We'd like to make a shout out to our friends down the street at an excellent Product Design company in Campbell by the name of ZURB. They're getting ready to take on a 24-hour design sprint for charity. It's a challenge they started ten years ago called Wired.

Each year, ZURB chooses a charity that they'd like to help out by donating marketing and design help. The effort is kicked off in a 24-hour coffee driven all-hands-on-deck sprint where together with members of the charity's team, they come up with a complete makeover of the company's marketing approach. At the end of the sprint, the lucky charity will have a shiny new website, marketing materials, and an action plan on how they can best utilize their professional looking new tools to get the word out about their mission.

The beneficiary of Wired this year is the Downtown Streets Team, a non-profit dedicated to helping the homeless by helping them find housing, develop skills, and find employment.

They've requested that we help boost morale by sending messages of support to their soon to be exhausted team. You can do that over the social media of choice by hash tagging your message with #ZURBwired. They start at 8am on Thursday morning, and it's a direct non-stop flight from there so keep those messages of support coming, especially in the later hours.

You can also follow their progress during Wired here:
http://zurb.com/wired/

Mattress Nation announces our Labor Day Sale! Now through Labor Day, we invite you to stop by and save big on Tempur-Pedic, Stearns & Foster, iComfort, Serta Perfect Sleeper, and Sealy Posturepedic. We offer free same-day delivery and set-up and up to 60 months interest free financing, with no credit needed. Free sales tax for all military and students.

On Tempur-Pedic, save up to $500 on select mattresses and adjustable bases. On Stearns & Foster, save up to $600 on select flat and adjustable mattress sets. On iComfort and iSeries, receive a free boxspring or save up to $1000 on a Serta adjustable set. Buy a Serta Perfect Sleeper gel memory foam queen mattress for only $499; an iComfort queen set for only $1047; or iSeries mattresses starting at $859.

Mattress Nation is pleased to announce that we're now carrying furniture and lots of it! Come into Mattress Nation at 296 Lighthouse Avenue in New Monterey and complete your mattress purchase with a bedroom set. Mattress Nation: we sleep better knowing you sleep better.

Get ready, comics fans! Current Comics is having a Summer Super Sale Saturday, August 22 - Monday, August 31. It features 30% off all Wall Comics over 1 week old and 30% off all action figures, plus all boxed back issues will be only 50 cents. Come on down to 400 Lighthouse Avenue in New Monterey!

Three enthusiastic former employees of the Osio Cinema (including the general manager, Jirko Senkel) have met the goal of their Kickstarter campaign to raise $70,000 by September 2, 2015 to improve and re-open the much beloved Osio Cinema in Old Monterey. Want more information or to offer your support? Visit the Kickstarter page!

They aim to use the funds to renovate and update the lobby and the individual screening rooms. The goal? To create an atmosphere that cultivates community and provides a space where one can not only enjoy fantastic foreign, independent, and art-house films including exceptional documentaries, but also sit in the mezzanine and enjoy offerings from local wineries and California's best breweries.

Back to school time already. Sigh. Need some afterschool art fun to break up the hubdrub of getting back into routine? The Art Beats fall classes start September 8th! We have Potters Wheel, Clay, Painting, Mixed Media, And lots of workshops! Drop off the kids then walk through Downtown Campbell and relax or run some errands while your kids have a great time learning!!

Sign up now!

We'd like to heartily thank the City of Campbell and particularly the Parks and Rec department for organizing another amazing season of summer concerts in Downtown Campbell. This is their show. We're just happy to be the neighborhood in which it's hosted. All credit goes to the city for this wonderful summer tradition.

As a last word about the 2015 concerts, we'd like to share with you this video of someone having waaay too much fun at the final concert with the Sage Band. Having waaay too much fun is encouraged, BTW.

Green Chalk Contemporary presents Best Bet!, an exhibit featuring the work of 14 artists, August 13-29. Everyone is invited to join us for an opening reception at the gallery on Saturday, August 22, 5pm-8pm.

The artists in Best Bet! share an understanding of the complexities of life and art - an intelligence which radiates throughout the exhibition. Their work not only illuminates important concepts and beliefs, but also expands our language of aesthetic expression.

Participating artists include: Rob Barnard, Robert Brady, Laurel Farrin, Susan Hyde Greene, Francie Hester, Dave Higgins, Matthew Bennett Laurents, Anne Marchand, Indira Morre, Margaret Niven, Jane Olin, Anna Rheim, Robin Robinson, Robin Ward, Martin Webb, and Richard Whittaker.

Green Chalk Contemporary art gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday, 1pm-5pm and by appointment. For more information, please phone Gail Enns at 831-718-7232.

During Monterey Car Week 2015, anyone who lives, works, visits or goes to school in Monterey should be prepared for traffic delays and detours as auto enthusiasts from around the world converge on the Monterey Peninsula for car auctions and auto shows.

Here are lane and/or road closures affecting Old Monterey:

* Del Monte Avenue between Washington and Alvarado streets will be down to one lane, August 8-17, 7am-9pm

* The driveway entrance to the Portola Hotel and Conference Center will be closed August 13-15

In 2015 the City of Monterey installed two new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the Calle Principal Garage bringing the total of charging areas in Monterey to four:

Calle Principal Garage, 440 Calle Principal Street
two stations, $0.75 per hour to park, 4 hour maximum
J1772 connector

Downtown West Parking Garage, 340 Tyler Street
two stations, free parking, 4 hour maximum
J1772 connector

Behind City Hall, Dutra Street between Madison & Jefferson
120 volt plug in

On Pearl Street across from Monterey Youth Center (777 Pearl Street)
120 volt plug in

The units were donated to the City through the Monterey County Gives! campaign in partnership with The Offset Project.