Shows
Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 614 - GMMB Wednesday 23 July 2025In good news animals figured prominently. We first heard of two ladies who gave a foal a ride in a canoe, then a cat that accompanied a ten year old boy to school, achieving a perfect attendance record.
Jaime Smith introduced us to maitre d butter. We discussed coconut water and coconut meat and even putting coconuts on a fire. He named the fifth flavor, added to the traditional salty, sweet, sour and bitter. That is umami.
Cosmic Joe Jordan of Dark Sky Santa Cruz joined us in the studio. He told us we can...2025-07-233h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 613 - GMMB Tuesday 22 July 2025Rachael Shelton educated us this morning. First she taught us how to navigate a four-year-old's birthday party, then we learned correct piano placement.
John Laird let us know the legislator's have recessed, and are back in their districts, most looking to get some vacation. They first finished the budget, which pleased him. He is working on refreshing a bill that has lapsed, which prevented defendant's attorneys in pain and suffering cases from trying to win a case by stalling it until the victim died. They are looking at a Canadian program for penalizing manufacturers responsible for creating...2025-07-223h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 612 - GMMB Monday 21 July 2025Dan Haifley was with us to talk about the ocean and things that effect the ocean, like the budget. The good news is that rather than be cut, the marine sanctuary budget may be going up. There is a paddle out soon for Wallace J. Nichols, author of The Blue Mind. Treasure Cove Park, the marine-themed, all inclusive play area at Jade Street Park is getting closer.
There was less doom and gloom than we have sometimes had recently in the space report from Mark Mozena.
NASA releases beautiful video from the closest flyby of the...2025-07-212h 57Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 611 - GMMB Friday 18 July 2025Dr. Pete first talked of Bruce the retriever, then all about the benefits to families of having a dog. We also heard about growing pains in dogs. Unfortunately one dog, a police dog, died in a hot car.
In good news we learned of a mobile coral spawning machine.
Alex and Rosemary had the same picks of the week for movies. They were Eddington, Life After, and Shari & Lamb Chop.
Charlie Keutman had lots to say about vines.
2025-07-183h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 610 - GMMB Thursday 17 July 2025Gary Shapiro Recommends the movie You Can't Cheat an Honest Man. Besides W. C. Fields, it stars two ventriloquists, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Gary taught us that ventriloquists once performed on radio, which came as a surprise. He also let us know about collections of various things he has kept, and is keeping, over the years.
Charles Pasternak of Santa Cruz Shakespeare joined us in the studio. He had lots to tell us about the program, the talented actors and other members, the beautiful venue at DeLaveaga, the new food vendor Line 38, the summer schedule and m...2025-07-172h 58Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 609 - GMMB Wednesday 16 July 2025Jaime Smith says young green olives are best for stuffing, while older black ones and kalamatas are best for tapanades. He taught us how to make a tapanade.
Gary Shapiro told us the history of Superman. Larry Tye has written a book called The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero, which he recommends.
2025-07-163h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 608 - GMMB Tuesday 15 July 2025In the good news we heard of a fellow who won the Chelsea flower show. Did you know there is a famous Chelsea flower show?
Rachael Shelton tried to please a fellow who would not be pleased. She kept trying. Some people are just like that. They do not want to be pleased. She also let us know there are whales out just now all along the beach.
2025-07-152h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 607 - GMMB Monday 14 July 2025Amber Roland of the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter came on the air to tell us of the current $70 adoption program. It is for a limited time. Visit the shelters, in Santa Cruz or Watsonville or online.
Gail Pellerin, who goes on break soon and will then be back in her district, is going to try one of the new DMV kiosks, at a Safeway in Sacramento. She will let us know whether she was able to get new tags from it. She mentioned at risk programs about which she is concerned, like head start, meals in...2025-07-142h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 606 - GMMB Friday 11 July 2025Dr. Pete was treated to the story we heard earlier in the week of Jack finding a bag of sixty pill pockets and eating them all. The question posed to him was when does a pet owner know it is time to take a pet who has eaten the wrong thing to the vet for an emergency visit. Dr. Pete had lots of instructions for us about that.
Christopher Carr joined us to talk about the excise tax on marijuana.
2025-07-112h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 605 - GMMB Thursday 10 July 2025Assembly member Dawn Addis has been busy lately. She discussed all of these:
She is still working on reducing heat-related illness among farm workers.
She is following up on the investigation and cleanup of the recent BESS fire in Moss Landing.
She got to ride in a bright red '58 Triumph roadster in a Fourth of July parade.
She is looking into the problem of under-insured people in California. Apparently it is a widespread problem, and appears to be by design on the part of insurers.
