#montereycounty — Public Fediverse posts

From report by Sara Rubin, #MontereyCountyNow:

“The project is closing the gap in an 18-mile, Class-1 bike trail that runs from Castroville to Pacific Grove,” City Manager Vibeke Norgaard told the TAMC board on Aug. 31.

It was the first public presentation on a project that has been contemplated since 1982, and now has public grant funds in the pipeline to build the $12 million project.
https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_news/sand-city-officials-ask-transportation-agency-to-waive-all-charges-for-a-pedestrian-bicycling-path/article_e020133a-8862-4dee-bea4-5a5167cb1814.html#tncms-source=mosaic

#MontereyCounty #transportation #infrastructure

Amber Alert is issued for girl, 14, and fugitive father after baby found dead

The search for a father and his 14-year-old daughter following last month’s discovery of a dead infant in…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #14-year-olddaughter #AmberAlert #authority #baby #child #det #fugitivefather #girl #montereycounty #newsrelease #office #perez #road #teen #UnitedStates #Us #USA #victim
https://www.newsbeep.com/722388/

Disturbing law enforcement search in #MontereyCounty #California hunts for 14 yr old juvenile #incest #SexAssault victim and her 38-year-old Mexican #immigrant father, Sergio Galvez Perez. The teen girl was apparently forced to give birth by the side of road in #MossLanding where her infant was left to die. The teen incest victim's mother Ofelia Garcia Ortega, 36, is being held behind bars on suspicion of child endangerment. The younger female has a warrant for #murder of her abandoned child.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/03/arrest-warrant-monterey-jane-doe/?share=eceawcmwa2wma2rpteep #AmberAlert #Infanticide #Immigration #GiftLink #SJ #MercNews

Disturbing law enforcement search in #MontereyCounty #California hunts for 14 yr old juvenile #incest #SexAssault victim and her 38-year-old Mexican #immigrant father, Sergio Galvez Perez. The teen girl was apparently forced to give birth by the side of road in #MossLanding where her infant was left to die. The teen incest victim's mother Ofelia Garcia Ortega, 36, is being held behind bars on suspicion of child endangerment. The younger female has a warrant for #murder of her abandoned child.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/03/arrest-warrant-monterey-jane-doe/?share=eceawcmwa2wma2rpteep #AmberAlert #Infanticide #Immigration #GiftLink #SJ #MercNews

"As of Aug. 31, the Plaskett Fire has burned more than 26,700 acres and is 1-percent contained, an increase from roughly 8,200 acres the day before, prompting evacuation orders in seven zones. The size of the Plaskett Fire has surpassed the Timber Fire, and is now currently the third-largest in the state this year."—#MontereyCountyNow

#MontereyCounty #BigSur #Hwy1 #wildfires #ClimateChange https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/plaskett-fire-triples-in-size-while-timber-fire-remains-relatively-stable/article_94ac43eb-1ce4-425d-8c3d-72c6a378cd8e.html#tncms-source=mosaic

SAVE THE DATES re: Highway 1 Elkhorn Slough Corridor Climate Resiliency Project:

Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting
Monday, October 26
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Location: TBD; at a local venue

Community Open House
Thursday, December 3
5 – 7 p.m.
Location: TBD; at a local venue

QUESTIONS: Contact Sophia Linnevers, Transportation Planner at Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC)

https://www.tamcmonterey.org/highway-1-elkhorn-slough-corridor-climate-resiliency-project

#MontereyCounty #ElkhornSlough #Hwy1 #MossLanding #ClimateChange

#TimberFire #BigSur #CAwx #HWY1 #MontereyCounty

From CAL FIRE BEU / CAL TRANS District 5 on FB: Heads up travelers through the Big Sur area. A one-day maintenance project is happening tomorrow along Highway 1, helping us keep the roadway safe and flowing smoothly. Work will take place at Torre Canyon where crews will be removing rock piles left from recent Timber Fire operations. This work will clear pullouts, restores proper drainage, and reduces the chance of rocks reaching the travel lane. Expect 10–15 minute delays between 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
@uccawx @douglasvb

At the 2026 West End Celebration in Sand City, a Santa Cruz pedal-powered #entrepreneur, Trike a Pose, was offering #photo shoots.

