#monterey — Public Fediverse posts

Couple photos of seagulls, one in the sun out in the ocean, and the second one is back in a ravine in the shade. Love the ocean colors. #Birds #Nature #Ocean #Monterey #California 

" #Monterey officials confident about #voting integrity -- while state and national representatives continue to cast aspersions," from article in Voices of Monterey Bay: https://voicesofmontereybay.org/2026/08/21/monterey-county-officials-confident-about-voting-integrity-while-state-and-national-representatives-continue-to-cast-aspersions/

" #Monterey officials confident about #voting integrity -- while state and national representatives continue to cast aspersions," from article in Voices of Monterey Bay: https://voicesofmontereybay.org/2026/08/21/monterey-county-officials-confident-about-voting-integrity-while-state-and-national-representatives-continue-to-cast-aspersions/

" #Monterey officials confident about #voting integrity -- while state and national representatives continue to cast aspersions," from article in Voices of Monterey Bay: https://voicesofmontereybay.org/2026/08/21/monterey-county-officials-confident-about-voting-integrity-while-state-and-national-representatives-continue-to-cast-aspersions/

" #Monterey officials confident about #voting integrity -- while state and national representatives continue to cast aspersions," from article in Voices of Monterey Bay: https://voicesofmontereybay.org/2026/08/21/monterey-county-officials-confident-about-voting-integrity-while-state-and-national-representatives-continue-to-cast-aspersions/

" #Monterey officials confident about #voting integrity -- while state and national representatives continue to cast aspersions," from article in Voices of Monterey Bay: https://voicesofmontereybay.org/2026/08/21/monterey-county-officials-confident-about-voting-integrity-while-state-and-national-representatives-continue-to-cast-aspersions/

The Labor Day Sale in my Picture Shop is on right now! Save 20% on everything! Wall art, mugs, pillows, blankets, puzzles, and more! Hundreds of images to choose from. Shop Now, because this offer disappears on Monday September 7th at 9:00pm Pacific Time, midnight Eastern.

Click this link to start shopping https://james-toy.pixels.com/

#Photography #WallArt #HomeDecor #Monterey #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #Carmel #PacifcGrove #FediArt #BuyIntoArt

The Labor Day Sale in my Picture Shop is on right now! Save 20% on everything! Wall art, mugs, pillows, blankets, puzzles, and more! Hundreds of images to choose from. Shop Now, because this offer disappears on Monday September 7th at 9:00pm Pacific Time, midnight Eastern.

Click this link to start shopping https://james-toy.pixels.com/

#Photography #WallArt #HomeDecor #Monterey #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #Carmel #PacifcGrove #FediArt #BuyIntoArt

The Labor Day Sale in my Picture Shop is on right now! Save 20% on everything! Wall art, mugs, pillows, blankets, puzzles, and more! Hundreds of images to choose from. Shop Now, because this offer disappears on Monday September 7th at 9:00pm Pacific Time, midnight Eastern.

Click this link to start shopping https://james-toy.pixels.com/

#Photography #WallArt #HomeDecor #Monterey #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #Carmel #PacifcGrove #FediArt #BuyIntoArt

The Labor Day Sale in my Picture Shop is on right now! Save 20% on everything! Wall art, mugs, pillows, blankets, puzzles, and more! Hundreds of images to choose from. Shop Now, because this offer disappears on Monday September 7th at 9:00pm Pacific Time, midnight Eastern.

Click this link to start shopping https://james-toy.pixels.com/

#Photography #WallArt #HomeDecor #Monterey #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #Carmel #PacifcGrove #FediArt #BuyIntoArt

The Labor Day Sale in my Picture Shop is on right now! Save 20% on everything! Wall art, mugs, pillows, blankets, puzzles, and more! Hundreds of images to choose from. Shop Now, because this offer disappears on Monday September 7th at 9:00pm Pacific Time, midnight Eastern.

