Good Morning Monterey Bay

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.

Ep. 534 - GMMB Monday 24 Mar 2025

Gail Pelerin was with us. She has several bills underway. One regulates how renters can get their deposit back when they move out. Another addresses standby guardianship, which has to do with who will care for citizen children whose non-citizen parents are deported. There is a bill to consider whether judges should be appointed rather than elected, since so many voters skip that category.

Mark Mozena had even more topics for us than usual.

• Europe about to launch its first orbital rocket from European soil - Isar Aerospace out of Norway)
• US Government has restored access to Ukraine to use satellite imagery
• Suni and Butch are safely back on Earth - and now talk about attempting another Boeing Starliner launch...
• Company in Florida, Star Catcher, successfully ground tested a demonstrator for beaming power in space
• In a reaction to new US policies, Europe is formally moving to a more independent and autonomous approach for space - civil and security
• Friday was the big Space Black Tie Gala - Space Prom
• Saturday was Venus' closest approach to Earth (Venus inferior conjunction) - celebrated with friends

Michael Olson was here to talk agriculture. The annual spring ag luncheon just took place. At it the Al Smith Friend of Ag Award was presented to Mark Sambrailo. Also, Cabrillo College recently received an endowment for their culinary program.

Ep. 533 - GMMB Friday 21 Mar 2025

Dr. Pete suggests we get rid of foxtails now, while they are still green and not a threat to our pets. He bragged a bit about his alma mater, UC Davis school of Veterinary Medicine. They are number one in the nation this year, and have been five of the last 11 years. Many raw pet foods have been recalled due to bird flu contamination. It can make dogs sick and it can be fatal to cats. Brucellosis is a disease hunters need to consider. We also heard about Monday morning sickness in working horses.

Charlie reminded us that the recent rains followed by sunshine lead to weeds. We heard all about getting down on the ground to pull them, implements to let us take care of them while standing, and even chemical treatments for them, like white vinegar.

Rosemary had three movies she called her picks of the week. That is a new record.