Will Fort of Big Basin State Park is part of the...2025-07-113h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 604 - GMMB Wednesday 9 July 2025Jaime Smith knows it is corn season, and told us of ways to prepare fresh sweet corn. One of the recipes was for corn fritters. He even told us of how to reheat them later. Spoiler alert: it is neither just a microwave nor an air fryer alone.
2025-07-102h 57Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 603 - GMMB Tuesday 8 July 2025Rachael Shelton was with us in the studio. She shared with us more of the expertise she has picked up along the way during her journey to earning a law degree.
2025-07-093h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 602 - GMMB Monday 7 July 2025As has been true lately, Mark Mozena had plenty to talk about in his space report, but it was not all good.
Trump’s Spending Bill includes $10B for NASA - vast majority for human exploration programs in southern NASA Centers. No help for science programs.
A new fight over the Space Shuttle Discovery and should it move to a Texan museum.
EU introduces massive Space Act - touches on regulations across all space industry. Potentially huge impact to the commercial market.
MethaneSAT - a methane monitoring mission backed by Google and Bezos has failed in orbit after 1 yr
Ra...2025-07-082h 58Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 601 - GMMB Thursday 3 July 2025Gary 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...2025-07-032h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 600 - GMMB Wednesday 2 July 2025Jaime 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?
2025-07-022h 55Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 599 - GMMB Tuesday 1 July 2025Rachael 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...2025-07-013h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 598 - GMMB Monday 30 June 2025Gail 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
...2025-06-303h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 597 - GMMB Friday 27 June 2025Rachael 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.
2025-06-283h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 596 - GMMB Thursday 26 June 2025In 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.
2025-06-272h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 595 - GMMB Thursday 19 June 2025Gary 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.
2025-06-192h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 594 - GMMB Wednesday 18 June 2025In 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...2025-06-182h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 593 - GMMB Tuesday 17 June 2025Mari Segura filled in for Rosemary, who was otherwise engaged.
In the good news we heard of Ellie Wilson and her Moth X Human project, in which she takes data gathered on the presence of moths of different species, and uses it to generate music. Her intent is to call attention to declining moth populations.
Later we heard about a dog who recognized that a fellow was having a siezure. Bill was sure how the story would end, but he was wrong.
2025-06-173h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 592 - GMMB Monday 16 June 2025Gail Pellerin was at the No Kings protest and told us about that. We asked if she was concerned for herself, given the attack on legislators over the weekend. Of course she is, but at the same time she reassured us that California's assembly members and senators have lots of security available to them. She is proud of the work the assembly and senate did to finish the budget and send it to the govornor recently.
In the Ag report, Michael Olson told us President Trump has directed ICE to stay out of the agricultural fields, as...2025-06-162h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 591 - GMMB Friday 13 June 2025Dr. Pete told us of a horse race that began in New York and ended in California. He also had a lost tortoise tale.
In good news we heard a dad story, since Father's day is approaching.
Most of the week's movies were uninspiring. The picks of the week were A Photographic Memory and the live action remake of How To Train Your Dragon.
Charlie taught us all about dhalias, including growing them in pots.
2025-06-132h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 590 - GMMB Thursday 12 June 2025In Good News we heard about a lost tortoise that was finally found, a painting lost and then found and sold for a tidy sum, and Brian Wilson, whom we lost just yesterday.
Gary Shapiro joined us to share lots of stories about Brian Wilson and how he made music with and for the Beach Boys.
2025-06-122h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 589 - GMMB Wednesday 11 June 2025Good News brought us the story of a crane operator who saved a man from a burning building, and later was himself rewarded. So was a 14-year-old boy who found a wallet laden with cash and did the right thing.
Jaime Smith educated us about the differences between squid and octopus, from a chef's point of view. Rosemary told of having once educated another about English bacon.
2025-06-113h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 588 - GMMB Tuesday 10 June 2025In good news we heard of the life of Dale Bridenbaugh, who is responsible for having made GE Nuclear reactors safer. Also, Rosemary related the story of running her car battery down at the park yesterday. A park employee got her car started and a friend got her a membership to AAA for the next time. That's a bad day turning around for sure.
John Laird gave us a good look at the inner workings of creating a budget, which he and our other legislators are doing right now.
2025-06-102h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 587 - GMMB Monday 9 June 2025Good News today included accounts of both winners of the French Open tennis tournament, as well as of a dentist from Indiana who realized his dream of playing in the US Open golf tournament.
Mark Mozena's topics included a discouraging bit of news from the Japanese space program.
Elon - Trump breakup will potentially have large consequences for space…
Budget back doors to try to save (some) of NASA…
Japan’s iSpace lander on the moon presumed lost after it stopped communicating while trying to land - reached surface at 187 km/hr
India will send its first...2025-06-093h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 586 - GMMB Friday 6 June 2025Dr. Pete told stories of birthing cattle. We heard of four calves in one delivery. There is apparently a one in nine million chance of such a pregnancy, much less all four surviving.