"This is a United States #Marine Corps #Veteran owned business. After coming back from both Iraq and Afghanistan, I wanted nothing more than to see people smile and that is what this is all about.... MAKING YOU SMILE! Your support funds a Veteran's Retreat to help combat #PTSD.” http://www.trikeapose.com/

#MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #SantaCruz #photographer #PedalPower #trike #tricycle

Brian Roberts of Big Sur killed in Highway 1 pedestrian-vehicle collision. https://www.ksbw.com/article/pedestrian-killed-highway-1-crash-big-sur/73447383

#KSBW
#MontereyCounty #BigSur #Hwy1 #TrafficSafety #Pedestrian

Juan Roberto Lopez-Gomez of Gonzales was killed when the driver of a semi-truck made a right turn onto Old Stage Road and collided with him on his bicycle. - Tracy Escobedo, #KSBW
#MontereyCounty #GhostBike https://www.ksbw.com/article/bicyclist-killed-crash-semi-truck-monterey-county/73444051

#KAZU #MontereyBay #PublicRadio

https://www.kazu.org/kazu-news/2026-08-11/e-bike-popularity-pushes-officials-to-figure-out-how-to-keep-everyone-safe “There's never a traffic jam on the recreation trail,” Koesel said. !?! We appreciate his intent, and beg to differ. Our photo posted here is from 2010 — scroll to end of https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/for-serious-cyclers, and that section of trail gets far more congested now. That’s another reason we need far more such bikeways—i.e., Class 1 as well as Class 4 with a physical barrier (protection from cars).

#MontereyCounty #infrastructure #transportation #ebikes #BikeMonterey #cycling #biking #BikeTooter #

"Orders to evacuate Big Sur expand as Timber Fire grows to nearly 2,500 acres; Highway 1 is closed."—#MontereyCountyNow https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/orders-to-evacuate-big-sur-expand-as-timber-fire-grows-to-nearly-2-500-acres/article_3d798927-d20d-4843-84dd-811f30afe68c.html

#Hwy1 #BigSur #CASR1 #MontereyCounty #TimberFire

"Man shoved 2 juveniles and threw e-bike over Lovers Point pier, police say.” —Report by Ricardo Tovar, #KSBW
#PacificGrove #MontereyCounty #eBikes https://www.ksbw.com/article/lovers-point-pier-e-bike-attack-police-say/73378690

Excerpts from #SalinasValleyNow story by Erik Chalhoub, "Más jóvenes se están sumando al ciclismo de montaña, y las oportunidades para hacerlo están creciendo a nivel local.” / "More young people are hopping onto mountain bikes—and the opportunities to do so are growing locally.”

“Riding bikes can increase focus, improve mood and improve both physical and mental health. It’s important to get kids to spend more time in nature.”
…
Asst coach with #Salinas High School Cowboys Mountain Bike Team, points to tight-knit community of #MountainBiking community, especially on display during #FortOrd race.

“It’s very supportive. Everybody cheers for everybody else.”

For kids who don’t have a bike, no problem—they’ll be given one for the race.
…
“It opens the door for kids who may not have a group, but they’ll find a group within the team.”
…
“They spoke so positively and energetically about being out there with friends in nature and away from screens.”

https://www.salinasvalleynow.com/2026/07/m-s-j-venes-se-est-n-sumando-al-ciclismo-de-monta-a-y-las-oportunidades-para-hacerlo-est-n-creciendo-a-nivel-local/dbce4953/es/

#MoreKidsOnBikes #MTB #MontereyCounty

Monterey County farmers battle pests, rising costs and changing wine demand in crop report https://www.diningandcooking.com/2717639/monterey-county-farmers-battle-pests-rising-costs-and-changing-wine-demand-in-crop-report/ ##fields #2025CropReport #Challenges #ConsecutiveYear #cost #CropReport #Demand #drop #farmers #grower #growers #HeadLettuce #hurdles #MontereyCounty #NewChemistry #NormGroot #OverallProductionValue #people #pest #pests #point #ProductionValue #RisingCosts #Strawberry #supply #ValleyFarmManagement #Wine #WineDemand #WineGrapeGrowers

