#montereycountynow — 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

“ #Salinas High’s mountain bike team rides the Rec Trail all night and day, with little rest in-between,” by
Erik Chalhoub, #MontereyCountyNow

"With the 24-hour ride, Assistant Coach Cathy Weidemann says it takes the students out of their comfort zone, and allows them to do something many have never done before: ride a bike in the middle of the night."

https://www.montereycountynow.com/people/831/salinas-high-s-mountain-bike-team-rides-the-rec-trail-all-night-and-day-with/article_d70b3573-99ed-48f5-ba85-66f7839468ea.html

For some history of the team, see https://bikemonterey.org/monterey-county-teens-who-bike-including-mountain-bike-at-the-2017-california-state-high-school-mountain-bike-championships-and-elsewhere.html and
and https://bikemonterey.org/category/children-and-teens/salinas-high-school-cowboy-racing-mountain-bike-team

#MontereyCounty #MontereyBay #MoreKidsOnBikes #NICA

Oct 4 "The event is designed for children from preschool- to middle school-aged, and of all ability levels, whether they are on balance bikes, training wheels or ready for something more advanced.

"The Community Bike Collective will be on hand to provide bikes and helmets to those who don’t have their own.”

https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/take-a-kid-mountain-biking-and-open-up-a-new-world-for-them/article_32e96226-35f5-4f7e-8df0-055510c1993c.html

#TakeAKidMountainBikingDay #MontereyCounty #MontereyCountyNow #MTB #MoreKidsOnBikes

“The Central Coast economy is rooted in agriculture. More than half the farmworkers are undocumented. If they are disappeared, the economy of this area will collapse." https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/immigrants-are-living-in-fear-but-this-is-nothing-new-in-this-country-s-history/article_d6c21eab-48e1-4206-8f32-05a72379b33b.html #MontereyCountyNow

#CondadoDeMonterey #MontereyCounty

"MIENTRAS TODA ESTA LEGISLACIÓN ESTÁ PENDIENTE EN UN CONGRESO PARTIDISTA, los habitantes del condado de Monterey continúan con su vida y su trabajo. Casi el 30 por ciento de la población nació en el extranjero. Para muchos, la nueva normalidad es llevar consigo sus documentos, especialmente si se identifican con el objetivo del ICE: personas de piel morena.” - Celia Jiménez #MontereyCountyNow

#CondadoDeMonterey #MontereyCounty https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/las-redadas-de-inmigraci-n-a-n-no-han-llegado-al-condado-de-monterey-pero/article_db59d117-9bef-4b8f-8e53-8322f2d2e5b0.html

"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