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THE SALINAS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 THECALIFORNIAN.COM PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK Daily 50 centsVolume 157 No. 43 Home delivery pricing inside Subscribe 877-424-4917 Weather High Low Sun, clouds. Forecast, 5B Facebook is in arms with Russia, Zuckerberg says. 4A Immigration reform Local business and religious leaders discuss immigration in the region. 5A Spruce up any meal with simple pasta salad LIFE, 1B In late spring 1945, then 15-year-old Harold Gordon escaped the Nazis amid a of bombs and on a march to his death from the Dachau concentra- tion camp.

Bombing and runs by Amer- ican planes he recognized their white stars against the SS soldiers taking Gordon and 10,000 other prisoners to their deaths had sown havoc, in which he and many others ran into the woods of the Tyrol Mountains in Austria. "Despite coming our way from the Nazi guards, (we) kept running and never looked back," Gordon, who's lived in Salinas since 1946, told the Monterey County Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning. He and other Jews attended the meeting in which the board honored him and proclaimed Tuesday Holocaust Remembrance Day in the county. "(Today) we remember the 6 million Jewish people murdered by Nazis," said Margaret Bruner, with the Temple Beth El, who introduced Gordon and led a Jewish prayer. He looked Salinas man recalls escape from Nazis before certain death Harold Gordon discusses his life during the Holocaust.

The Monterey County Board of Supervisors proclaimed Tuesday Holocaust Remembrance Day. JAY SALINAS CALIFORNIAN Joe Szydlowski Salinas Californian USA TODAY NETWORK See ESCAPE, Page 3A The trial of a Salinas man accused of torturing three children, killing two of them, began Monday with testimo- ny by the children's teachers and con- tinued Tuesday with children testify- ing that their mother and her then-lover beat their cousins in her care. Shaun Tara, 6, his sister Delylah Tara, 3, and another sister re- ferred to in court as Jane Doe, then 9, were allegedly starved, beat- en, tortured and abused by Gonzalo Curiel, then 17, and his lover and the kids' caretaker, Tami Joy Huntsman, in 2015. Shaun and Delylah's bodies were found in a Redding storage unit in Children, teachers testify in trial Gonzalo Curiel is accused of torturing three children and killing two of them. CRISTIAN PHOTO See TRIAL, Page 4A They say Salinas man, his lover were abusive Joe Szydlowski Salinas Californian USA TODAY NETWORK Tami Huntsman Salinas is about to turn 150-years- old, but it's still got plenty of spring in its step.

The city of 157,000 is celebrating its birthday with a day-long, free festival and barbecue Saturday at the site of its mayor's house, 20 Station Place, which is of West Market Street just west of North Main Street. Some point out Salinas incorporated in 1874, about 144 years ago. However, local historians, including Mary Randall with the First Mayor's House, and coun- cilman and event organizer Steve McShane, say 1868 was the year the city coalesced around growth and the arrival of the railroad. Indeed, the U.S. Census in 1870 listed 9,876 people in Monterey County, more than double the 1860 census, the last one conducted before the U.S.

Civil War. Almost all of the growth in popula- tion came from whites, who grew from 4,325 to 9,209, and "Chinese" people, who exploded from 6 people to 230, ac- cording to census records. However, both 1860 and 1870's num- bers included what would become San Benito County, which owes its existence to some political tricks and shenanigans by Salinas, according to a short history book on Salinas' early days by Randall. Salinas was vying with Castroville Celebrate 150th birthday for free at Founders Day Mary Randall welcomes visitors to the First House during the Founders Day celebration in March 2015. JOE SALINAS CALIFORNIAN Joe Szydlowski Salinas Californian USA TODAY NETWORK See FOUNDERS, Page 6A Thousands marched around the Alisal to honor Cesar Chavez and continue his work Sunday morn- ing.

Many carried signs, in both English and Spanish, calling for immigration reform after gathering at Sa- linas' Cesar Chavez Park at about 10 a.m. for the march. Chavez, who died about 25 years ago, organized the nation's farmworkers into the United Farm Workers to for better working conditions. Throughout his non-violent campaign, he faced op- position, sometimes including violence or arrests. SALINAS MARCH HONORS CHAVEZ Marchers walk along Madeira Avenue while chanting during the United Farm Workers Cesar Chavez March on Sunday in Salinas.

The march also commemorates the 25th anniversary of the death of Cesar Chavez, who organized the farmworkers. PHOTOS BY VERNON MCKNIGHT Rally focuses on immigration, criticizes Trump Aztec dancers lead the march on Madeira Avenue during the Cesar Chavez March. The United Farm Workers estimated about 3,000 people marched. Joe Szydlowski Salinas Californian USA TODAY NETWORK See MARCH, Page 3A.