43-591: Coast Line may refer to: Coast Line (California) , a railroad line Coast Line (Denmark) , a railroad line Coast Line (Sri Lanka) , a railroad line See also [ edit ] Coastline Coast Lines , a shipping company in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Channel Islands from 1917 to 1971 East Coast Line (disambiguation) West Coast Line (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
86-577: A semi-arid climate ( BSk ), although bordering on a Mediterranean climate ( Csb ), with very warm, mostly dry summers and cool, wet winters. The average January temperatures are a maximum of 64.1 °F (17.8 °C) and a minimum of 34.9 °F (1.6 °C). The average July temperatures are a maximum of 86.9 °F (30.5 °C) and a minimum of 51.0 °F (10.6 °C). There are an average of 50.6 days with highs of 90 °F (32 °C) or higher and an average of 49.7 days with lows of 32 °F (0 °C) or lower. The record high temperature
129-577: A bas-relief triptych by artist Jo Mora , above doors that depict notable multi-cultural scenes of historic importance. Mora's art is incorporated into the building's design both inside and out. In 1991, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. King City is in southeastern Monterey County in the Salinas Valley at an elevation of 330 feet (100 m) above sea level. It lies between Greenfield 13 miles (21 km) to
172-507: A role in King City history. Between 1910 and 1930, the city became famous for growing pink beans. King City Pinks were sold around the country, helped along by additional demand during World War I. The Robert Stanton Auditorium, built in 1939 as a WPA Depression project, is an example of Art Moderne style, with elliptical rounded corners, Doric-style columns, an expansive curved stairway leading to recessed oak and glass double doors, and
215-722: Is a city in Monterey County, California , United States. It is located on the Salinas River 51 miles (82 km) southeast of Salinas , at an elevation of 335 feet (102 m). It lies along U.S. Route 101 in the Salinas Valley of California's Central Coast . King City is a member of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments . The population was 13,332 at the 2020 census , up from 12,874 in 2010. The first European land exploration of Alta California , Don Gaspar de Portolá's Spanish expedition, camped on
258-649: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Coast Line (California) The Coast Line is a railroad line between Burbank, California and the San Francisco Bay Area , roughly along the Pacific Coast . It is the shortest rail route between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Though not as busy as the Surf Line , the continuation of
301-481: Is provided by Monterey-Salinas Transit . Line 34 is a local circulator system through King City. Line 23 provides service to the Salinas Valley communities with connections to other areas of Monterey County. Line 84 provides service to Paso Robles and communities to the south. King City is served by Amtrak Thruway , as the passenger train that passes through the community does not stop. In 2018, King City
344-595: Is used by commuter, regional, and inter-city passenger trains: The southern part of the Coast Line is the northern portion of the 351-mile-long (565 km) LOSSAN Rail Corridor between San Luis Obispo and San Diego . Local agencies along with the host railroads formed the Los Angeles–San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor Agency (LOSSAN) in 1989 to work together on upgrading the route. Millions in enhancements to improve
387-661: The 16th Street Station in Oakland. The line has several subdivisions. Ownership is currently split into three segments: The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board purchased the line on the San Francisco Peninsula north of Tamien in 1991, and the line north of Santa Clara is primarily used by passenger services. In 1992, Southern Pacific granted the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission an option to purchase
430-824: The Bayshore Cutoff opened from San Bruno to San Francisco , relegating the original main line through the Bernal Cut to branch status. In 1935 the new line around downtown San Jose opened and thereafter was the main line. In the golden era of passenger service, SP trains on the San Francisco leg of this route ran from the Third and Townsend Depot in San Francisco to the Union Station in Los Angeles. The Oakland–Los Angeles trains originated from
473-558: The Southern Pacific Railroad to lay tracks across King Ranch land. The terminus was a station known as King's. In 1886, the Southern Pacific Railroad completed service to King City station to serve the farms and ranches in the south Salinas Valley and to transport the goods to San Francisco and Los Angeles. It was originally called "Hog Town" due to the passel of semi-wild hogs roaming
