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Sepia Maple
I know I have been MIA for a few weeks now, life has thrown me some curves so I wanted to share a photo I took tonight…also cuz I missed Photo Sunday AGAIN!!! BTW this sepiai created by nature, no...
Ventana Wildlife Society
Listed under: Environment Animals Sustainability
From BigSurKate
From Eulipion Outpost
The Boom Wasn't for Everyone
No. 180: Postwar Housing, Giles Whitehead, Ben Shahn, Adeline Goldminc-Tronzo, Sam Roxas-Chua, Steven J Fowler, Francesca Biasetton, Asemic (band), and Isao Tomita
From EatDrink101
Resty Gossip 2.9
Well, Restaurant Month is over, so boomer and cheapskates everywhere can go back to not eating out or splitting plates and staff can go back to less explaining, real tickets with margins, and tips...
24 hour rain totals
And this would be why we have a road closure on the South Coast of Big Sur. Let’s see what the light discloses and hope that it can be cleared and opened today, Friday Feb. 7.
12 miles of Highway 1 closed
Date: Thursday, February 6, 2025, 8:50 p.m. District: 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties Contact: Kevin Drabinski or Jim Shivers Phone: (805) 549-31...
Highway 1 reopens
Date: Friday, February 7, 2025 District: 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties Contact: Kevin Drabinski or Jim Shivers Phone: (805) 549-3138or(805) 549...
From Decanting Monterey
Wrath: When the Power Goes Out, Let’s Go Wine Tasting!
THE STORY Remember our Monterey Peninsula power outage in mid-December? Yeah, that one was not easy to forget. We decided to head to Carmel-By-The-Sea for holiday shopping and ended up at the Wrat...
From Bicycling Monterey
Learning some dos and don’ts of biking
Guest post written by a 15-year-old Salinas resident All photos shot in Salinas by Bicycling Monterey Bike riding is a great way to get around and enjoy the outdoors, but sometimes mistakes happen...
Roller Coaster Whirlwind & Friends
How can I explain a couple weeks, based on decades of love and care and community in a blog post? I don’t know if I can. Here is today’s story. I moved to the South Coast of Big Sur in 1989 and tu...
Tagalog vs. English
#179: Then & Now (Learning Tagalog), Kids React to Art, Sijia Chen, The Traumatic Surreal, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, George Grosz, James Winestock, Santana and Richie Havens at Woodstock, and MyNoise
A 97-Point Jonata Todos for $50 – “Everyone’s” Red Vineyard Blend!
THE STORY As K&L Wine Merchants Insiders, we often get access to wines at special prices. My better half’s approach to wine buying is to hunt for highly rated wines at a discount – or wine otherw...
From Community Foundation for Monterey County
Moss Landing Fire Relief Fund
moss landing fire relief fund created Monterey County, California — Vistra has partnered with the Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) to establish the Moss Landing Fire Relief fund to...
Offering $1.5 million in Scholarships to Local Students
Many Monterey County students aspire to attend college, but the cost of higher education keeps them from achieving that dream. The Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) works with genero...
A Personal Saga
As I wrote briefly before, and as many of you now know, Rock Knocker has Alzheimer’s and I have been taking care of him. That can take many forms, of course, and a bit over a week ago, it took yet...
Good News, Bad News
#178: Then & Now, Jeremy Lent and Bayo Akomolafe, LindaLay, Teoh Yi Chie, Jeremy Mathew, Paul Klee, Glenn Gould, and Hania Rani
SLO Coast Confidential
Oh sure: cruising up and down the metropolated 101 is fun, delving into the dizzying downtown dining districts of San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles is rewarding AND filling but taking a left on Sant...
Sierra Foothills Wine Country Day 2: Old School vs New Age!
THE STORY This is the second of a two-part series highlighting my recommendations of standout wineries and wines based on our November visit to Amador County. Today’s post focuses on Turley Wine C...
Overnight Closure at Rocky Creek begins tonight at 10 pm
Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 District: 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties Contact: Kevin Drabinski or Jim Shivers Phone: (805) 549-3138or(805) 54...
From Monterey Neighbors & Friends
It's a good day for monkey stories
The Monterey Peninsula was apparently crawling with simians back when America was great
Another Chink in the Legacy of Monterey Wines
(Seeing this on Instagram? Click the link in my profile to read the whole story) THE STORY I was eating my lunch at the kitchen table, reading the Carmel Pine Cone, as I typically do. I opened th...
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