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Helping Hands Annual BBQ & Reverse Draw, May 2nd, 2013

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Posted: Friday, April 5th, 2013

Join us for good food and fun at the Helping Hands Annual BBQ & Reverse Draw on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013!
For more information or tickets please call Jerry Bunker at 320-5569 or [...] read more

STEPS Students speak to PARTS Coalition

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Posted: Friday, June 22nd, 2012

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Salinas teens to take lead role at town hall meeting on youth drinking

Posted: Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

By CLAUDIA MELÉNDEZ SALINAS 
Herald Staff Writer
They are gearing up to talk about the alcohol and drugs around them in the world. Though their topic is serious, they release a few giggles [...] read more

Drug-Related Fatalities Top Deaths From Motor Vehicle Accidents

Posted: Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Deaths caused by drugs have topped traffic-related deaths, an analysis by the Los Angeles Times concludes. The rise in drug-related deaths is due in large part to an increase in overdoses from prescription [...] read more

Without funding, a recovery program for homeless families could lose everything.

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Posted: Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Rachel Hernandez had been sleeping on the streets of Greenfield for a year when she became pregnant with her fourth child and decided it was time to quit meth. After enrolling in an [...] read more

Social Host Ordinance unanimously approved by City Council

Posted: Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

The Salinas City Council approved a proposed fine increase to an underage drinking law in Salinas that would hit adults/parents who provide alcohol to minors. Sun Street Centers’ Safe Teens Empowerment Project (STEPS), [...] read more

Local Attorney Group Named Business of the Year

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Posted: Friday, May 6th, 2011

Sun Street Centers announced their Business of the Year recipient for 2011. Ottone Leach Olsen & Ray LLP was acknowledged yesterday at their law offices in Salinas for over 15 years of personal [...] read more

East Salinas Parents Work to Reduce Alcohol and Drug Abuse Among Youth

Parents Creating Solutions fought to keep this Rite Aid from selling beer and wine. As a result, it is currently the only Rite Aid not selling alcohol in Salinas. (photo: Gabriela López Chávez)
Posted: Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Alcohol and drug prevention efforts have had a strong presence in Salinas for many years, especially in East Salinas. Sun Street Centers, a non-profit spearheading the majority of these activities, has long worked [...] read more

Alcoholic Energy Drinks

Posted: Friday, November 12th, 2010

Article on Four Loko
I want to bring your attention to an issue that recently was featured in the article “Concern over alcoholic energy drinks after incident at Washington College” in the Monterey [...] read more

Men in Recovery Meet the Governor

Posted: Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Sun Street Centers Celebrates Recovery Happens Month
Sun Street Centers began a month long celebration of Recovery from Alcohol and Drug addiction on the State Capital yesterday, along with thousands of others from [...] read more