independent restaurants in a tri-county area might experience an outbreak.

Today, a single contamination event at one processing hub, like a compromised irrigation line or a sanitation failure on a sorting belt, has immediate national consequences.