Good Morning Monterey Bay

Ep. 509 - GMMB Monday 17 Feb 2025

Mark joined us and began to describe a very energetic particle, but his connectionn failed us. Now we are left hanging to wonder about what is a ghost particle.

We learned that in Peru, the police sometimes present as furries.

Michael Olson had Santa Cruz County Fair marketing director Ron Heidicke with him. We found that Ken Alstott has been named interim CEO of the fair. It is a post he has had before. Also, the annual SCCF crab feed is coming up March 22nd. Sounds tasty.

Ep. 508 - GMMB Friday 14 Feb 2025

Dr. Pete was happy to hear that his crazy idea of combining peanut butter with mustard turned out to be a hit with Rosemary and Bill. He also discussed with us:

• Protecting frogs and spiders crossing the road.
• Bird flu in cows.
• Texans considering not charging sales tax for pet food.
• Microchipping pets - it works.

Alex and Rosemary liked this week's movies. Universal Language was a pick of the week for each of them, with Paddington in Peru being a co-pick for Rosemary.

Ep. 507 - GMMB Thursday 13 Feb 2025

We spent an awful lot of time on traffic and weather today, due to a significant storm. When not doing that, we spoke with Jennifer Lawrence. She has a couple businesses in Moss Landing. Moss Landing Boatworks is where you can get your boat hauled out and repaired. The other is Woodward Marine, where Rosemary says the fish and chips is worth the trip. Bill trusts her opinion, but prefers to find out such things for himself.

Ep. 506 - GMMB Wednesday 12 Feb 2025

We took a chance and tried Dr. Pete's recommendation of having peanut butter and mustard on a cracker, at the same time. We were both surprised to find we enjoyed it.

Jaime Smith was on to talk nosh. He gave us his thoughts on how safe the food in the area is and will be, given the pollutants that went into the air during the recent Moss Landing battery fire. Our experience with the peanut butter-mustard crackers inspired a lengthy discussion of mustards as well.

Brian Roeder is one of the founders of the group Never Again Moss Landing. He joined us in the third hour to share his experiences following the fire. Spoiler alert: they have not been good.

Ep. 505 - GMMB Tuesday 11 Feb 2025

Rachael was in and talked about real estate and chicken eggs, but mostly real estate, namely how much commercial space downtown is empty.

Andrew Meyers came into the studio. He is a music promoter, starting a new festival he hopes will become an annual event. Winter Warmer will be this weekend at Roaring Camp. We heard a couple of the songs that will be performed. It sounds like a good time.

Ep. 504 - GMMB Monday 10 Feb 2025

We heard of a lost ring being found and poisonous snakes being found as well.

Gail Pellerin spoke of the Battery Energy Storage System Fire and her reaction to it.

Mark Mozina had lots to talk about in space.

• Euclid telescope discovered a beautiful new Einstein Ring of a distant galaxy
• New report points at space debris risk entering commercial airline flight paths
• Largest structure ever discovered - Quipu - a massive group of galaxy clusters
• Asteroid hitting us in 2032 just went up to 1 in 43
• New lunar explorer will be a hopper!
• 70% of astronauts experience damage to their eyesight

In the Ag Report, Michael Olson was joined by Norman Groot, executive director of the Monterey Farm Bureau, to also discuss the BESS fire, and what sort of monitoring is being done, to measure the uptake of heavy metals into local crops.

Ep. 503 - GMMB Friday 7 Feb 2025

Dr. Pete was in the studio with us. He brought a staggering number of lemons, and one grotesquely large orange. He also brought homemade cookies. He told us about school age children visiting veterinary practices and even volunteering to work in animal hospitals. He knew he wanted to be a vet when he was very young.

Rosemary's movie pick of the week was Parthenope. Alex did not commit to a pick of the week, though he did seem to me to be partial to Heart Eyes, which he said is both a horror movie and a RomCom.

Charlie the gardening expert discussed flowering trees.

Ep. 502 - GMMB Thursday 6 Feb 2025

Gary Shapiro ran through the ten nominations for best picture at this year's Oscars, none of which Bill had seen, and few of which he had even heard. Spoiler alert: Gary's favorite of the bunch is The Brutalist.