THE OFFICIAL RIBBON-CUTTING OF THE NEW SOLEDAD-PINNACLES VISITOR’S CENTER TOOK PLACE ON SATURDAY. WHILE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE NEW CENTER IN SOLEDAD ADDS AN ADDITIONAL ATTRACTION FOR THE THOUSANDS OF VISITORS WHO TRAVEL TO PINNACLES EVERY YEAR AND SUPPORT THE LOCAL SALINAS VALLEY ECONOMY. CONGRESSMAN SAM FARR AND SENATOR BARBARA BOXER, WHO LED THE EFFORTS TO DESIGNATE PINNACLES AS A NATIONAL PARK, WERE IN ATTENDANCE.