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#1732764965632516-399: The 2,736 households 54.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.7% were non-families. 13.5% of households were one person and 6.0% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 4.03 and the average family size was 4.28. The age distribution was 35.7% under
559-666: The California Newspaper Hall of Fame. The town features prominently in the song "Queen of King City", on the Red Meat album We Never Close . King City is mentioned repeatedly in John Steinbeck 's novel East of Eden . The book is principally set in the surrounding Salinas Valley . King City is revealed to be the home town of The Man in the Tan Jacket in the novel Welcome to Night Vale , and
602-701: The Chatsworth cutoff from Burbank and thereafter was the main line. Passenger and freight traffic declined dramatically at the Hueneme wharf in Ventura County as they shifted to the railroad. A new straighter track was built between Chatsworth and Burbank to coincide with the new route, and the original line through the San Fernando Valley was designated as the Burbank branch . In 1907,
645-618: The Coast Line southbound to San Diego , it still sees freight movements and lots of passenger trains. The Pacific Surfliner , which runs from the San Diego Santa Fe Depot to San Luis Obispo via Union Station in Los Angeles , is the third busiest Amtrak route, and the busiest outside of the Northeast Corridor between Washington D.C. and Boston . The San Francisco and San Jose Railroad built
688-508: The Gannett-owned Salinas Californian and the town's own weekly, The King City Rustler . The Rustler was founded in 1901 by Fred Vivian, who reportedly went into a local barber shop, sold subscriptions to all the customers and then passed around a hat for them to suggest names for the newspaper. "The Rustler" was the one he drew out. Vivian was later succeeded as publisher by his grandson Harry Casey, who
731-485: The Salinas River just south of today's King City on September 26, 1769 , having followed the route of today's Jolon Road from the south. The land they camped on would later become part of King City. The Dutton Hotel, Stagecoach Station , was located on Jolon Road in King City. What remains are ruins of an adobe inn that was established in 1849. The Dutton Hotel was a major stagecoach stop on El Camino Real in
774-852: The Valley Line. Passenger service began on March 31. The work between Ventura and Carpenteria eventually allowed the construction of the Rincon sea-level road for automobile traffic to travel this formerly impassible section of coastline. Work on the Montalvo Cutoff, which crossed the Santa Clara River to serve the farmers in the Oxnard Plain and was extended to Santa Susana in Simi Valley , began in 1898. The Santa Susana Tunnel opened in 1904 connecting with
817-417: The age of 18 living in them, 1,823 (60.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 386 (12.8%) had a female householder with no husband present, 272 (9.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 188 (6.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 21 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 412 households (13.7%) were one person and 186 (6.2%) had someone living alone who
860-469: The age of 18, 13.7% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 13.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.2% 65 or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females, there were 115.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 119.6 males. The median annual income for a household in the city was $ 34,398 and the median annual income for a family was $ 33,750. Males had a median annual income of $ 27,377 versus $ 25,286 for females. The per capita annual income for
903-488: The city was $ 11,685. About 16.9% of families and 20.8% of the population were below the poverty line , including 23.5% of those under age 18 and 17.1% of those age 65 or over. Local radio stations include KEXA -FM – 93.9, KRKC-AM – 1490 , 102 KRKC-FM , and KDON-FM 102.5. Television service for the community comes from the Monterey–Salinas–Santa Cruz designated market area (DMA). Local newspapers include
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#1732764965632946-494: The company: one following the Santa Clara River Valley and a second further south across Santa Susana Pass . The former was determined to be both cheaper and quicker to initially build, though the more expensive route was also seen as a desirable future addition. By 1887, the southern portion of the line had been extended through Newhall , Saugus, and Santa Paula to Santa Barbara. By 1894, SP had extended
