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Leroy Thrash likes keeping the city clean when no one is up.
By Jill Kimball posted July 24, 2008 12:00 AM
It’s 11pm in Monterey and all is quiet. The summer crowds have gone home for the evening, and the only lights that remain on come from the trees that line... read on»
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Fort Ord’s less-trafficked half offers great scenery and a labyrinth of fun mountain bike trails.
By Zachary Stahl posted July 24, 2008 12:00 AM
Given the shiny red poison oak leaves at the entrance to Fort Ord Public Lands’ Blair Witch Trail– and the dense thicket of oaks and chaparral behind them– it seems... read on»
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A surprising fitness pioneer calls Monterey County home.
By Rick Cannon posted July 17, 2008 12:00 AM
In the crowded health and fitness industry, Carmel Valley’s Elisa Lodge stands out– in large part because she has created a cohesive new system that exercises the emotions as well... read on»
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The NPS quietly uses old warcraft to complete unprecedented research.
By Zachary Stahl posted July 10, 2008 12:00 AM
Inside nondescript hangar 507 at Marina Muncipal Airport hides a scientific armada, Naval Postgraduate School’s answer to Starfleet. ... read on»
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Fort Ord’s less-trafficked half offers great scenery and a labyrinth of fun mountain bike trails.
By Zachary Stahl posted July 24, 2008 12:00 AM
Given the shiny red poison oak leaves at the entrance to Fort Ord Public Lands’ Blair Witch Trail– and the dense thicket of oaks and chaparral behind them– it seems... read on»
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Gilson Gap is a great way to enjoy the best things about Toro Park.
By Adam Joseph posted June 19, 2008 12:00 AM
French impressionist painter Claude Monet once said, “The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” Claude would’ve liked Toro Park. From its breathing canvas burst buzzing... read on»
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Sunshine Surfabout brings together the Peninsula for some competitive wave games.
By Paul Wetterau posted June 12, 2008 12:00 AM
Surfers are supposed to be cool– smiling with their eyes half-open and speech half-slow, playing guitars on the beach, risking their jobs to ask for time off to surf. But... read on»
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Big Sur Land Trust welcomes the public to a private paradise to celebrate National Trails Day.
By Mark C. Anderson posted June 05, 2008 12:00 AM
It sits deep in a virtually uninhabited redwood grove next to the biggest sequoia in the county: An old, beautiful swimming pool accented by a strip of yellow decorative tiles,... read on»
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A peek at the best places to commune with the county’s incomparable California redwoods.
By Rick Cannon posted May 29, 2008 12:00 AM
The tree was living before the Civil War, before Columbus sailed to the New World– even before the signing of the Magna Carta (that was 1215). This particular tree, called... read on»
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The county’s outdoor adventures merit extra attention. Here it is.
By Mark C. Anderson posted May 22, 2008 12:00 AM
They were calling the outdoors “great” long before Theodore Roosevelt was a bear cub. And, everybody with me now – it doesn’t get much greater than Monterey County. But let’s... read on»
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Local photographers among nominees for the world’s best XXL Biggest Wave photo of the year.
By Ryan Masters posted April 10, 2008 12:00 AM
When Sand City photographer and surfer Wayne Kelly arrived at Ghost Tree just after dawn on Dec. 4, he wasn’t impressed. ... read on»
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