Good Morning Monterey Bay

Ep. 601 - GMMB Thursday 3 July 2025

Gary Shapiro's homework for Bill was to watch two Humphrey Bogart movies. They are The African Queen and The Desperate Hours. Although it is not a Bogart movie, Cape Fear came up in conversation, and watching that, the original version, was also assigned. The River Wild was the movie Bill mistakenly remembered as being called Cape Fear, so it is a good thing Gary teaches film and not he.

Christina Wise is a recent addition to the board at Damian's Ladder. She was here to let us know about an upcoming event they are having at the local Moose lodge. It is a dinner on July 20th.

Alex Shaffer could not be with us, but we talked movies anyway. Rosemary's pick of the week was Kill The Jockey. She had selected one ahead of time that Bill would likely want to see and was right about that. It is Videoheaven.

We will have a "best of" episode in place of a live program tomorrow, during the Independence Day holiday.

Ep. 600 - GMMB Wednesday 2 July 2025

Jaime Smith shares our dislike of barbeque sauces that are laden with too much sugar. At foodsmith he uses pineapple juice and apple cider vinegar in his sauces. He uses no sugar. He shares our fondness for Kewpie mayonaisse as well. For a sauce to use with on fish, he suggests salsa.

Gary Shapiro spoke of Beverly Gage's book, G-Man. It is all about J. Edgar Hoover. She claims he did not wear women's dresses. Who knows for sure?

Ep. 599 - GMMB Tuesday 1 July 2025

Rachael Shelton's uncle told her she was too old to party with the youngsters. How rude, right? It turned out he might have been right, in that one case. She also discussed alternative excercises one can do at the gym during off-peak hours.

Dr. Dawn Motyka joined us for the first of what will be regular visits. Tune in to get the tips on how to be healthier. We will make it fun. Today she said what we eat ought to look like what it is, meaning not be processed. She suggested walking as a cheap, effective and easy way to improve one's health. Sleep is important too, and we heard her technique for dealing with jet lag.

Ep. 598 - GMMB Monday 30 June 2025

Gail Pellerin let us know what she thinks of the Cocoanut Grove changing its name. She discussed the taking of people from the central coast. She will be briefed today on AB 131, which may take some teeth out of CEQA.

Mark Mozena had these topics for us.

• Axiom launches 4 astronauts to space station the first visit for India Poland and hungary
• First images from the new Vera Rubin Telescope - scanning the whole night sky every few days to find asteroids, galaxies, and transient events
• NASA announced new structure with goal to shrink HQ and workforce
• The “Big Beautiful Bill” - Reconciliation Bill has $40B for Space Force. A large increase 
• Hawaii begins the removal of 3rd of 5 telescopes from summit of Mauna Kea in preparation for TMT telescope 

In the Ag report, Michael Olson told of the recent report on the economic contribution of agriculture to the county.

Ep. 597 - GMMB Friday 27 June 2025

Rachael Shelton filled in at the controls and for co-host for Bill today. She and Rosemary were joined by Alex talking movies, Charlie talking plants, Dr. Pete talking pets, and even managed to work in topics like traffic on Soquel, downtown development, the new manager of the county fair and more. The more included talk of a certain wedding in Venice, with lots of discussion of the fashions seen there, so perhaps it was a very good day to have Rachael take my place.

Ep. 596 - GMMB Thursday 26 June 2025

In the good news we heard of an American astronaut who is the female astronaut who has spent more time doing spacewalks than any other.

Assembly member Dawn Addis said the recent plans to offer public land for sale in her district have been changed. We also heard of her work on heat-related illness.

Ep. 595 - GMMB Thursday 19 June 2025

Gary Shapiro was with us, telling us all about Woody Allen and his movies.

Emily Bonder is an apiarist in Santa Cruz. She does know bees, and now we do, too.

Dr. Pete made the trip to Santa Cruz to visit, but only just a few minutes before the end of the show. He brought us cherries.

Ep. 594 - GMMB Wednesday 18 June 2025

In the good news segment we learned that chickens and ducks are full of drama.

Jaime Smith said that because of all the spring and summer fruits and vegetables, "It's a fun time to be an eater on the central coast." He also told us chickens make good backyard pets.

Gary Shapiro is adamant that Yoko Oko had nothing to do with the Beatles splitting. Also, her singing voice, as on Kiss Kiss Kiss was a direct inspiration of the B-52's, as can be heard in Rock Lobster.

Jeff Manker told us about his upcoming trip to England and Scotland, where he expects to encounter Puffins and other species local to the area.