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Pets, Paint And Pinot
Local artist Rusti Willow is heading to Comanche Cellars on Monday, May 20 for a paint-your-pet night from 5:30-7:30pm. She will sketch a portrait of your pet and help you paint a masterpiece, while you enjoy Comanche’s wines and small bites. $48 for club members, $55 for non-members. All proceeds go to Animal Friends Rescue Project. 412 Alvarado St., Monterey. 747-2244, comanchecellars.com.
Bar pies are a unique regional pizza, and Alvarado Street dresses them up.
Many of the regional pizza styles have broken from their geographical bonds. New York, Chicago, even Detroit-style pies are familiar to diners everywhere. But two types may still be a mystery. It’s unlikely that any parlor in Monterey County serves St. Louis-style pizza – where would they find provel, its processed cheese hallmark? And the tavern or bar pies found in the upper Midwest and a few northeastern states were also no-shows, at least until now.
A comprehensive study of unsustainable groundwater pumping in the county is cause for alarm.
On May 9, staff from the Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency presented its board a long-awaited study about the so-called Deep Aquifers, which have been increasingly mined in recent years as seawater intrusion marches inland toward the city of Salinas. The problem is, those aquifers – which in the...
CHP: Prunedale man killed in solo vehicle crash east of Moss Landing
MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) -- UPDATE MAY 15TH AT 8:55 A.M.: More information has been released regarding the fatal accident near Elkhorn Elementary School. According to a CHP officer on scene, the driver of a Honda sedan was driving eastbound on Castroville Boulevard when they attempted to turn onto Elkhorn Road towards Elkhorn Elementary School. The post CHP: Prunedale man killed in solo vehicle crash east of Moss Landing appeared first on KION546.
Jacob’s Heart to host event to support children, families
Information provided by Jacob’s Heart, which provides services to residents in San Benito, Santa Cruz, Monterey and south Santa Clara counties. Lea este articulo en español aqui. Jacob’s Heart is gearing up to spend a fun evening with the community on May 18th, where everyone will come together...
Softball Game Recap: Marina Takes a Loss
Marina fell victim to Rancho San Juan and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They lost 19-0 to the Rancho San Juan Trailblazers. Marina has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games. For Rancho San Juan's part, they let Gwynn Lizama and Delylah Magdaleno loose on the outfield. Lizama went...
An award-winning quest for meaning is part of the Beacon Film Festival in Pacific Grove.
Lighthouse Cinema in Pacific Grove is coming fully back to life. This year, for the first time, the venue presents the Beacon Film Festival, a celebration of independent filmmaking in collaboration with Monterey Peninsula College and CSU Monterey Bay. The festival runs from May 18-19. One of the movies is...
Robinson and Una Jeffers’ Tor House is headed toward National Historic Landmark status.
The Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation applied for designation as a National Historic Landmark, and received unanimous support from the National Historic Landmark Committee during a meeting on Tuesday, May 14. Foundation President Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts gave a brief presentation on the application, which is 133 pages long and includes a...
City of Salinas unveils list of candidates for short-term District 3 Council seat appointment
SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- The City of Salinas is getting one step closer to appointing a person to fill the vacant District 3 City Council seat. A spokesperson for the City confirmed to KION that 11 people have applied for the vacant District 3 Council seat. Here is a list of people who applied for the The post City of Salinas unveils list of candidates for short-term District 3 Council seat appointment appeared first on KION546.
A new arts and culture group is subtly advancing a right-wing agenda.
At first glance, an event taking place on Thursday, May 16 in Carmel Valley appears to be a neutral discussion, “Offshore Wind Power: Eco Friend or Foe.” “California Arts and Sciences Institute has assembled an elite panel of experts to address our Central Coast concerns,” the event description reads. The photo on the event page shows a dead whale on the sand, captioned to say: “Dead Humpback Whale on Lido Beach, NY, near offshore wind operations.” But according to news reports, the whale was likely struck by a vessel.
With new ‘theater cups,’ the party at Sunset Center can continue after the curtain rises.
When you visit the Sunset Cultural Center in Carmel for a performance these days, you might see a menu on one of the screens in the main hall. Depending on how cold, how hot or even how low-spirit you are, there’s a variety of pick-me-ups now available. Sunset Center...
Monterey Bay Aquarium joins Museums for All. Here are more California museums that offer free tickets for low-income families
The Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of California’s top attractions but the price of admission could be a barrier to entry for some families. Adult tickets cost around $60, while tickets for children 5 and older start at $45. On May 27, the aquarium will join the Museum for...
CSUMB awarded secured funds to help students from farmworker families
MONTEREY, Calif. — California State University, Monterey Bay has received approximately $475,000 in federal funding to support local students of migrant and seasonal farmworker families pursuing higher education. The grant will also support counseling, tutoring, skills workshops, financial aid stipends, health services and housing assistance. This grant funding was...
Pelicans are starving and dying along California coastline
FAIRFIELD, Calif. - A surge of injured and starving pelicans are showing up at wildlife centers in California and those that don't make it are dying in high numbers. Since April 20, an "unusually high number" of the water birds have been arriving at wildlife rehabilitation centers along the Santa Cruz to San Diego coastlines, according to the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife.
With a novel in verse, Monterey author Anne Ylvisaker captures the feeling of adolescence and transition.
For years, Anne Ylvisaker has collected words in a jar. She’d cut them out, selecting “words that are fun to say out loud, just how they feel in your mouth.” It’s a practice she adopted years ago as a member of a writing group in St. Paul, Minnesota; the group would do exercises based on selecting words from the collection.
Artichoke season: 8 great spring recipes
Spanish settlers introduced artichokes to California in the early 1900s. This thistle took to the state's cool, damp coastal regions so well that today, 99% of artichokes sold in the United States are grown in California. Castroville, which anchors Monterey County's "Artichoke Trail," produces almost two-thirds of the world's artichokes. Known as the "Artichoke Capital of the World," Castroville hosts an annual Artichoke Festival, which happens June 8-9, 2024.
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