989-400: The entire Coast Line for passenger train operations at 110 mi/h (180 km/h). Upgrades to signals and tracks to enable higher-speed operations were estimated to cost $ 360 million at the time. In the case of both purchases, SP retained freight trackage rights along those lines which continue to be held by the company's successor, Union Pacific. Union Pacific freight trains run on
1032-509: The first segment of the line from San Francisco to San Jose between 1860 and 1864. The founders of the SF&;SJ incorporated as the Southern Pacific Railroad, which was authorized by Congress in 1866 to connect the line from San Jose south to Needles , where it would meet the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad . SP had built to Tres Pinos by 1873, however they abandoned efforts to continue
1075-630: The late 1880s. The landmark was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1971. King City was originally known as "Kings City" for its founder, Charles King. In 1884 Charles King acquired 13,000 acres (53 km ) of the Mexican land grant Rancho San Lorenzo , originally given to Mariano and Feliciano Soberanes in the early 1840s during Mexican rule of California. King began growing 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) of wheat. In an effort to get his crop to market, King allowed
1118-460: The line south over the Cuesta Pass from Templeton to San Luis Obispo . The work continued south to Guadalupe in 1895 and Surf in 1896. The 80-mile (130 km) gap between Surf and Santa Barbara was closed with the last spike driven on December 28, 1900. The first version of the Coast Line was completed by the Southern Pacific Railroad on December 31, 1900 when a train
1161-521: The line to Coalinga , instead choosing a more inland route from Lathrop . By 1871, SP had completed a line south from San Jose through Gilroy and Pajaro , arriving at Salinas in 1872 and Soledad in 1873. SP halted southward work at Soledad for thirteen years and started building north from Los Angeles in 1873, completing a line to Burbank. In 1886, SP had pushed south from Soledad to King City , Paso Robles , and Templeton . Two routes through to Santa Barbara from Los Angeles were considered by
1204-433: The northwest and San Lucas 9 miles (14 km) to the southeast, all of them along U.S. Route 101 . The amount of land area in King City is 3.8 square miles (9.8 km ), of which 0.1 square miles (0.3 km ), or 3.36%, are mapped as water. The Salinas River flows on the west side of the city; due to its sandy bed, portions of the river sometimes flow underground, especially during the summer months. King City has
1247-569: The novelist John Steinbeck , claimed to have been the first permanent resident of King City. Steinbeck was certainly among the first settlers. He was the first agent for the Southern Pacific Milling Company, which built an early warehouse and flour mill alongside the railroad tracks running through town. The mill was built by R. M. Shackelford, an early California settler and businessman who owned sheep pasturage next to that of Charles King. Agriculture has always played
1290-420: The occupied units 1,394 (46.3%) were owner-occupied and 1,614 (53.7%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.4%. 5,586 people (43.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 7,229 people (56.2%) lived in rental housing units. At the 2000 census there were 11,094 people in 2,736 households, including 2,251 families, in the city. The population density
1333-733: The original route through the Santa Clara River Valley. The Ventura County Transportation Commission purchased the Santa Paula Branch Line within Ventura County from Southern Pacific. While a portion of the line was abandoned after being washed out in Los Angeles County , the Great Park development will provide for a route through the community of Valencia . King City, California King City (variants: Kings City , City of King )
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1376-508: The reliability and safety of the railroad corridor have been proposed by Caltrans and federal railroad officials . Ventura County would get rail curve realignments near Seacliff , the Santa Clara River and Montalvo in the near term for an estimated $ 300 million. Future rail service could include a Ventura–Santa Barbara commuter train. Long-range plans also including commuter service between Ventura and Santa Clarita along
1419-892: The route, although the Fresno Subdivision through the San Joaquin Valley is the preferred north–south California route due to having easier grades and curves. The freight trains are typically local freights, empty bare-table and autorack trains. The line sees varying freight activity across its length. As of 2003 , the line between Niles and San Jose saw four freight trains per day, the segment between San Jose and Watsonville saw 13 freight trains per day, between Watsonville and San Luis Obispo saw 7, San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara saw 9, and 16 south of Santa Barbara to Los Angeles. Freight trains were serving San Francisco via Caltrain tracks and Union Pacific's spur between Oakdale Avenue and Cargo Way as of 2007 . The Coast Line
