Pam Marino
People who biked to Window on the Bay, Monterey on Flag Day 2025
On 2025’s Flag Day, June 14, “at least five thousand people”* gathered at Window on the Bay waterfront park, and along the opposite side of Del Monte Avenue, in Monterey. As was likewise happening in communities in all fifty states of the United States—including in Salinas, the Monterey County seat—people gathered peacefully on what some…
Standing Up to Big Oil
Another Global Climate Strike to end the era of fossil fuels happened September 20. https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/sept-20/ On September 21 Ben Jealous, executive director of the Sierra Club, former president and CEO of the NAACP, and a Monterey County native, will not be speaking at the 52nd Annual NAACP Monterey County Life Membership Banquet. Instead, he is…
Monterey County Weekly on King City, Monterey, Salinas, and Seaside stroads
The cover story for the Monterey County Weekly’s March 9-15, 2023 issue, “Stroad Rage,” features stories by four Weekly staff writers, as highlighted below. Here’s an Intro by staff writer Tajha Chappellet-Lanier: https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/opinion/mcnow_intro/street-road-or-stroad-the-answer-will-greatly-impact-your-experience-of-downtown/article_218ceeb6-beea-11ed-81bd-2b39df35cbec.html https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/cover/streets-roads/collection_e1e49e48-bdeb-11ed-91e3-b3a9cf6cde17.html Photos in this post, shot in those cities in past years, are by Bicycling Monterey. Celia Jiménez, on King City “Lastly…
Joseph James Hunt killed by hit-and-run driver on Highway 1, Moss Landing
California Highway Patrol determined the death of a pedestrian, Joseph James Hunt, age 25, was the result of a hit-and-run motorist. Joe’s body was found by CHP shortly after 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2019 along Highway 1 near Struve Road, Moss Landing. Please contact CHP if you may have noticed anything that might…