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Ad Astra owner Ron Mendoza shares how fine dining and skateboarding led him to craft baked goods.
Face to Face

Ad Astra owner Ron Mendoza shares how fine dining and skateboarding led him to craft baked goods.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Aug 28, 2025

Ad Astra Bread Co. owner Ron Mendoza draws many parallels between working in the kitchen and skateboarding. Growing up in Long Beach, where he…

First-ever Monterey Bay Skate Fest draws about 100 skateboarders to Cutino Park in Seaside.
Sports & Rec

First-ever Monterey Bay Skate Fest draws about 100 skateboarders to Cutino Park in Seaside.

  • Daniel Dreifuss
  • Mar 10, 2025

After a one-week delay due to rain, the inaugural Monterey Bay Skate Fest took place on Saturday, March 8 at Cutino Park in Seaside. 

Letters to the Editor 04.20.23
Letters | Opinion

Letters to the Editor 04.20.23

  • Apr 20, 2023

Wheels Off

Pacific Grove Recreation Board deletes controversial alternative for skatepark location.
News

Pacific Grove Recreation Board deletes controversial alternative for skatepark location.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 27, 2023

One after another, neighbors of George Washington Park in Pacific Grove beseeched the P.G. Recreation Board on Thursday, Feb. 23 to remove it …

A community of skateboarders, spanning all ages, find a gathering place on the asphalt at Seaside’s DMV.
831 (Tales from the Area Code)

A community of skateboarders, spanning all ages, find a gathering place on the asphalt at Seaside’s DMV.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Dec 15, 2022

The Department of Motor Vehicles in Seaside is well known among local skateboarders because it provides a lot of surface, especially in the ba…

A skatepark dream takes shape in change-averse Pacific Grove.
News

A skatepark dream takes shape in change-averse Pacific Grove.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 1, 2022

In skateboarding there is a concept known as grit, in that learning the sport teaches perseverance and determination, how to succeed and fail.…

Kelly Sorensen
Face to Face

Kelly Sorensen

  • NIC COURY - MCW
  • May 19, 2016

The owner of On the Beach surf shop celebrates 30 years in business.

Renovated Monterey skatepark to shed 'Certified Piece of Suck' title.
News

Renovated Monterey skatepark to shed 'Certified Piece of Suck' title.

  • Nick Rahaim
  • Jan 8, 2016

With snow dumping in the Sierra Nevada and Monterey soaked in rain during this winter of El Niño, the priority for local board enthusiasts mig…

Zarosh Eggleston
Face to Face

Zarosh Eggleston

  • Nic Coury
  • Oct 15, 2015

A Carmel native transformed his love of skateboarding into a thriving business.

Star S.F. chef Stuart Brioza on Big Sur Foragers Festival and the secrets to winning best new restaurant in the U.S.
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Star S.F. chef Stuart Brioza on Big Sur Foragers Festival and the secrets to winning best new restaurant in the U.S.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Jan 5, 2015

Necessity is famously the mother of invention.

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