#MontereyCounty #California #eBikes #eMotos #ElectricMotorcycles #eMobility #Greenfield #PacificGrove https://www.ksbw.com/article/pacific-grove-e-bike-registration-bill/71379331

ICYMI, see https://bikemonterey.org/resources/resources-on-riding-skills-bike-laws-and-safety#eBikeSpecific

“'Seth Pollack spent his life teaching people how to see clearly – to look past easy narratives, sit with complexity, and do the hard work of understanding. It is a painful irony that in the days after his death, the story of how he died became one of those easy, inaccurate narratives.'

"They [Pollack’s family] are referring to a CHP [California Highway Patrol] statement immediately following the crash that Pollack was on the wrong side of the street, later determined to be unfounded.”
—Sara Rubin, #MontereyCountyNow

https://www.montereycountynow.com/opinion/local_spin/criminal-charges-and-a-lawsuit-seek-justice-for-a-slain-bicyclist-s-family/article_934a0c54-165c-4a2a-9d8f-d431919ce661.html

#MontereyCounty #FatalCollisions #PebbleBeach #SethPollack #RestInPeaceSethPollack #cycling #biking #BikeTooter #TrafficSafety #justice

"In addition to improving visibility, the city's 12-mile-per-hour speed limit on paved trails will be a primary enforcement focus for the newly deployed e-bike units.” https://www.ksbw.com/article/pacific-grove-police-e-bike-patrol-coastal-safety/70669135
#MontereyCounty #PacificGrove #CopsOnBikes #LawEnforcement #ebikes

"The study suggests, among other ideas, that the trolley could be expanded beyond summer months and utilized to connect not just #Monterey and P.G. [#PacificGrove], but even more of the #MontereyPeninsula, creating a #CarFree way to get around.”— @pammarino #MontereyCountyNow https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/expanding-trolley-service-is-just-an-idea-for-now-but-it-should-be-pursued/article_31f82d12-7b88-48be-8d01-ba2c4cb0b975.html

BTW, there are bicycle racks on trolleys too. Tips for taking your bike aboard a trolley or a large or small MST #bus: https://bikemonterey.org/monterey-salinas-transits-summer-trolley-service.html

#PublicTransit #MontereySalinasTransit #MontereyCounty #CarbonEmissions #transportation #trolleys

“County officials update their website with road closures right away, but map apps like #Waze and #GoogleMaps rely on user input and might be a little slower to reflect reality on the road.”—Sara Rubin, #MontereyCountyNow https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/it-s-just-a-normal-winter-day-with-a-reminder-that-the-weather-is-humbling/article_73ab51ed-cdc2-4109-8ff9-51dda7ab1944.html#tncms-source=mosaic

#RoadClosures #Weather #CAwx #RoadConditions #MontereyCounty #rain #flooding #wind #PowerOutages #storm #Hwy1 #BigSur #CaliforniaHighways

“E-bikes are part of a solution for our #transportation problems, our #climate problems and for our municipal #budget problems. And finding a way to rebalance our #infrastructure so that pedestrians, bicycles and cars can coexist is in everyone’s best interest.” - Monterey County Sustainability Program Manager Cora Panturad, as reported by Aric Sleeper, #MontereyCountyNow https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_news/pacific-grove-city-council-explores-options-to-regulate-problematic-e-bike-use/article_0142cb8a-3667-4f83-926c-9beafac22c94.html #MontereyCounty #BikeTooter #cycling #biking #PacificGrove #ebikes

2/ Earlier story from Josh Copitch, #KSBW: "Pacific Grove to review e-bike rules as police struggle to enforce laws” https://www.ksbw.com/article/pacific-grove-review-e-bike-rules-police-struggle-enforce-laws/70238546

#MontereyCounty #ebikes #PacificGrove

#PacificGrove Council discusses regulation options for e-bikes” by Kyarra Harris, #MontereyHerald

"Currently, e-bikes are now allowed in Perkins’ Park, Lovers Point Park, Pacific Grove Golf Links, El Carmelo Cemetery, and the property ocean-side of Ocean View Boulevard to 17th Street. The exception is on the paved portion of the recreational trail.
...
“There are regulations in place like e-bikes not being allowed to go over 12mph* or for people to only travel two abreast as to not block the other side of the trail.”