Click this link to start shopping https://james-toy.pixels.com/

#Photography #WallArt #HomeDecor #Monterey #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #Carmel #PacifcGrove #FediArt #BuyIntoArt

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

✧ Huhu beetle ✧

The huhu beetle (Prionoplus reticularis) is a longhorn beetle endemic to New Zealand. It is a large, visually distinctive species whose adults reach up to 5 cm (2 in) in length. It is widespread throughout New Zealand, occurring up to 1,400 m (4,600 ft) in altitude. Although it is unable to eat as an adult, the larv...

#newzealand #monterey #māori #longhornbeetleendemic #prionoplusreticularis #wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huhu_beetle

There's a major water line break at Via Del Ray and El Caminito Del Norte in #Monterey. It's affecting water pressure and service from Seaside to Pebble Beach. It nearly flooded a house by the high school there was so much water dumping into the creek. Cal Am is shutting off pumps across the peninsula to try and get it to stop. The leak undermined the road. It's still flowing but not as much as when it broke around 240pm.

So I guess we won't have water until tomorrow. Neat.

There was a beautiful #sunrise in #Monterey #California today

Big Sur Kate's recent post on the Timber and Plaskett fires, w/report from Keith Vandervere. Looks like the Plaskett has gone down to Hwy 1, and has also crossed onto Fort Hunter Liggett: https://bigsurkate.blog/
#Monterey #wildfires

#Monterey Peninsula just got a #redflagwarning. We lived through the brown skies of the Soberanes fire, and didn't get a red flag warning even then. And the Timber fire (granted it's about 23k acres now, and a new fire to the south (Plaskett fire) is some 40 mi. away. Now we're supposed to keep our go-bags handy because 20% possibility of lightning strikes as well. Yikes.

25/53 — 2026 06.14

Fujifilm X-S20 + Tamron 17-70mm f/2.8 lens

#Fujifilm #FujifilmX #XS20 #FujifilmXS20 #Monterey #Provia #Tamron1770 #Tamron1770mm #photography

We did a favorite road bike ride yesterday.

The map shows the 26 mile round trip road bike route from Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey CA to Pebble Beach and back. Most of the ride is along the coast. As usual, it was overcast with a light wind. One gets used to overcast and wind when riding pretty much anywhere within Santa Cruz and Monterey along the bay.

Fisherman’s Wharf is a good place to start since there is usually plenty of parking and the parking rate is reasonable.

The Lone Cypress is a mile or two up 17 Mile Drive between the bottom 180 turn on the map and the Pebble Beach resort, our turn-around point.

#Cycle #Bicycles #RoadBike #Monterey #FishermansWharf #PebbleBeach #LoneCypress #17MileDrive

Aw, shucks. Except for all the passenger planes flying over my house bringing in rich tourists (and "air attack" fire-fighting airplanes heading to the Timber Fire), and souped-up pseudo race cars gunning it up the hill where I live, I entirely missed Monterey's Car Week! 😜
#monterey #carweek

#Monterey British #CarWeek #ClassicCars Triumph TR7, MG B and TA, Daimler 250. Lots more to come this week… #WeirdCarMastodon

Main focus of #Monterey British was #Jaguar, lots of lovely E-types. Also, great weather, nice fun crowd. Located at Carmel Valley Village. #ClassicCars #WeirdCarMastodon

#Monterey British also had #Hagerty journalist Jason #Cammisa bring his Rover SD1 to show. He borrowed my Elise for his video about Lotus a few years ago so it was good to get caught up. #ClassicCars #WeirdCarMastodon

#Monterey British event for #CarWeek today. Entered my #Lotus Elise and people amused themselves trying to get in and out of it for a photo. I amused myself trying to get in and out of a Caterham Seven. Nice customized Europa also in the Lotus section. #ClassicCars #WeirdcarMastodon

Damn. There's an 800 acre #wildfire in Big Sur in rough terrain with a ton of tree fuel, and very difficult to access. This is near Nepenthe, Julia Pfeiffer Sur park, and the Henry Miller Library. Evacuations in progress. #Monterey #carweek

"Monterey City Council cancels quick-build intersection project following pushback,” report by
Aric Sleeper, #MontereyCountyNow

“Research consistently shows that even modest reductions in vehicle speed can significantly reduce the likelihood and severity of pedestrian injuries.” https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/monterey-city-council-cancels-quick-build-intersection-project-following-pushback/article_2a8ab44d-5ae2-4f6d-9c60-7c6b9d0fd959.html

#SafeRoutesToSchool #Monterey #QuickBuild #TrafficCalming #infrastructure

Protip for all visitors to #Monterey #CarWeek: I know it’s super tempting, but do not rev your car and zoom out of the Lighthouse Ave tunnel. There is always—ALWAYS—a cop with a sound meter and radar gun at the exit.