Rosemary's movie pick of the week was The Life of Chuck.
Becky called to tell us what she has in store on her show. Tim Richards will discuss his resistance to a 151 foot cell tower in his rural neighborhood. Jami Wallace from East Palastine will tell us about the recent train derailment there.
2025-06-062h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 585 - GMMB Thursday 5 June 2025In the first hour Jacobi had a pretty good Sinatra story to tell us.
In the second, Gary Shapiro talked a bit of Sinatra too, but mostly movies, like Meet John Doe.
Tony del Zompo joined us in the studio in the final hour. He told us all about what lead to the writing of his book, 5150 - A Manic Depressive Adventure.
2025-06-063h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 584 - GMMB Wednesday 4 June 2025Jaime Smith talked Caribbean food, like fried plantains and dirty rice. He also told us he followed up on an earlier topic and made meatloaf cupcakes. They were good, but once was enough.
Gary Shapiro spoke with the author of Sweet And Deadly, a book about how Coca Cola kills us, then he told us about it. I recall no explanation as to why Pepsi and Royal Crown are given a pass.
Amber Roland is head of the Santa Cruz Animal Shelter. She let us know there will be free adoptions of all sorts of...2025-06-052h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 583 - GMMB Tuesday 3 June 2025Bill was out today, so Michael Olsen was at the controls. Bill was just in a meeting. He will be back tomorrow. Thanks for filling in, Mr. Olson.
2025-06-043h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 582 - GMMB Monday 2 June 2025Gail Pellerin was at the pride parade yesterday, as were Rosemary and Bill. First she talked about that, then went on to tell us of current work on the budget, and what a challenge that is.
Mark Mozena visited. His budget-related news was discouraging, as it has been lately, but there was more to talk about than just that.
White House withdraws the nominee to be NASA Administrator just a couple days before he was expected to be confirmed…lots of speculation as to why…
On Friday, the White House released a more detailed budget. Proposed NASA...2025-06-022h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 581 - GMMB Friday 30 May 2025Dr. Pete spoke today about people's relationship with dogs. Being with our pets can release endorphins in us, which feels good. We also learned how a dog can run on a broken leg. Also, what is his favorite gopher trap? It is the Gopherhawk.
Jacobi could not be with us yesterday, so called today instead. On his show Saturday he will have Tony Baker of Baker's Bacon. He and Rosemary raved about how much better it is than anyone else's. Bill wondered how that can be, but believed.
Becky Steinbruner let us know what will...2025-05-313h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 580 - GMMB Thursday 29 May 2025Rosemary was away one more time, so Mari Segura filled in again. Bill seemed to think their three to three maxing out the trivia contest was the first time he'd seen that result. His memory is not the greatest, though, so do not bet on that being so.
2025-05-303h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 579 - GMMB Wenesday 28 May 2025Rosemary was away, so Rachael Shelton took her place. She had interesting insights she has learned in law school to share. Copyright laws are not simple. Bill longed for those "bright line" divisions, but understood that is not practical.
Jaime Smith gave up some of his secrets for making really healthy food that closely mimics less healthy and wonderful tasting foods, like alfredo sauce.
2025-05-293h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 578 - GMMB Tuesday 27 May 2025Rosemary and Bill were on a mission, so Mari Segura and Michael Olson took the show for this day.
2025-05-283h 09Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 577 - GMMB Friday 23 May 2025Dr. Pete discussed overbites and underbites in dogs, as well as what to do with a pet who is a picky eater.
Alex and Rosemary had the same two picks for the week's best movies. They are The New Boy and Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning.
Charlie Keutman let us know we are probably past the end of our rainy season, so drip irrigation was the topic of the day.
2025-05-233h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 576 - GMMB Thursday 22 May 2025Rob Darrow and Kurt Keyer of Santa Cruz Pride joined us in the studio to talk about the upcoming parade, as well as too many other events to list here. Find them all listed at their online events page.
Gary Shapiro let us know why he prefers Blue Rays to streaming, described The Godfather as perhaps a perfect movie, and did a quite passable impersonation of the lady who ran the Capitola Theater down in the village long ago. If you're thinking there is no theater in Capitola village, you are right, but there once was.
2025-05-222h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 575 - GMMB Wednesday 21 May 2025Jamie Smith taught us the proper marks to make when barbecuing chicken, and talked about recipes for barbecue sauce. Also there was some mention of a cupcake made of meatloaf and mashed potatoes, but that came from Rosemary.
Gary Shapiro had some interesting details about Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball, as well as his usual discussion of books he's read recently and authors he has interviewed.
Jeff Manke said crows are really smart. If you mistreat one they will remember your face. Ravens are not the same. He also said he made a recent trip...2025-05-212h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 574 - GMMB Tuesday 20 May 2025We are very proud of Rachael Shelton. She has got results back from her most challenging test so far in her pursuit of a law degree, and she did great. She joined us in the studio today to talk about that, and more.