1462-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Coast Line . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coast_Line&oldid=1235740177 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1505-503: The stubble fields. King wanted to name the town "Vanderhurst", after local merchant William Vanderhurst, but was outvoted and it was named for him. The city became known as Kings', then the City of King, and later simply King City. The King City post office first opened in 1887. Edwards S. Brown, brother-in-law of C.H. King was appointed Postmaster. King City incorporated under the name "City of King" in 1911. J. Ernst Steinbeck, father of
1548-493: Was 116 °F (47 °C) on September 6, 2022. The record low temperature was 14 °F (−10 °C) on December 22–23, 1990. Average annual precipitation is 11.24 inches (285 mm). There are an average of 40 days with measurable precipitation. The driest year was 1953 with 3.14 inches (80 mm). The most precipitation in one month was 10.50 inches (267 mm) in February 1998. The most precipitation in 24 hours
1591-418: Was 3,030.0 inhabitants per square mile (1,169.9/km ). There were 2,822 housing units at an average density of 770.8 per square mile (297.6/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 42.09% White, 0.59% Black or African American, 1.05% Native American, 1.23% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, 50.46% from other races, and 4.46% from two or more races. 80.42% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of
1634-589: Was 3,231.8 inhabitants per square mile (1,247.8/km ). The racial makeup of King City was 6,173 (47.9%) White, 150 (1.2%) African American, 347 (2.7%) Native American, 172 (1.3%) Asian, 8 (0.1%), Pacific Islander, 5,451 (42.3%) from other races, and 573 (4.5%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11,266 persons (87.5%). The census reported that 12,815 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and 59 (0.5%) were institutionalized. There were 3,008 households, 1,852 (61.6%) had children under
1677-600: Was 3.72 inches (94 mm) on January 18, 1914. Although snow often falls in the winter in the Santa Lucia mountains west of the city, it is quite rare in the Salinas Valley; however, 5.3 inches (130 mm) fell in January 1957 and 3.0 inches (76 mm) fell in December 1954. The low humidity in the area contributes to freezing temperatures at night, and intense temperatures during daylight. Bus service in King City
1720-585: Was 65 or older. The average household size was 4.26. There were 2,481 families (82.5% of households); the average family size was 4.47. The age distribution was 4,374 people (34.0%) under the age of 18, 1,819 people (14.1%) aged 18 to 24, 3,937 people (30.6%) aged 25 to 44, 1,984 people (15.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 760 people (5.9%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 25.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 115.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 119.3 males. There were 3,218 housing units at an average density of 807.8 per square mile, of
1763-479: Was called home to King City in 1952 to take over management of the newspaper by his aunt Ruth Steglich after the death of her husband, then-publisher Bill Steglich. He served as co-publisher until Ruth Steglich's death and publisher until declining health forced him to sell The Rustler and three other regional weeklies to News Media , Inc. in 1995. Casey, whose sons Rich and Bill still operate Casey Printing in King City, died in 1998. Both he and Vivian are members of
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1806-493: Was denied a $ 21 million TIRCP grant to build a multimodal transportation center which would provide connections to Amtrak between Paso Robles and Salinas. City officials have said they will apply again in the future. A small $ 1.5 million grant was approved by the state government the following year, providing funds to design the Amtrak platform. At the 2010 census King City had a population of 12,874. The population density
1849-593: Was run over the bridge at Cementerio, west of Goleta. Regular service did not begin immediately, pending track ballast work on several miles of the new line. It differed from the modern line with the original route running via the Ocean View line in San Francisco, the Market Street Depot in San Jose, Saugus and Santa Paula through the Santa Clara River Valley , and south into Los Angeles via
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