Running North and Under Ground: The Salinas River, a book by Janet Whitchurch with a forward by Paul J. Karlstrom was published by Whitty&Whyllie publishers and printed by Community Press of Santa Cruz in 2018. An event at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas was the kickoff. the book has been well received by locals and available at River House Books in Carmel and Bookshop Santa Cruz as well as the gift shop at Mission San Antonio de Padua. As of June 2019, the book can also be bought online at Etsy.