2025-05-202h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 573 - GMMB Monday 19 May 2025After beating Bill up in trivia last week, Rosemary started doing the same this week.
BrienG joined us to talk sports.
Gail Perllerin weighed in on Justin Cummings being cut from the coastal commission, her work on the budget, the worth of holding festivals and other events, and fire preparedness.
Mark Mozena had several interesting topics for us.
After 20yrs of not being used, Voyager 1’s backup thrusters successfully fired - miraculously
Strongest solar flare of the year occurred last week - caused radio blackouts across Europe and asia - caused a sur...2025-05-192h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 572 - GMMB Friday 16 May 2025Dr. Pete let us know what to do if we believe a dog has eaten something poisonous. Dogs and cats can also have injuries inside their mouth, and often the cause is a foxtail. We also discussed snakebites.
Movies this week were pretty bad. Rosemary could only stomach one, the documentary film Deaf President Now. Alex had three picks all together, that one and Final Destination Bloodlines, as well as Sister Midnight.
Jim Coffis let us know all about the upcoming Redwood Mountain Faire.
2025-05-163h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 571 - GMMB Thursday 15 May 2025Christopher Brant, a librarian at the Watsonville library, told us about the upcoming Santa Cruz County History Fair, May 17.
Simon Hayward, of Mountain Community Theater, told us of the play that will be performed. It is The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time.
Assembly Member Dawn Addis was once again concerned about the Battery Energy Storage System at Moss landing. She also is passionate about early childhood education.
2025-05-153h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 570 - GMMB Wednesday 14 May 2025Jaime Smith taught us all about the differences and similarities among galettes, tarts and pies.
Lynn Robinson of Valley Churches United Ministries let us know they are partnering with SLV Rotary to do a summer food drive. The need in summer increases. She also let us know about their upcoming spring sale extravaganza.
2025-05-142h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 569 - GMMB Tuesday 13 May 2025In good news we heard of a Scotsman in Nepal who helped raise money for a well, and another story about hand raising a lowland gorilla.
Senator Laird weighed in on tall buildings going up in and around Santa Cruz. He talked about his bill to ease the financial burden of lawsuits over past sexual abuses, on institutions like schools. It is needed because the governor has all but gotten rid of the statute of limitations on such suits. He also gave his thoughts on Governor Newsome's current mandate that cities empty homeless camps.
2025-05-133h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 568 - GMMB Monday 12 May 2025In good news we heard of two sisters who found their long lost half sister after searching for her for 57 years.
In the Ag report, Michael Olson told us of how SEBO Farms are using technology in agriculture. Locally, Intuit made a generous donation to our Homeless Garden Project.
2025-05-123h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 567 - GMMB Friday 9 May 2025Doctor Pete explained why it is hard to save a horse when it breaks a leg. He again mentioned that there are too few vets, and what is being done about it. The vet boards are dictating to doctors more about exactly how to do certain procedures. We also heard when is the best time to spay or neuter a pet.
In the movie reviews there were two picks of the week. They were Sharp Corner and Sew Torn.
We heard harmonica music, or rather music that included harmonicas.
2025-05-093h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 566 - GMMB Thursday 8 May 2025We were off the air Wednesday of this week, due to a problem with our provider.
Today we had a New York minute with Jacobi, who is on his annual gastronomical pilgrimage.
Gary Shapiro hung out singing old songs with Ray Bradbury as a little kid. His childhood is also when he palled around with Leonard Nimoy, whom his mom had befriended. Must be nice.
Cee Gee, whom we met last week, gave us the number recently reported by Visit California, about tourism dollars spent here. It was well north of $1B. Very...2025-05-083h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 565 - GMMB Tuesday 6 May 2025Rachael stopped by with her book, Fowl Play: A History of the Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate. She talked also of Minecraft in the library and who hangs up the phone after a call is finished.
Lynn Sullivan Chacon was also in the studio, talking about the Haven housing project planned for the open space between Hidden Glen in Scotts Valley and Henry Cowell park.
2025-05-063h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 564 - GMMB Monday 5 May 2025Gail Pellerin let us know it is mental health month, and told us what a good time she had at Big Sur marathon, cheering on her daughter.
Mark Mozena's news on the proposed budget for Nasa was not encouraging. There was other space news as well.
White House budget released last Friday - SpaceX and Mars and national security are winners but everything is is facing massive cuts to termination.
Old 1972 Soviet Venus probe that failed to leave earth orbit is about to reenter Earth. Soviet Cosmos 482
Moon time - new push to have a standard c...2025-05-052h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 563 - GMMB Friday 2 May 2025Doctor Pete discussed how to get a dog to eat a new food. The trick that worked with his own dog involved bananas. He also talked about the current state of veterinary medicine. We have too few vets now, but several new schools are coming online.
