What a great person to name a school after!
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New East Salinas school named after outlaw

SALINAS, Calif. —A new public elementary school in East Salinas was named after Tiburcio Vasquez following a unanimous vote by the Alisal Union School District’s school board trustees this week.

Vasquez was born in Monterey in 1835, and lived until the age of 39. He attended school in Monterey and learned how to read and write in English and Spanish.

Vasquez spent his life as an outlawed bandit who brawled, robbed, and horse-rustled his way from Monterey to Salinas and beyond in Northern California. He was publicly hanged in San Jose after he was convicted of murder.