*Note our photo below. For some related Pacific Grove history, with links to some PG ordinances, see: https://bikemonterey.org/regulations-for-e-bikes-electric-assist-bicycles-and-other-non-people-powered-bikes-in-monterey-county-and-elsewhere.html

https://www.montereyherald.com/2026/02/06/pacific-grove-council-discusses-regulation-options-for-e-bikes/“

#MontereyCounty #ebikes

"Councilmember Lori McDonnell said just recently a black oystercatcher lost its clutch of eggs after a #drone came near. Seeing the drone as a predator, the #bird chased it, leaving the nest unattended and ripe for actual predators to swoop in.”, @pammarino, #MontereyCountyNow https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/pacific-grove-city-council-passes-an-urgency-ordinance-banning-recreational-drones/article_6759991f-0121-4978-8703-a79c71796a18.html

#MontereyBay #drones #WildliifeProtection #birds #BlackOystercatcher #MontereyCounty #PacificGrove

"Protesters in Salinas join nationwide shutdown against ICE”—Report by Chris Hamilton, #MontereyHerald

“This is the salad bowl of the world. There’s a lot of farmworkers here,” said Victoria Gomez, a lifelong Salinas resident at the city hall protest. “These people that are here, planting and harvesting vegetables and fruits for us and for the rest of the country. I think they at least deserve some respect enough to speak up for them.”
https://www.montereyherald.com/2026/01/30/protesters-in-salinas-join-nationwide-shutdown-against-ice/

#MontereyCounty #Salinas #immigrants #SalinasValley #ICE #NationalProtests #NationalStrike #NationalShutdown

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

"Central Coast joins nationwide shutdown 'ICE Out' calling for action against ICE” - Report by Ricardo Tovar for #KSBW

https://www.ksbw.com/article/central-coast-joins-nationwide-shutdown-ice-out/70195011

#Salinas #MontereyCounty #SantaCruzCounty

https://nationalshutdown.org/actions

#NationalStrike #NationalShutdown #AlexPretti #ReneeGood

Honoring the life of service of Seth Pollack, who died December 5 following a traffic collision while cycling.
https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/seth-pollack-who-led-csumbs-service-learning-institute-for-25-years-dies-in-a-bicycle/article_bbadd2b5-83c1-49f7-9749-8274dff73d7c.html

https://bikemonterey.org/in-memory-of-seth-pollack.html

Funeral scheduled for Dec 10, 10-11 a.m. at Congregation Beth Israel, Carmel Valley. Livestream also anticipated. https://www.carmelbethisrael.org/event/memorial-service-for-seth-pollack.html

#RestInPeaceSethPollack

#Mensch #MontereyCountyNow #MontereyCounty #NewYork #BoulderColorado #PeaceCorps #Mali #Fulbright #Jewish #Peacemaker #Israel #Palestine #Privilege #SocialJustice #SocialChange #Jstreet #HigherEducation #Stanford #EuropeanUnion #FulbrightSchumanScholar #RIP

We appreciate the new, bilingual California State Parks interpretive sign’s emphasis on human-caused climate change, including the impact of #transportation, as well as impact of manufacturing and industrial agriculture. https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/115521777336124071

Thanks to this #CaliforniaStateParks ranger who paused at Asilomar today to help get the message out!

