Good Morning Monterey Bay

Ep. 542 - GMMB Thursday 4 Apr 2025

Gary Shapiro taught us that the place to go when you have worn out your welcome here is France. 

Ginger Shulick Porcella is the new director of the Museum of Art and History. Her dogs Maya Papaya and Radio McGriddles have made lots of art. There will be an opportunity for local folks to have their own dogs make art, April 7 at the MAH, beginning at 9:00 and going to 1:00.

Ep. 541 - GMMB Wednesday 2 Apr 2025

Jaime told us that although tritip used to be unheard of in Florida, one can find it there now. Asparagus and artichoke are in season now.

Gary Shapiro answered the question "Did Yoko Ono break up The Beatles?" He is excited about the release of old Donald Duck comic strips in a compilation book series. It is titled Frozen Gold.

We had Julie Troderman on. She is a new addition to the family of Santa Cruz Voice hosts. Her show, Feed the Family, debuts today. It will be on every Wednesday at 3:00. Her guest today will be Dr. Katie Reed, and her topic will be ADHD.

Ep. 540 - GMMB Tuesday 1 Apr 2025

Rachael told more stories of her grandmother, and how she could go from sweet and seemingly harmless to a roaring lion in an instant. We heard about good friends and bad neighbors.

John Laird has amended a bill to make Battery Energy Storage Systems safer. He also talked about a bill authored by Assemblymember David Tangipa of Fresno. It involves labeling syringes to identify from where they come, to enable the monitoring of sources of found needles.

Ep. 539 - GMMB Monday 31 Mar 2025

We establish in this episode that '80's music is much more memorable than '90's music. Rosemary could not manage to be inthused by any of the '90's tunes I played. I can find ones I like here and there.

Michael Olson's guest, Thomas Wittman, owner/operator of Gophers Unlimited made listeners knowledgeable about ways to protect areas from the little critters, or to do away with them all together.

Ep. 538 - GMMB Friday 28 Mar 2025

Dr. Pete is a good story teller. Today's story involved a cow with a completely prolapsed uterus. He described it as an inside-out suitcase. A pair of teenagers were pressed into service to assist him in stuffing it back in the cow. One bore up well under the challenge. The other found it a challenge. He also discussed just how risky it is for a dog to swallow chicken bones.

Charlie had a wealth of information on how to tackle weeds, now that spring is upon us.

Rosemary's movie picks of the week were The Penguin Lessons and The Ballad of Wallis Island.

Alex, Paul Rudd fan that he is, is determined to see Death of a Unicorn.

Ep. 537 - GMMB Thursday 27 Mar 2025

Peter Gelblum and Mani Rose Bobi Suthi visited us from Mountain Community Theater. They are performing Steel Magnolias through April 13. He is the director and she plays Truvy Jones, gossipy owner of a small town beauty shop.

Heidi Luckenbach does not just play brilliant director of a small town water department, she is one in real life. That town is Santa Cruz, and she joined us in the studio. It was timely, as our municipal wharf was closed just yesterday to allow repairs to a broken water main. She also let us know that even in a period of increasing population, we have been experiencing decreasing demand. That will not last forever though. She told of increasing storage by recharging the existing aquifers beneath us. It was a fasinating visit.

Ep. 536 - GMMB Wednesday 26 Mar 2025

Lynn Robinson is the executive director of Valley Churches United Ministries. She told us her organization is going to miss out on nearly a million dollars due to federal money that will not flow to them. They have been providing supplemental food to area people for 43 years, ever since the flooding in 1982. They are going to have to scramble to come up with that money another way.

Jaime Smith talked eggs. At Foodsmith, their paleo dishes use extra egg whites and less yolk. The keto dishes are almost the reverse. Rosemary taught him a technique for keeping eggs fresh much longer than just putting the carton in the fridge.

Jess Torres of Rising Worldwide told her story of being a sex trafficking survivor. Rising Worldwide, the support organization, has an event coming up called Rising at the Rio.

Ep. 535 - GMMB Tuesday 25 Mar 2025

Rachael was in the studio, telling of her recent trip to Los Angeles. She did not care for the traffic. It is a love/hate thing between her and L.A. She had nothing but love to profess for Davey. He is the 80-pound pot belly pig she used to visit as she walked through her neighborhood. He is at the Santa Cruz Animal Shelter now, waiting for someone to make him their own.