Founder’s Mix
A Decade in the Life of a Bike Advocate
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/DecadeBikeMRY A 10th year of bike advocacy volunteering has been completed. A local partner of the California Bicycle Coalition, Bicycling Monterey—the website and all projects—have been provided as a public service by an unpaid volunteer for a decade, from May 1, 2009 to May 1, 2019. To recognize this work with a one-time…
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…
Big Sur: “(not) Big (enough) Sur” by Tim Harrington
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/BigSurOvertourism Take the Big Sur Pledge: http://bigsurpledge.org Thanks to Big Sur Kate for bringing Tim Harrington’s video to our attention, and to Tim for creating his video message, shared below. Is bicycling Big Sur right for you? See Bike Big Sur on this site. Biking Big Sur isn’t appropriate for everyone, but…
California Wildfire Prevention — including on the Big Sur Coast
California has an increasingly long wildfire season. See current fires: https://fire.ca.gov/incidents/. Please help prevent wildfires in the Monterey Bay Region and elsewhere! Tips on equipment use, debris burning, campfire safety and more at http://www.preventwildfireca.org Take the Big Sur Pledge, http://bigsurpledge.org, and visit the Big Sur Visitor Guide for campfires info and much more: http://www.bigsurvisitorguide.com/campfires “’Safe-and-sane’ fireworks are not…