Cedar waxwings enjoy ripe fruit from native coffeeberry plants during their annual winter visit to Prunedale.
A cyclist rides through a puddle near the entrance to Wharf 2 in Monterey during a break in heavy rains on Dec. 2, 2019.
A baile folklórico group decked out in colorful attire performs at Creekside Elementary School’s annual fall festival in October.
The stars above Pico Blanco rotate around Polaris on a cold and cloudless night in Big Sur, as seen from the Ridge Trail in Andrew Molera State Park.
A clear night at Carmel River State Beach reveals a brilliant milky way and a windbreak shelter.
A firefighter works to suppress flames on a home in the 1200 block of Hamilton Ave. in Seaside on Nov. 1. Flames from a car fire jumped to a nearby home, destroying it and jumped to another home next door. No one was injured.
A unique algae called trentepohlia grows on the north-facing cypress trees in Point Pinos, turning them red.
A cyclist rides along 17-Mile Drive in Pebble Beach heading toward a “fog-bow,” also known as a white rainbow.
A performer dressed as Freddie Mercury sings Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” during the second Werk Witch Drag Show at CSUMB on Oct. 12.
Summer comes in the fall in Monterey County, and a colorful sunrise casts warm hues over the sea and rocks in Pacific Grove.