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #StatePark #StateBeach #PacificGrove #COP30

"More road closures are coming to Big Sur in January(ish), Caltrans announces,” report by Katie Rodriguez in #MontereyCountyNow: https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/more-road-closures-are-coming-to-big-sur-in-january-ish-caltrans-announces/article_f93b35e1-b820-4f06-99ce-803019c9e830.html

Reminder to people who #bike: https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/112950958304734507

#BigSur #Hwy1 #CASR1 #PacificCoast #PacificCoastBikeRoute #ACAPacCoast #infrastructure #MontereyCounty #cycling #cyclist #TravelAdvisory #TipsForTourists

"There's no four-way stop. We're on the corner of the district office, and there's not a school #crosswalk here. There's three hills where people #speed down. We don't have #SpeedBumps. It's just, it's a dangerous intersection.” https://www.ksbw.com/article/pacific-grove-student-injured-scooter-crash/65608797

Also see our post "Consumer Advisory: Is it an e-bike—or something else?” in https://bikemonterey.org/resources/resources-on-riding-skills-bike-laws-and-safety

#SchoolZones #TrafficCalming #TrafficSafety #SlowSpeedsSaveLives #eScooter #ElectricMotorcycles #ebikes #eMotorcycles #School #BackToSchool

#MontereyCounty #PacificGrove

#VisionZero

Summary of Monterey County traffic crash data, 2019-2023 https://bikemonterey.org/summary-of-monterey-county-traffic-crash-data-2019-2023.html includes POTENTIAL infrastructure project locations, e.g., for Greater Salinas,
o Espinosa Rd/San Juan Grade Rd / Espinosa Rd/Harrison Rd
o San Juan Grade Rd/Old Stage Rd / Old Stage Rd/Natividad Rd
o Natividad Rd/Old Natividad Rd /Old Natividad Rd/Old Stage Rd / Old Stage Rd / Alisal Rd
o Harkins Rd/Spreckles Ave
o San Juan Grade Rd Segment / Harrison Rd Segment
o Espinosa Rd Segment
o Natividad Rd Segment
o Old Natividad Rd Segment o Boronda Rd Segment
o Blanco Rd Segment
o Old Stage Rd Segment
o Alisal Rd Segment
o Harkins Rd Segment
o Spreckles Ave Segment

#Carmel
#Chualar
#DelReyOaks
#Gonzales
#Greenfield
#KingCity
#Marina
#PacificGrove
#Pajaro
#SandCity
#Soledad
County of #Monterey #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #Salinas #MontereyPeninsula #TrafficSafety #cycling #walking

Ophelia "Ophie” Chavez
10 July 1943 - 8 June 2025

Ophie was known and loved by the bike community as part owner of Winning Wheels Bicycle Shop in Pacific Grove 1986-2024. Some were unaware of her many other talents, e.g., “her patience and kindness with the children earned her the Anne Sullivan Award – a county-wide peer nominated award for educators who exemplify compassion and guidance with children with disabilities.” Learn more about Ophie: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/pacific-grove-ca/ophelia-chavez-12411170

Memorial mass Wednesday, June 25, 10 a.m. at St. Angela Merici Church, Pacific Grove https://stangelamericipacificgrove.org/find-us, followed by burial at El Carmelo Cemetery on Asilomar Ave https://www.cityofpacificgrove.gov/our_city/departments/cemetery/index.php. Immediately after a celebration of Ophie’s life will follow at American Legion Hall Post 41 at 1110 Veterans Drive, Monterey.

#RIPOphieChavez #MontereyCounty #BikeShops #PacificGrove

"California Department of Transportation, known as #Caltrans, said that the state had spent more than $370 million on fixing the #highway after #ExtremeWeather events in the past seven years….Building the road on unstable terrain took ingenuity. Fixing it in a world being rocked by #ClimateChange may take even more….There are more than 1,500 active slide areas in Big Sur.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/pacific-coast-highway-closed-climate-change.html

For Big Sur news, go to @Bigsurkate website (https://bigsurkate.blog/).

