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Salinas news for Saturday, October 17, 2026

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Salinas Valley Briefs: Harvest Festival Oct. 18; Rancho Cielo Names Interim CEO

Greenfield's annual Harvest Festival runs noon to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, on El Camino Real between Walnut and Apple avenues, featuring food, live music, a tractor display, and a car show. In Salinas, Rancho Cielo's Board of Directors named Susie Brusa interim CEO following the resignation of Chris Devers, announced Sept. 15; Brusa previously served as the organization's first CEO from 2009 to 2021. A Wreaths Across America information booth will be at King City Center near Safeway on Saturday, Oct. 17, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., ahead of a Dec. 19 wreath-laying ceremony at King City Cemetery. The Monterey Bay Economic Partnership hosts its Creative Economy Summit on Oct. 22, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., at Watsonville Civic Plaza for artists and business leaders across Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz counties.

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