Movies were quirky, but there were several favorites. They were The Surfer, with Nicholas Cage, Boujour Tristesse and Vulcanizadora.
Charlie was full of good ideas for gardening related gifts to give for Mother's Day.
2025-05-022h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 562 - GMMB Thursday 1 May 2025In good news we heard of a group of volunteers in the UK who built a house extension for a disabled man and his family, as well as of a woman, also in the UK, who has rescued ten thousand animals.
Speaking of animals, a naughty duck made it into the traffic report several times today.
We heard May Day themed music.
2025-05-013h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 561 - GMMB Wednesday 30 Apr 2025Jaime Smith answered the age old question, "Why does chicken go so well with fish?" Also, does the B.R.A.T. diet work? It does. We talked honey, too.
Christina "Cee Gee" Glynn, director of communications for Visit Santa Cruz County joined us in the studio. She's back from Frankfurt, France, London and Copenhagen where she was part of a group promoting California tourism. The counter to a bad image is good storytelling, which is what they did. March visitors to the U.S. numbered 12% fewer than in 2024, and they are tasked with improving that. She...2025-04-303h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 560 - GMMB Tuesday 29 Apr 2025In good news we heard of a waitress who died, whose sister used her last day's tip money to start a project that ended up causing many people to do good deeds for many more, and resulted in a terrific video tribute to woman who died.
State senator John Laird spoke of his bill to enact protections related to battery energy storage systems like the one in Moss Landing. He compared his bill to another, proposed by assemblymember Dawn Addis. He also talked about sanctuary cities, and citizens' ability to move about the country, and to and...2025-04-292h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 559 - GMMB Monday 28 Apr 2025In Good News we heard of a rare tree from Australia that is producing fruit in England for the first time, a boy who saved a calf, and the recent successfull running of the Big Sur International marathon.
Mark Mozena had lots of topics, not all of which we got to, so perhaps some will spill over into our next visit.
Leadership and heads of launch safety in the FAA’s Commercial Space Office announce that they are leaving
White House pushing NOAA to dramatically reduce its weather satellite program.
NASA Administrator nominee calls proposed science cut...2025-04-283h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 558 - GMMB Friday 25 Apr 2025Dr. Pete let us know today is Penguin Awareness Day. He told us about penguin etiquette, which is mostly just people not getting to close to them.
Alex and Rosemary both liked several of this week's movies. The Accountant 2, Jimmy in Saigon and Cheech and Chong's Last Movie all got thumbs up from both of them.
Charlie said it is a banner year, both for neighborhood gardens and for wildflowers on the hillsides.
2025-04-253h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 557 - GMMB Thursday 24 Apr 2025Heather Houston of Yala Lati was in the studio with us. She told us the name Yala Lati was just a fun sound to sing, but if we must have a meaning for it, it is this. "Women's voices raising in harmony to bless the world." What's not to love about that? Her group has been singing together for 20 years. She says anyone can sing, and told us a bit of how one can make that happen. Best of all, she shared with us a couple pieces of quite beautiful music.
A More Beautiful World
...2025-04-242h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 556 - GMMB Wednesday 23 Apr 2025Jaime Smith was all over the place. First we heard of his Easter meal with his family. Then we learned that his child's Florida school is not the one that recently had a shooting with multiple victims, but is the rival to that school, so he knows parents of several students at it. We learned whether coconut water really is healthy. Rosemary introduced him to Dubai chocolate.
Dan Haifley was also with us, talking about whales in the Monterey Bay. NOAA employees have been fired, hired and fired again, which is causing difficulties for marinie sanctuaries. He...2025-04-232h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 555 - GMMB Tuesday 22 Apr 2025Michael Olson subbed in for Bill today.
Rachael Shelton joined and set a new record for going over time. She and Mr. Olson talked about the cost of leasing a building. She emphasized the importance of reading the contract. How much everything will cost can be a mystery until then.
2025-04-222h 57Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 554 - GMMB Monday 21 Apr 2025Mark had extremely exciting news today, about our best evidence for life elsewhere to date. Here are that and his other topics as well.
Best candidate yet for possible life on another planet!
New clues from NASA’s Curiosity rover that mars was once inhabited.
States jockeying to move NASA HQ out of DC
Lurid meteor shower ongoing - peaks tomorrow night
Michael Olson's ag report was all about the Santa Cruz Mountain Mushroom Festival, put on by Ian and Kira.2025-04-213h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 553 - GMMB Friday 18 Apr 2025Dr. Pete told us about hip replacement in dogs, as well as retrobulbar infections.
The movie pick of the week for both Alex and Rosemary was a re-release of a black and white movie originally released in 1978, now with enhanced resolution. It is Killer of Sheep.
