It's happening, it seems... 18 months on & bits of #grief begin rising to the surface, missing places in the #US that are dearest to my heart.

One in particular. A dear friend driving south for a wedding this weekend. As I shared good stops #enroute, #memories began to flood back.

About this place, especially. There's so much to say that it's often #overwhelming.

#Refugio. Which it has been, for me. And for the #SeventhGeneration now living there.

#Gaviota #california #travelphotography #coastline #roadtrip #Goleta #SantaBarbara #Chumash #CentralCoast #ChannelIslands

"Bay Area construction company illegally polluted river, lawsuit alleges.” Rpt by Paul Rogers, #MontereyHerald.

Graniterock, "based in Watsonville, has more than 20 offices and locations, incl in San Jose, Concord, Redwood City, South San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Salinas….Lawsuit...stated that the company has been fined four times since 2018 by state #WaterPollution regulators at #CentralCoast Regional Water Quality Control Board. In those cases, settlements required #Graniterock to pay a total of $138K in penalties for water quality violations at the quarry.

"For each of the 46 incidents involved, the board imposed the minimum penalty of $3K, the lawsuit noted, calling it 'tantamount to a #PayToPollute system' for a company with millions of $ in annual revenue.

#Pajaro #River, which drains a watershed that extends across parts of #SantaClara, #Monterey, #SanBenito & #SantaCruz counties, meanders through strawberry and other farm fields before emptying into #MontereyBay.”

https://www.montereyherald.com/2026/04/17/prominent-bay-area-construction-company-illegally-polluted-river-lawsuit-alleges/

#FindYourWayMRY

#MontereyCounty #SalinasValley #CentralCoast

Eleven years after we and other active transportation advocates first gave input on bicycle and pedestrian wayfinding signage, new signs have been installed by the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC).

https://salinasvalleytribune.com/new-signs-encourage-biking-walking-throughout-monterey-county/

#bike #walk #wayfinding

New signs encourage biking, walking throughout Monterey County - Salinas Valley Tribune | Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield CA

Residents and visitors now have an easier way to explore local destinations thanks to new bicycle and pedestrian wayfinding signs.

Salinas Valley Tribune | Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield CA

@ufwupdates

"#Easter is an important day for many and sharing a meal is a traditional part of this celebration. People like "Bonita" who harvests carrots in #CA’s #CentralCoast, make these sacred meals possible. #WeFeedYou"

B.C. teacher suspended after showing inappropriate videos, making racist joke: regulator
A teacher in B.C.'s Central Coast has had her teaching certificate suspended for one day after showing students inappropriate videos, one of which included a man in a bathing suit eating pie, and for making a racist joke, according to the B.C. teacher regulator.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-teacher-inappropriate-video-racist-joke-9.7141109?cmp=rss
Evacuation order issued for Central Coast hamlet as heavy rain batters parts of B.C.
Part of the hamlet of Martin Valley, located northeast of Bella Bella, is under an evacuation order as of Tuesday due to "landslide and flood hazard risk."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/heavy-rain-bc-south-coast-fraser-valley-9.7132922?cmp=rss
Atmospheric river brings ‘tremendous’ amount of rain to B.C. South Coast
'We've seen some tremendous amounts of rain up on portions of the Central Coast, up in the river's inlet area,' Brian Proctor, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said.
#Weather #AtmosphericRiver #bcstorm
https://globalnews.ca/news/11736642/atmospheric-river-tremendous-rain-bc-south-coast/