Culture and Society
ICE Advisory for People Who Bike – Immigrants and Law Enforcement in Monterey County
Información relacionada en este sitio web / Related information on this website: “Haciendo una vida – El conocimiento es poder” / “Making a Life – Knowledge Is Power” /haciendo-una-vida-el-conocimiento-es-poder-making-a-life-knowledge-is-power.html Above: A Monterey Peninsula volunteer sharing information on Aug 25, 2019 at the West End Celebration in Sand City. Report ICE activity: (831) 643-5225 (Monterey County);…
Exercise your superpower by voting
#IBikeIVote, and so does the woman in this 52-second video. For related info on this site, scroll down. Related information Info relevant anytime, for all U.S. states, plus additional info for California and Monterey County: Vote! “Democracy is not a spectator sport.” Info for California’s Nov 6, 2018 election: California Bicycle Coalition and others urge No on…
Soledad PD rocks community policing in Monterey County’s first Police Lip Sync Challenge
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/SoledadPDLipSync Soledad Police Department jumped in on the nationwide police lip syn challenge—to my knowledge, the first Monterey County police department to participate. Kudos to Chief Eric Sills and Soledad PD, and to videographer Jason Camp. All the officers volunteered their own time to make the video, which was filmed at various Soledad…
Santa Cruz scene: Just love everybody
One day in Santa Cruz, along my regular bike-to-work route, I paused to photograph this billboard on Soquel Avenue near Branciforte. There was another billboard just like it on Ocean Avenue. This photo was previously published, along with my essay “God Bless the Vandal,” in the November 29, 2001 issue of Good Times, a Santa Cruz weekly. Santa Cruz…
National School Walkout —because Safe Routes to School aren’t just about infrastructure improvements
As Safe Routes to School, Bicycling Monterey, and many other bike advocates emphasize: Safe Routes is about more than infrastructure improvements! Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/WalkOutGunReform Related post: March 24 March for Our Lives – Monterey. http://www.instagram.com/p/BhzbCg4nz57/ For more Monterey County participation, see “Monterey Peninsula students participate in National School Walkout day on anniversary of…
Laguna Seca Racetrack — home of world-renowned bicycle, motorcycle, and automobile events — renamed WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/WeatherTechRaceway Adieu, Mazda. Welcome, WeatherTech. The County of Monterey and WeatherTech of Bolingbrook, Illinois have announced a naming rights agreement for the sports and entertainment facility known the past 17 years as Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. As of April 2018, the track will be known as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Details: http://mailchi.mp/mazdaraceway/weathertech-raceway-naming-rights…