#MontereyCarWeek

"'In an ideal world, we would have bike lanes with a physical barrier everywhere. That’s what’s needed. The reason more people don’t bike is primarily the fear of cars, and you can’t blame them.'”

—Bicycling Monterey’s founder, in cover story, "Can advocates make local streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers?"
by Aric Sleeper, photos by Daniel Dreifuss
#MontereyCountyWeekly / #MontereyCountyNow

(pgs 18-22) https://flipbook.montereycountyweekly.com/archive/2026/07-30-26/index.html

https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/cover/can-advocates-make-local-streets-safer-for-pedestrians-cyclists-and-drivers/article_5b81d56e-a2c0-4a96-beac-62ee7f601013.html

#infrastructure #BikeTooter #cycling #biking #TrafficSafety #transportation #BikeCommute #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #Monterey #California #BikeMonterey

#Janis #Joplin :
A mere slip of a #Texas #country #girl, seemingly coming from out of nowhere with a voice like #Big #Momma #Thornton blowing away the #Monterey #Pop #Festival

Janis Joplin / "Ball and Chain" youtu.be/X1zFnyEe3nE

Went for a walk, our local turkey vultures were enjoying the afternoon sun as well. #BirdPhotography #Monterey

In our inbox today was "the first edition of the Highway 1 Elkhorn Slough Corridor #Climate Resiliency Project newsletter.” To receive those updates, contact #Transportation Agency for #Monterey County (TAMC):
https://www.tamcmonterey.org/highway-1-elkhorn-slough-corridor-climate-resiliency-project

#MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #ElkhornSlough #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction

Exhilarating captain's log entry from Monterey Bay where the captain and passengers of Sanctuary Cruises captures incredible video of a pod of Bigg's killer whales hunting 15 dolphins. High wire acrobatics etc.

"Seeing a predation event of this scale is a stark reminder of the raw, trophic dynamics of Monterey Bay. While these encounters can be difficult to watch, they represent the natural ecological balance of a healthy, functioning marine sanctuary."

https://www.sanctuarycruises.com/captains-log/entry-1784508111383/

#Marine #Wildlife #Monterey #Orcas #Dolphins

Doing the things I know for sure I’m going to miss a lot when I move. It was a long weekend - wellness break given at work :)

#bayarea #monterey #whalewatching #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography

#MontereyCounty / #CondadoDeMonterey #ActiveTransportation Plan includes a June 24, 2026 kickoff meeting in Salinas, 6-8pm. Food provided. Zoom option available.

UPDATED DETAILS, including carpool info: https://bikemonterey.org/monterey-county-active-transportation-plan-el-plan-de-transporte-activo-del-condado-de-monterey.html

"Monterey County Active Transportation Plan (ATP) will serve as a roadmap for making #Monterey County safer, more accessible, and more connected for people of all ages and abilities who #walk, #bike, or use other forms of #ActiveTransportation. This update builds on the County’s previous ATP, adopted in 2018, incorporating new analysis and community priorities and needs.
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#cycling #pedestrian #skate #scoot #transportation

We had a lovely #CarsAndCoffee at #Seaside near #Monterey this morning. I forgot to take pictures other than one of a Mini but my friend took this Jaguar F-Type V8S and I went in the Lotus Elise S1 I’ve had for about 25 years now (pictured next to my son’s 964 that he’s had for almost as long).

Excellent 24.5 mile road bike route.

For those that enjoy bike rides this loop is worth considering. Ride on paved country roads along the agricultural fields in south Santa Cruz and north Monterey counties.

