City Pledges $10 Million for Libraries, Police

The hometown of Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck is saving its library services.

The City Council on Tuesday approved $10 million to restore library hours, put more police officers on the street and set up after-school recreation programs.

The three Salinas libraries were set to close last year because of budget cuts, but a grass-roots campaign raised more than $500,000 to keep the libraries open with limited hours.