Charlie Kuetman told us everything about getting tomatos planted.
2025-04-182h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 552 - GMMB Thursday 17 Apr 2025In the good news we heard first of a group of high school kids who have created a mobile app that uses a photo of one's mouth to diagnose mouth cancer, with fair accuracy. We heard a second story of a lost toddler, who was in some wild country for sixteen hours, lead by a farm dog seven miles back to the dog's farm, where the farmer rescued the child.
Following a Dear Bill segment, Rosemary got him to talk about an old girlfriend.
2025-04-173h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 551 - GMMB Wednesday 16 Apr 2025Jaime was all over the place today. We started off hearing about cooking a ham--understandabe since Easter is nearly upon us. Then we heard about growing kale for cows. He shared his chutney recipe. Finally we were quizzed on what BRT stands for in relation to a leg of lamb. Spoiler: It is "Boned, rolled and tied."
Jeff Manke had advice for us in case we happen upon a baby bird. It is spring, so that is not unlikely. If it is feathered and can perch on your finger, leave it alone. Its parent will take care o...2025-04-173h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 550 - GMMB Tuesday 15 Apr 2025Rachael Shelton told us about studying in the library, which for her includes a lot of reading. Her friend Christina is turning 40 and building a workshop. Rachael gets Bill's need to have just the right pens to use.
Dana Snyder joined us in the last half hour. She helps people organize, and taught us an acronym that helps. It is SPACE.
Sort
Purge
Assign a home
Containerize
Equalize/Evaluate
2025-04-153h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 549 - GMMB Monday 14 Apr 2025Mark Mozena's weekly report of space-related news was fairly grim.
Last week was Space Symposium - largest annual space policy and leadership conference in the US. Strong themes around space in new geopolitical landscape and rethinking traditional partnerships
This morning Gayle King, Katy Perry, and 4 others launched on the first all female crew - for a 10minute ride before returning to Earth
White House gave passback to the agencies where they laid out enormous cuts to science and research in space - cutting weather programs and transferring space traffic management to a commercial entity as well as reducing...2025-04-142h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 548 - GMMB Friday 11 Apr 2025Dr. Pete covered these topics:
What are all the benefits of having pets?
What do we do when we encounter an animal that has rabies, or we suspect it does?
Why do dogs lick their lips so much?
In the good news we heard about a village in Japan where they have invented a trading card game that features the old men of the village, and it is wildly popular with the local kids. We also heard about a cat that was lost for sixteen years before being reunited with its owner.
Charlie said it...2025-04-113h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 547 - GMMB Thursday 10 Apr 2025Shaz Roth, of the Pajaro Chamber of Commerce, told us about the Business Expo this afternoon in the harvest building at the Santa Cruz County fairgrounds. We will be broadcasting live from there today.
Michael Gaither was with us in the studio. He did five songs for us.
When We Could Run
Hey Karma
Siri And Alexa
Starlite Drive-in Saturday Night
Little Angels Everywhere
2025-04-103h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 546 - GMMB Wednesday 9 Apr 2025Jaime Smith talked of these.
Florida college basketball and a house divided by it
Asparagus
Macaroni and cheese
Roast chicken
Brian Burgundo is the development manager for economic development and housing for the city of Santa Cruz. He was pretty excited about the new library. It has been in the planning stages since 2014, and we're getting close to breaking ground now. The whole project should be finished in 2028.
2025-04-092h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 545 - GMMB Tuesday 8 Apr 2025In good news we heard of a girl named Georgia who petitioned a clothing maker, Sainsbury, to put pockets in girls' trousers. She got her schoolmates to do the same. Sainsbury did not respond, but the following year they released just for what Georgia had asked. Was she responsible?
We also heard about a man who had had an essential hand tremor for thirty years. With one ultrasound treatment, he was cured.
2025-04-082h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 544 - GMMB Monday 7 Apr 2025Lynn Robinson of Valley Churches United Missions let us know they are missing much of the money they used to get to buy food for hungry people. They are trying to make up the difference through their Bucks for Hunger program.
Assemblymember Gail Pellerin had lots to talk about.
This weekend's Hands Off rally
The current insurance crisis in California
Local food banks are in need
Girls Inc., a nonprofit organization that inspires girls to be "strong, smart, and bold"
Michael Olson during our ag segment spoke of tariffs.
2025-04-072h 49Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 543 - GMMB Friday 4 Apr 2025Rachael Shelton was in for the absent Rosemary this day.
Dr. Pete described mares rejecting their newborn foals. It is not that uncommon. He has had to intervene to prevent a new mother horse from kicking and injuring or killing the baby. He also told us about very well-behaved animals, some even working as therapy animals for people. There is also a mini-horse he met in Sonoma who would only visit with a person if he got to share their beer.
