Did you know that the Lighthouse District has some great plumbers? GP Piping, a locally owned, full-service plumbing company, has more than 30 years of experience in residential, commercial, and industrial plumbing and they're based at 327 Lighthouse Avenue.

Owner Caleb Gutierrez aims to treat customers like family and offer the best work for the best value. He and his expertly-trained team are prepared to handle all kinds of plumbing-related problems. Just call 831-348-0123 for a free estimate.

GP Piping also offers emergency plumbing services day or night throughout Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties.

Monterey Car Week 2023 got rolling with a remarkable collection of historic race cars in Downtown Old Monterey. View photos of the event and the amazing cars here.

To give the public a chance to get up close and personal with auto-racing history, these classic racers and their owners stopped by Alvarado Street on August 11 for a couple of hours before participating in the Rolex Monteey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca.

Did you know? A few months ago, locally owned Chic Event Rentals opened a beautiful, brightly-lit new showroom at 301 Lighthouse Avenue, directly above The Perfect Crumb Bakery. If you're planning a party, large gathering, or formal event - indoors or outdoors - we invite you to visit us and speak with our staff about the possibilities.

Chic specialize in high quality inventory at all price points and is a preferred vendor of almost every event venue, coordinator, and caterer in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties.

Do you have extra frames at home? Here's your chance to clean out your closet and support Youth Arts Collective's art shows!

Every year, YAC gets more and more pieces with each show that we open. If you have...

Have you seen the beautifully lit star in the patio garden at Pearl Hour? "Star Light" was built in 1984 by Kevin Hartley, the owner of Monterey’s legendary gay bar, After Dark, located here at 214 Lighthouse Avenue, from 1975 to 1999.

Back in the day, the star shone down on everyone from its place on the roof. But the star went dormant during the two ownership changes between After Dark and Pearl Hour. It returned in 2019, when Zeeek lovingly resurrected it and fastened it to the cement wall on the patio in preparation for Pearl Hour's first New Year’s Eve party. It has remained there to this day.

Read about a new wrinkle in the story here, added after publication of our newsletter.

Let's support Downtown Old Monterey's Monterey County Youth Museum , the beneficiary of a charity drawing sponsored by Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and Mercedes-Benz. Participate and you might win a beautiful Compact Luxury Mercedes-Benz SUV GLA 250.

Tickets for the drawing are $100 each. All funds go directly to MY Museum. Reserve tickets online or call MY Museum at 831-649-6444 to purchase. Drawing is on August 20.

The Coastal Roots Hospitality Group - including Montrio restaurant at 414 Calle Principal - has designated MY Museum as the nonprofit recipient of its Pick It Up - Pay It Forward Program for July and August 2023.

What does this mean? When you order takeout food from Montrio , 10% of your order will automatically be donated to this nonprofit children's museum in Downtown Old Monterey where curiosity and creativity flourish and both children and adults can discover the thrill of lifelong learning. (Please note: this offer does not apply to delivery orders.)