We still have spaces available for our fall adult Spanish courses!

Parks and Recreation Commission Pumpkin Carving Contest!

Show off your pumpkin carving skills! Drop off your fully carved pumpkins at the Recreation Office at the...

New Chicken Empanadas and Mozz Bites from Jamba pair perfectly with your favorite beverage and make the perfect on-the-go, no hassle, don’t-even-need-to-think-about-it meal. Visit us at 398 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey.

Jamba's empanadas are stuffed...

Alta Bakery and Cafe announces our October drink of the month, an obligatory pumpkin spice latte. Come and try it - we're located at 502 Munras Ave.

The New Monterey Business Association congratulates the 12 Lighthouse District businesses and organizations that won Monterey County Weekly's Best of Monterey County 2025 . Thank you to all who voted!

View our list here with links to all the write-ups by the Weekly.

The Old Monterey Business Association congratulates the 29 Old Monterey businesses and organizations that won Monterey County Weekly's Best of Monterey County 2025 . Thank you to all who voted! View our list here with links to all the write-ups by the Weekly.

Need a new sofa? Mattress Nation at 296 Lighthouse Avenue has a special floor model clearance sofa in the showroom that needs to find a new home. It's now listed at half-off the already reduced sticker price.

This sofa is stain-resistant, incredibly comfortable, soft to the touch, made from wood and memory foam (no particle board!), with a pull-out bed and all of the pillows included. We're open 10am-6pm daily.

Rosebuds Kids Co., located at 535 Foam Street, has wonderful, gently used children's Halloween costumes in stock! Stop by the shop and catch a great deal. We're open Tue-Fri, 9am-4pm, and Sat, 10am-4pm.

Local ceramist Casey Starks's annual owl, ghost, and skeleton collections have landed at her studio. All of them are handmade by Casey and are a lot of fun.

You'll find seasonal trinket dishes in a variety of sizes available both on Casey's website and at the studio at 550 Lighthouse Avenue, Suite A.

Pumpkin cream pies are now available from Freedom Bakery. Our smooth and airy pies are made with a luscious pumpkin pie filling blended with cream and white chocolate cream cheese and topped with whipped cream and sprinkles.

We're now offering free samples at Freedom Bakery's Monterey Boutique at 305 Webster Street open Tue-Sun, 10am-1pm. You can preorder pies for next day pick up in Monterey.

Fans of freshly baked goods, rejoice! The Perfect Crumb Bakery and Cafe has just reopened in Downtown Pacific Grove at 650 Lighthouse Avenue, #100. Now you can once again enjoy delicious treats baked in-house by Perfect Crumb's owner, Susan Carter.

The Lighthouse District will miss Susan and The Perfect Crumb, but we're really excited to visit the new cafe in Pacific Grove, enjoy a slice of Susan's amazing carrot cake, and place our orders for our favorite holiday pies and goodies.

Are you in the mood to try something truly surprising and delicious? Stop by American Burger for our original specialty milkshakes!

At American Burger, we not only offer everybody's tried-and-true favorites (vanilla, strawberry, chocolate), we also offer original flavors such as Vanilla Avocado, Mocha Cappuccino, Chocolate Banana, Peanut Butter Vanilla, and more. Visit us at 738 Lighthouse Avenue and tempt your taste buds.

On The Beach Surf Shop now has the new Aloha Collection dopp kit bag in stock. You can fit all of your travel necessities in this bag and since it's splash proof, anything that spills inside it (i.e. sunscreen, makeup) can easily be rinsed away. Visit us at 693 Lighthouse Avenue.

Good news, New Monterey residents and visitors! San Carlos Beach, located at Cannery Row and Reeside Avenue in Monterey, has reopened for public use. Learn more.

Rosine's Restaurant introduces new pancakes for fall on their brand new menu: Cinnamon Roll Pancakes with cinnamon, brown sugar and butter, drizzled with a vanilla cream cheese glaze, and Apple Pie Pancakes with apples, cinnamon, and maple butter. Come and try them at 434 Alvarado Street.

What goes perfectly with fall football? Chicken wings! This season, Rice and Roots invites you to try our crispy, juicy wings tossed in our rich garlic-butter sauce. It's the ultimate game-day fuel and a guaranteed win.

Available at 422 Tyler Street for dine-in, takeout, and DoorDash delivery. We're a locally-owned restaurant serving Vietnamese flavors and family recipes with a fusion twist.

Paris Bakery is ready for Spooky Season! Halloween pies will be available in limited quantities for walk-ins on October weekends. Make sure you get one by placing your order in advance. Choose from cherry, boo-berry, and apple pie.

Call us at 831-646-1620 or visit the store at 271 Bonifacio Place to pre-order.

Venture Gallery presents Evelyn Klein , our featured local artist for October. Her new exhibit is entitled Breaking Boundaries: Explorations in Mixed Media. Klein has made a lifelong commitment to integrating printmaking techniques and painting.

Venture Gallery is open daily, 10am-6pm, at 260 Alvarado Street.

Monterey residents! Learn about emergency medicine, fire extinguishers, disaster preparedness, shutting off your utilities, rescue, communications when phones fail, and assessing a home or workplace after an earthquake or storm.

The next Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training program begins on February 7 and continues on three consecutive Saturdays. Anyone may enroll by sending an e-mail - you'll receive a confirmation with class details.

At Play Full Ground micro high school in Monterey's Lighthouse District we wonder: what if a birthday breakfast could be a project-based learning experience?

One day, we turned a birthday breakfast into a project-based learning experience! How? Through menu...

Fashion Trade now has more than 100 beautiful dresses for Homecoming available in a variety of colors and styles. Whether you're in Monterey, Seaside, PG, or Carmel, come check them out at our boutique. Let our staff help you look fabulous!

We're open 6 days a week, 12pm-6:30pm (closed Tuesday), at 554 Lighthouse Avenue.

Winter is coming, and Fashion Trade has new coats arriving weekly. Stop by and see our collection of stylish vintage outerwear at 554 Lighthouse Avenue. We have warm jackets for all occasions.

2026 calendars have arrived at Lighthouse Books! We think this year's selection looks even better than last year (pictured here).

There are a wide variety of titles to choose from - 200 different calendars - but quantities are limited to 1 or 2 of each, so be sure to visit us soon at 600 Lighthouse Ave. We're open daily, 11am-6pm.

Current Comics at 400 Lighthouse Avenue now has in stock the first Marvel / DC crossover comic in over 20 years, Deadpool / Batman #1, r eleased on September 17. This is an incredible, 64-page one-shot comic with 7 different stories inside for just $6.99.

Current Comics has recently been buying collections of vintage comics and making them available for sale. We now have a bunch of good titles from DC and Marvel from the 1980s and a couple hundred DC Silver Age books from the 1960s-1970s, including military stories set in WWII (including Our Fighting Forces , Our Army at War , and more).

Our selection is ever-changing as we slowly work through the collections we've acquired and price them. All are at the store at 400 Lighthouse Ave; some are also available on our website .