Alex's pick of the week is the movie The Luckiest Man In America. It...2025-04-043h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 542 - GMMB Thursday 4 Apr 2025Gary Shapiro taught us that the place to go when you have worn out your welcome here is France.
Ginger Shulick Porcella is the new director of the Museum of Art and History. Her dogs Maya Papaya and Radio McGriddles have made lots of art. There will be an opportunity for local folks to have their own dogs make art, April 7 at the MAH, beginning at 9:00 and going to 1:00.
2025-04-032h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 541 - GMMB Wednesday 2 Apr 2025Jaime told us that although tritip used to be unheard of in Florida, one can find it there now. Asparagus and artichoke are in season now.
Gary Shapiro answered the question "Did Yoko Ono break up The Beatles?" He is excited about the release of old Donald Duck comic strips in a compilation book series. It is titled Frozen Gold.
We had Jill Troderman on. She is a new addition to the family of Santa Cruz Voice hosts. Her show, Feeding the Family with Jill Troderman, debuts today. It will be on every Wednesday at 3:00...2025-04-023h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 540 - GMMB Tuesday 1 Apr 2025Rachael 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.
2025-04-013h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 539 - GMMB Monday 31 Mar 2025We 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.
2025-03-313h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 538 - GMMB Friday 28 Mar 2025Dr. 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...2025-03-283h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 537 - GMMB Thursday 27 Mar 2025Peter 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...2025-03-273h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 536 - GMMB Wednesday 26 Mar 2025Lynn 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...2025-03-263h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 535 - GMMB Tuesday 25 Mar 2025Rachael 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.
2025-03-252h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 534 - GMMB Monday 24 Mar 2025Gail 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...2025-03-243h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 533 - GMMB Friday 21 Mar 2025Dr. 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...2025-03-212h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 532 - GMMB Thursday 10 Mar 2025Comedienne Karen Babbit joined us in the studio.
2025-03-212h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 531 - GMMB Wednesday 19 Mar 2025Jaime Smith told us all we wanted to know about nuts. As to which are the healthiest, they area all pretty good, with lots of healthy fat, fiber and protein. Lots of fat means lots of calories, so we should not overdo. Goober peas are not nuts.
Gary Shapiro was on to talk about books, but ended up discussing artists, mostly in the movie-making industry, who were or are despicable people.
Jeff Manke answered Rosemary's questions about spoonbills.
We had been wondering throughout the show about an old business in Santa Cruz named...2025-03-192h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 530 - GMMB XTuesday 18 Mar 2025Rachel Shelton was in the studio talking animals, as well as battery and assault. She somehow managed to combine the two topics. Cat Trees also figured in the conversation.
State Senator John Laird was also with us in the third hour. He discussed the Moss Landing fire, safety testing of the waters afterword, the importance of communicating with the public, legislation to avoid future fires, and more.
Jack barked.
2025-03-182h 51Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 529 - GMMB Monday 17 Mar 2025Dawn Addis was with us. The bill she authored, AB 303, addressing safety issues around Battery Energy Storage Systems is making its way through the legislative process. We also heard about the value of the Capitola wharf to the people in the area. With 200 miles of coastline in her district, she has several wharves. She taught us the word "chowsky." That is a combination of a chow and a husky.
As always, Mark Mozena had plenty about which to talk.
After 9 months, Suni and Butch are coming back from the space station tomorrow.
Russia and China are c...2025-03-173h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 528 - GMMB Friday 14 Mar 2025In the good news we heard about a man who had his two Bolonka dogs dognapped, then recovered. We then heard a story of seven-year-old English boy who offered to clean headstones and had an overwhelming response. Finally, we heard about a real-life local hero. She is a sherrif detective who worked for the last two years on the case of the many robberies of local marijuan dispensaries. Her efforts lead to the arrest of 22 suspects. Way to go!
Dr. Pete was with us, telling us what moon eyes in horses are, and discussing the recent time...2025-03-142h 54Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 527 - GMMB Thursday 13 Mar 2025Heidi Luckenback, water director for the city of Santa Cruz, was in the studio with us. She has been with the water department for 27 years, and knows so much that we are going to have to have her on a second time soon.
Kathleen J. Powell also spoke with us. She is the President and Co-Founder of Cinequest. She told us about the upcoming film festival.
2025-03-132h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 526 - GMMB Wednesday 12 Mar 2025Bill explained how he makes corned beef and cabbage, which seemed strange to Rosemary. She then went to Jaime Smith for a pro's technique. Guess what? Just the same. Jaime then went on to talk about egg substitutes, and why it is best not to crack an egg on the edge of a pan or bowl, but on a flat surface.