Headsup on a Henry Miller Library, Big Sur June 14 concert by Dan Frechette & Laurel Thomsen, with Dan Robbins and Bruce Handloff. https://sfba.social/@bikemonterey/114459399371098720

#infrastructure #CASR1 #Highway1 #Hwy1 #BigSur #RegentsSlide #NacimientoFergussonRoad #CentralCoast #PCH #PacificCoastHighway #LiveMusic #MontereyCounty

“My Canada” is one of our many favorite songs written by Manitoba native Dan Frechette, performed with Laurel Thomsen. We dig the lyrics and music, and we also dig the song because our precious grandchildren are Canadian Americans, and their dear mama a native of Canada.

This is a snippet of “My Canada” from Dan and Laurel’s May 5, 2025 performance at Good Old Days in Pacific Grove, California. Hear the full song: https://danandlaurel.bandcamp.com/album/dan-and-laurel

#Canada #MyCanada #DanFrechette #LaurelThomsen #Songwriters #SingerSongwriter #guitar #harmonica #violin #LiveMusic #MontereyCounty #PacificGrove

"My takeaway from this story is that all of us need to rethink using chemical pesticides at our homes and businesses. Even so-called organic pesticides like Bacillus thuringiensis, or BT, are highly toxic to monarchs and other butterflies.”—Pam Marino / @pammarino, #MontereyCountyNow https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/monarchs-face-an-uphill-battle-for-their-survival-it-s-up-to-us-to-help/article_cf7fe0b8-e8d8-11ef-b7c8-9f30411eb64b.html#tncms-source=mosaic

#butterflies #MonarchButterflies #XercesSociety #MontereyCounty #MonarchSanctuary #PacificGrove #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #EPA #CaliforniaDepartmentOfFishAndWildlife #CDFW #USGeologicalService #insecticides #fungicides #herbicides #PyrethroidInsecticides

Thanks to Pam Marino @pammarino for bringing to our attention “Walk Every Street PG” https://www.montereycountynow.com/news/local_news/a-new-group-in-pacific-grove-seeks-to-walk-every-street-while-building-community/article_07c5a2d4-d919-11ef-9725-2f8835902fbe.html (January 23, 2025), and kudos to founders Ashley Edge and Amy Burkman. As Edge said, “You can drive all you want but to really know a place, you need to walk it.” (And that’s similarly true for people who bike vs drive.)
We encourage walking groups to consider including “walk audits” to identify for cities where infrastructure improvements are needed. As highlighted in the Resources / Los Recursos section on bikemonterey.org https://bikemonterey.org/resources, AARP teamed up with the League of American Bicyclists to create Bike Audit Tool Kits, in English and Spanish, and AARP has Walk Audit Tool Kits too. Print copies or downloads are available free. Anyone can do a walk or bike audit. In fact, the best are done by people with varying perspectives and mobility needs.

#Bike #Walk #MontereyCounty #USA #PacificGrove #MontereyCountyNow #BikeAuditToolKit #WalkAuditToolKit #AARP #BikeLeague

“I live in a box of paints.”

Yes, that’s Joni Mitchell (“A Case of You”).

And her words were echoed by Pacific Grove painter Susann Cate Lynn.
https://www.susanncatelynn.com/about

Our gratitude to Susann for donating to Bicycling Monterey today to express her "love for what you do!" https://bikemonterey.org/2024-bicycling-monterey-donors-to-date.html'

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #PacificGrove #artist #painter #SusannCateLynn #donations

Thanksgiving Weekend Sale: 25% off Mr. Toy's wall art. Sale ends Monday 12/2 at 9:00 PM Pacific time, Midnight Eastern.

Shop here: https://james-toy.pixels.com/art

#photography #MontereyPeninsula #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #Monterey #Carmel #PacificGrove #AirlinerArt #AviationArt #BuyIntoArt #WallArt #HomeDecor #ChristmasGifts #fediart

Greeting card sale! 25% off all of my greeting cards. Additional bulk discounts are available. Sale ends Nov 18th at 9:00 pm PT, midnight ET.

