People walk past the newly-installed Salinas Rotary Arch as workers secure the letters in place along downtown Main Street, Friday, April 16, 2021. Photographed with a Canon 5D Mark II.
Pinnacles National Park is seen here in vibrant spring greens and blues. Photographed with a Nikon Z5, 24mm, f/6.3, 1/320 sec., ISO 100.
Sports are making a comeback! Monterey Pirates’ Jesse Watts, left, attempts to tag out Central Coast Bombers’ Mikey Moore, right, as he slides to second base at the Salinas Sports Complex during a game on Saturday, April 10.
It’s not every day you see a horse and carriage on the street. On a recent afternoon, Michael Mastroianni of the Monterey Bay Equestrian Center led one down Ord Grove Avenue in Seaside. The carriage is used for special events, in this case a funeral. Photographed with an iPhone 6.
A springtime hillside covered with field lupine in Big Sur, looking out at the Pacific. Photographed with an iPhone X.
Sports are back! This action shot of Central Coast Bombers player Mikey Moore (#6) sliding to second base while Monterey Pirates player Jesse Watts attempts to make the out was captured at the Salinas Sports Complex on Saturday, April 10. Photographed with a Canon EOS 7D Mark II with Canon E…
These horses seen grazing on a sunny hilltop in Big Sur are getting their lunch with a view. Photographed with a Panasonic DC-ZS70.
Poet and CSUMB Professor Daniel Summerhill knows the experience of writer's block. He also has his own way of dealing with it—“You have to move away from the page [and] do something else and whatever else you’re doing—that is what feeds the poem,” he says.
A peaceful scene of a great egret reflected in a North County pond. Photographed with a Nikon D7100, 1/3200 at F6.3.
A plein air painter captures the meandering mouth of the Little Sur River along Highway 1 in Big Sur.
A runner at Asilomar State Beach is suspended between sand, sea and sky. Photographed with a Sony a6000, 70-200mm lens.
Do these cows, seen along Highway 68 near Toro Park, notice the beautiful wildflowers on display in their pasture? Photographed with an iPhone 11 pro.
A view of the Monterey One Water's regional treatment plant in Marina. It has a capacity to handle 29.6 million gallons of wastewater per day, and is currently receiving about 17 million gallons per day of influent.
A swallowtail butterfly, photographed near Mesa Pond at Garland Ranch Regional Park in Carmel Valley. Photographed with a Canon 80 D, 100mm lens, ISO 125mm, f16.
Cattle like to hang out in the Brazil Ranch redwoods too, and you might encounter some on the trails if you join in Big Sur Land Trust’s virtual Race for Open Space, April 4-25. You can register and participate on trails anywhere of your choosing, or get access to some spectacular properties…
The lights and colors of Fisherman’s Wharf, decorated for Easter. Photographed with a Sony a6000, 16-50mm lens.
Looking south across Bixby Bridge, an iconic landmark of the drive along Highway 1 to Big Sur.
A full moon rises over mountainside with atmospheric haze as seen from San Juan Bautista on Sunday, March 28. In March, the full moon is called a “Worm Moon,” maybe because of the earthworms that appear in early spring, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
Twelve-year-old photographer Theodore Kinsella captures an active silhouette at sunset in the Sand City dunes. Photographed with an iPhone X.
Crews repave a segment of Noche Buena Street in Seaside on Tuesday, March 30.