Dan Haifley joined us. He expects today's vote to result in Justin Cummings remaining on the coastal commission. He also said the biggest threat to our marine sanctuary is the layoffs that have happened at NOAA...2025-03-123h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 525 - GMMB Tuesday 11 Mar 2025In good news we heard about a farm project for students. In the Live Oak school district an unused baseball field will become a farm, and the food grown there will be used in the school's kitchen to feed the students. It will be one of only four such programs in the country.
Rachel joined us for stories both funny and scary. Not the same story, but different ones, of one sort or the other.
Bill learned what a Dugger is. There are several. Rosemary knew all about them.
2025-03-112h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 524 - GMMB Monday 10 Mar 2025Assemblymember Gail Pelerin was with us. She let us know who she will be recognizing as local woman of the year. It is Terry Hernandez. She will also soon be recognizing mental health officials. Of course she also had more to say about future Battery Energy Storage Systems.
Mark Mozina brought us these topics.
US halts providing satellite imagery to Ukraine
NASA terminates Offices of Chief Scientist and Office of Technology, policy, and strategy
Trump fired (and then rehired) NOAA regulators for US Satellites
SpaceX rocket breaks up in space after launch and showers debris onto F...2025-03-102h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 523 - GMMB Friday 7 Mar 2025Dr. Pete brought up the subject of people who leave their estate to their pets when they die. That does not really relate to severe bloat in cows, but somehow we made that transition.
In the good news we heard of the discovery of an ancient asteroid impact crater in Australia, and also about a Burger King crew who honored one of their regular customers at his funeral.
Charlie talked about sugar bushes and pincushion flowers and more.
Rosemary said she has an exciting secret to tell Monday.
2025-03-072h 56Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 522 - GMMB Thursday 6 Mar 2025Gary Shapiro kept his promise of yesterday, to tell us why the 1967 movie Dr. Dolittl was such a stinker.
Yeshe Jackson was also with us. He is currently working on his biggest mural ever, about 30 by 40 feet. It is on the outside wall of Jenna Sue's Cafe in downtown Boulder Creek. It will depict Albert the peacock, who wandered the area for many years.
We heard accordion music, but we probably don't want to emphasize that here.
Phil from Sarasota contributed to our trivia questions. The subject was candy bars.
2025-03-063h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 521 - GMMB Wednesday 5 Mar 2025Jaime Smith of My Food Smith was on. The topic was soups.
Gary Shapiro spoke of books written by Kevin Wade, Robin Green, Anthony Horowitz and others as well.
Consuela Alba let us know everything a body could want to about the Watsonville Film Festival.
2025-03-053h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 520 - GMMB Tuesday 4 Mar 2025It's a small world. Today all the bumper music was from children's TV shows of the '60's, from Sid and Marty Kroft. Then when Rachael joined us in the third hour, she let us know that when she was in college, one of her college friends was in charge of Sid and Marty Kroft's production company. What a wonder.
John Laird was with us next. He of course had something to say about the future of battery energy storage systems in our area. He also said that during the recent fires down south, the feds turned...2025-03-042h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 519 - GMMB Monday 3 Mar 2025Kristin Brown of the Santa Cruz chamber of commerce joined us to discuss chamber business and her role on it.
Dawn Addis, representing California's 30th assembly district is going to be with us every other week on an ongoing basis. Today, as has been the case recently, the dominant topic was the recent fire at the BESS in Moss Landing, and protecting residents and the environment from future similar events.
Mark Mozina, as always, had a number of items for us.
Firefly’s Blue Ghost 1 landed on the moon yesterday! Part of a NASA co...2025-03-033h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 518 - GMMB Friday 28 Feb 2025It was a real potpourri from Dr. Pete today.
something about citrus
bird flu
diets for cats and dogs
favorite foods of U.S. presidents
dogs with problem anal sacks should eat pumpkin
In the good news we heard of getting rid of medical debt for many in Maine.
Charlie talked about when to plant and how to otherwise care for certain flowers.
Dalias
Begonias
Gladiolas
Crocosmias
Freeshias
2025-02-282h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 517 - GMMB Thursday 27 Feb 20252025-02-273h 00Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 516 - GMMB Tuesday 26 Feb 2025In the good news segment today we heard of a recent discovery of a dinosaur footprint on the Isle of Wight. Also, a martial arts instructor saves a purse.
Jaime Smith and Rosemary went on and on about citrus.
2025-02-272h 59Good Morning Monterey BayEp. 515 - GMMB Tuesday 25 Feb 2025In the good news segment we heard of a bridge for monkeys in the treetops, to help them safely cross roads. Then we learned that in New York City there are grandma popups, where folks can sit in front of a computer and put on noise-cancelling headphones for some one-on-one time with a real grandma.
We listed the restaurants participating in Burger Week, and ran down the list of offerings at each.
Rachael educated us on both the need for sunlight and the legal notions of slander and defamation.
2025-02-253h 00