These 5x7 greeting cards can be put into any standard 5x7 frame providing an inexpensive way to decorate your space with my work.

https://james-toy.pixels.com/shop/greeting+cards

#photography #Monterey #Carmel #PacificGrove #MontereyBay #MontereyPeninsula #MontereyCounty #GreetingCards #ChristmasCards #BuyIntoArt

Carol and Jaime live in San Jose, California where they are active members of Silicon Valley Rotary. We met them while walking the trails at a Asilomar State Beach today. Jaime, a California resident for over 30 years, is a native of Colombia. 🇨🇴 They met through their shared dedication to service to others, via Rotary.
#PeopleWhoBike #cyclists #bicyclists #MontereyCounty #PacificGrove #SanJose #SiliconValleyRotary #Rotarians

🎂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

This evening we just had to keep stopping to look back at the sunset!

#AsilomarStateBeach #Asilomar #PacificCoast #MontereyBay #MontereyCounty #sunset

People who bike or walk to Taqueria El Kiosko on Williams Road at Alisal Street will be among the many celebrating these infrastructure improvements! https://www.transportation.gov/grants/ss4a/2023-awards

U.S. DOT's Safe Streets and Roads for All grants announced 12/13/23 include $16M to the #MontereyCounty seat and its largest city, Salinas. The work on the Williams Road Safe Streets Corridor Project—where 11 pedestrians and bicyclists were reported to have lost their lives from 2017-2021—will include constructing a single-lane #roundabout at the Williams Rd and East Market St intersection, installing #CurbExtensions, new lights and signals, and raised, buffered #BicycleLanes. https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2023-12/SS4A-2023-Implementation-Grant-Award-Fact-Sheets.pdf

#BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #VisionZero #SafeStreets #BikeLanes #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #SafeStreetsForAll #transportation #infrastructure #CompleteStreets #RoadDiet #Salinas #SanFrancisco #SanJose

Respond now—or by Oct 6—to State Highways #CompleteStreets survey from #California #Bicycle Coalition.
If you #bike, #walk, use #PublicTransit or drive in 1 or more of 58 California counties, advocate for #CompleteStreets via your input:
https://form.jotform.com/CalBikeCoalition/completestreets
For each county, survey lists some state highways that serve as surface streets in local #neighborhoods.
#Alameda
#Alpine
#Amador
#Butte
#Calaveras
#Colusa
#ContraCosta
#DelNorte
#ElDorado
#Fresno
#Glenn
#Humboldt
#Imperial
#Inyo
#Kern
#Kings
#Lake
#Lassen
#LosAngeles
#Madera
#Marin
#Mariposa
#Mendocino
#Merced
#Modoc
#Mono
#Monterey
#Napa
#Nevada
#Orange
#Placer
#Plumas
#Riverside
#Sacramento
#SanBenito
#SanBernardino
#SanDiego
#SanFrancisco
#SanJoaquin
#SanLuisObispo
#SanMateo
#SantaBarbara
#SantaClara
#SantaCruz
#Shasta
#Sierra
#Siskiyou
#Solano
#Sonoma
#Stanislaus
#Sutter
#Tehama
#Trinity
#Tulare
#Tuolumne
#Ventura
#Yolo
#Yuba
#CalBike #transportation #ClimateAction #BikeTooter #BikeMonterey
#MontereyCounty #Salinas #Soledad #SanLucas

HEADS UP: The Big Sur International Marathon THIS SUNDAY will result in the closure of #Hwy1 from Big Sur Station (PM 45.64) to Rio Road (PM 72.92) from 4 am to 1 pm. Photo Credit: @BSIMEvents #BigSur #BigSurCoast #MontereyCounty

REMINDER: Resupply Window Open on #Hwy1 TODAY through Monday for Locals Only Through Gilbert's Slide #MontereyCounty

On the #BigSur Coast: Assessments on #Hwy1 Continue at Areas Damaged by Most Recent Storms #MontereyCounty #SanLuisObispoCounty

Southbound #Hwy1 is closed at Hwy. 68 due to downed power lines across the lanes. #MontereyCounty