Good Morning Monterey Bay

Ep. 473 - GMMB Tuesday 17 Dec 2024

Charles Pasternak, artistic director for Santa Cruz Shakespeare, joined us. They are presenting A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. They stick close to the book, and sing traditional Christmas Carols. According to Rosemary, the costumes are spectacular.

We also heard a song from an episode of Top of the Pops.

Ep. 472 - GMMB Monday 16 Dec 2024

Gail Pellerin gave us some perspective on all the residential building going on in Santa Cruz at this time.

Mark Mozina suggested perhaps the drones seen in New Jersey are just hobbyists not telling us what they are up to. Is he part of an official effort to cover up something more nefarious? He also covered these topics.

• IRIS2 constellation announced in Europe - $10B communications satellite network to rival StarLink
• Last week, 25,000 scientists came to DC for AGU Conference
• Artemis Accords reaches 50 signatories with Austria and Panama
• “Inevitable” militarization of space over next few years
• Full moon rainbow visible last week in mid Atlantic

Michael Olson let us know California farmers are having a tougher time this year than others with rats and mice, and why that might be.

Ep. 471 - GMMB Friday 13 Dec 2024

Dr. Pete explained that the water in the basin at the bottom of a Christmas tree stand is toxic to dogs and cats. He gave ideas of how to keep them away from it. In recognition of pet cancer month, he let us know how to do a home exam of our pets, both to get a baseline feel for how they are, and to reveal any changes that ought to concern us. He suggested to keep holiday treats away from them, in favor of their own pet food, then promised to deliver home made cookies to Rosemary and Bill.

Alex and Rosemary agreed on what were the movies worth checking out. They are Nickel Boys, The Last Showgirl and Theater of Thought. Kraven the Hunter looked laughably bad.

Charlie talked berries, cane fruit specifically. Once you listen you'll know where to plant them, how to trim them and how to care for them in general.

Oh, and we heard disco Christmas bumper music.  :-)

Ep. 470 - GMMB Thursday 12 Dec 2024

In the Good News we heard of Colleen Wall and her project A View for a Room. We also learned of a benefactor who donated enough money to the Milwaukee museum for art that all kids under 12 can get in for free. So it was all about art in the good news today.

The bumper music was all from The Nutcracker, which Rosemary and Bill both love.

We had planned to have the public information officer from the local office of the California Highway Patrol with us, but because of the rain, he got too busy. He will come back next Wednesday, which ought to be episode 474.

Ep. 469 - GMMB Wednesday 11 Dec 2024

Jaime Smith agreed that prime rib for Christmas dinner would be really expensive. Shrimp would be a good alternative. He told us what a remoulade is, and gave a recipe for cocktail sauce. We settled on gelato as the dessert choice, so now Rosemary has her plan.

The last half hour was spent with Johnny Fabulous in the studio. Rosemary and Bill look forward to his annual visit. He brought jingle bells and sang several songs for us and the listeners.

Ep. 468 - GMMB Tuesday 10 Dec 2024

Rachael had heroic stories about cats and dogs. They involved adoption of the two cats in longest residence at a shelter, and a small cattle dog herding it's owner away from an unnoticed mountain lion, then chasing it off.

Cabrillo Cantiamo Chorus set a new record for number of people in our studio. They sang several Christmas songs, even mentioning you Santa Cruz Voice listeners in one. Cheryl Anderson, the conductor, is retiring after this season, so this is the last time she will lead them in performing for us.

Ep. 467 - GMMB Monday 9 Dec 2024

Mark Mozena had these topics for us.

• Trump names Jared Isaccman as nominee for NASA Administrator
• NASA announces delays to next SLS missions due to heat shield issues and other concerns in capsule for people
• A cosmology study using James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) confirms the Hubble Tension…problem with our fundamental model of universe
• Gemini’s meteor shower peaks on Friday Dec 13/14. Though the full moon will hurt the view 
• Check out the space telescope advent calendar

He did not not have any inside information for us on the strange, large drones widely seen over New Jersey and New York in recent weeks. Or maybe he did, but kept it to himself.

 

Michael Olson's agriculture report was about the fight between environmentalists and farmers over water and water storage. He also sold Bill on the worth of raw milk.

Ep. 466 - GMMB Friday 6 Dec 2024

Dr. Pete warned us about the dangers of giving rawhide to dogs. He also terrified us by educating us about rabies. A cheerier story was of a 74-year-old bird named Wisdom who has laid an egg just recently.

Charlie spoke of Colius, Poinsettias and more.