Monterey
Americannoun
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In Monterey Bay, south of San Francisco, harmful algae are so prevalent that two humpback whales were found dead ashore in early June.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Residents of Monterey Park voted overwhelmingly to ban data centers, making the San Gabriel Valley city the first in the nation to do so by public vote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Moderate quakes of about magnitude 6.1 and 5.6 in Monterey County preceded the megaquake on the San Andreas fault in 1857, estimated to be a magnitude 7.9, rupturing fault between Monterey to L.A. counties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
From attending Monterey Pop and first seeing Janis Joplin to Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys, I don’t think anybody had that ear in them the way that he did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
How could it happen that the car that picked up Gay broke down before it got into Monterey?
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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