Our start/finish was at the Target parking lot in Watsonville (CA). The first 18 or so miles is also the first half of the yearly Strawberry Fields fun bike race. The upper right small square notch-out is at the famous Gizdich Ranch known for their berry pies.

We’re helping two of our Triathlon friends train for the bike portion of a half Ironman they’re doing this summer in Salem OR. So, while we stopped at Gizdich we didn’t have pie. We’re all building up our strength and endurance, clocking in at an average 13.1 mph on this ride. We’re building to a comfortable 14-16 mph average which is good for our age group.

#Exercise #Fitness #Bike #RoadBike #Cycling #SantaCruz #Monterey #BikeSantaCruzCounty #BikeMontereyCounty

Monterey County students, including at North Monterey County High School and Salinas High School, protest ICE and immigration policies. — Report by Felix Cortez, #KSBW. https://www.ksbw.com/article/monterey-county-students-protest-ice-immigration/70206726

#MontereyCounty #Salinas #Monterey #immigrants #SalinasValley #PajaroValley #ICE #NationalProtests #NationalStrike

Helping out a family member, I'll have to reinstall #macos from scratch on an old 2017 #macbook_air

The latest supported macos is #monterey

Will I be able to format the disk and have Monterey downloaded and installed, or do I need to have Monterey on a #usb key?

Thank you!

🎂Happy birthday to Liz, biking 30 miles to celebrate their 30th birthday today! 3️⃣0️⃣🎉🎈Liz and their friend Lizzy had biked from Marina, California to another #Monterey Peninsula city, #Pacific Grove, when we met them while we were walking at Asilomar State Beach. We🎵sang Liz a favorite birthday song traditional in many #Waldorf schools.
#PeopleWhoBike #cyclists #bicyclists #MontereyCounty #California #MontereyBay #BikeMontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #PacificGrove #Marina #Birthdays #BirthdayBikeRide

Thank you, Monterey PD!

"September 13, 2024, at 5:47 P.M., #Monterey #Police Officers responded
to a report of a stolen electric #scooter. The scooter had a #GPS device attached to
it and the reporting party believed it was located in a wooded area near Mark
Thomas Drive and Josselyn Canyon Road. Monterey Officers responded to the scene and located a campsite in the wooded area. Inside the campsite, Officers found the stolen scooter, a stolen electric
#bicycle, controlled substances, #drug paraphernalia and a loaded .45 caliber
#handgun.” https://files.monterey.gov/News-Releases/2024/24_0916-Firearm-Arrest.pdf
#BikeTooter #BikeTheft #MontereyCounty #LawEnforcement #ActiveTransportation
#ElectricScooters #ElectricBikes #ebike #ebikes #guns

Reports on conditions at the #Monterey #County #Jail remain secret. It’s past time to change that.

The Monterey County Jail’s #healthcare #provider, #Wellpath, is fighting the release of some 30 reports by monitors on conditions at the facility, where #deaths have occurred, along with accusations about the state of medical care.

https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/opinion/mcnow_intro/reports-on-conditions-at-the-monterey-county-jail-remain-secret-it-s-past-time-to/article_0c0a57ce-2c11-11ee-837c-870f35595a1f.html

If you're headed to California Roots Festival / #CaliRoots May 25-28, 2023 in Monterey:

Please bike—or #skate, #skateboard, #scoot, or #walk there—or if you can't use people-powered / #ActiveTransportation to get all the way there, use a "bike-and-ride" option like Monterey-Salinas Transit bus.

Again in 2023, bike/skateboard valet parking will be provided at Gate 8 by faithful valet providers Mike & Natasha Baroni & Friends (aka Nitro Cycle 831).

The valet service was overflowing in 2022, so people who got there early had a spot, while others parked along fence OUTSIDE the valet station. Valet provider Mike Baroni reported today that Cali Roots plans to provide a larger valet station for 2023.

More tips: https://bikemonterey.org/bike-valet-at-california-roots-festival.html

#BikeTooter #ClimateAction #BikeValet #BicycleValet #MontereyCounty #CaliRoots2023 #CaliforniaRootsFestival #MontereyFairAndEventCenter #Monterey #MusicFestival #BikeMonterey