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Thank you for your patience everyone. We've been getting a lot of inquiries on when we'll be opening registration for our 2025 Car Show to be held on Saturday, June 7th. We now have a date for you.

Registrations for all entries will begin on Sunday, April 6th at 10am. Registrations will be handled through our car show registration website, carshow.downtowncampbell.com.

If you've entered before, our entry process will be in the same format as in previous years. You will need to submit photos of your car with your entry and we'd love it if you had interesting stories to share about your car.

Entries will be approved on a rolling basis and we'll leave registration open until we run out of room. Space is limited and we won't be able to take everyone so if you submit more than one car, we may automatically wait list one of your entries so we have room to accommodate more people.

Entry fees will only be collected upon approval of your entry. Do not respond to anyone who says they're collecting entry fees for the car show unless it's coming directly from a DowntownCampbell.com email address.

Stay tuned for additional details about this year's car show. We're looking forward to another great show!

Stokes Adobe introduces our newest menu item: Mediterranean-inspired seared octopus served with olive tapenade, nduja aioli, Marcona almonds, fresh oregano, and a burst of Meyer lemon. It's gluten free.

Stokes Adobe restaurant and bar, located at 500 Hartnell Street in Downtown Old Monterey, is open daily for dinner and happy hour. Indoor and outdoor patio dining are available. Visit our website to see our dinner and drink menus and make a reservation.

The logo for the 2025 Historic Downtown Campbell Car Show has just been released! As our tradition goes, the winner of Best in Show for the previous year gets to be featured on our t-shirt and logo the following year. That's the 2024 winner right there!

We'll have an announcement on when we'll be opening registrations for this year's show before the end of this weekend. It'll be real soon. We'll also have sponsorship packages ready to announce later in the week.

GIVEAWAY! We've got two tickets to the traveling multimedia live performance retrospective on the life, times, and music of Paul McCartney. Stroll Down Penny Lane is coming to the Campbell Heritage Theatre on April 19th. Winner to be chosen at 5pm on Saturday, April 5th.

To enter the giveaway:

1️⃣ Follow Downtown Campbell (FB) or @downtowncampbellca (IG)
2️⃣ Follow Campbell Heritage Theatre or @campbellheritagetheatre (IG)
3️⃣ Share with a favorite memory of hearing a Beatles song on our contest post on Facebook or our contest post on Instagram.

Esteban Restaurant offers dining specials every Sunday and Wednesday, 4:30pm-8:30pm. On Wednesday, order a Signature Esteban Burger, fries, and an adult libation for only $18. Every Sunday, enjoy $1 West Coast oysters and half-priced bottled wines.

Esteban Restaurant is located at 700 Munras Avenue in Downtown Old Monterey at Casa Munras Garden Hotel & Spa. Indoor and patio seating is available. Reservations are recommended, phone 831-375-0176.

Wednesday Burger Special

Join Esteban for a relaxing Wednesday evening as we celebrate with our Burger Night. Enjoy a Signature Estéban Burger, fries, and adult libation (a draft beer or Spanish house wine)for $18.

Our handcrafted burger features a delicious blend of Wagyu, chuck, and short rib beef, topped with lettuce, heirloom tomatoes, house-made dill pickles, pickled red onions, fire-roasted jalapenos, and arugula aioli, all nestled in a brioche bun.

Shucking Social Sundays

Toast to the sea! Every Sunday, come enjoy Esteban's Shucking Social Sundays Special featuring $1 West Coast oysters and half priced bottled wines - choose from a variety of Spanish and Monterey County wines.
Our skilled team will be shucking fresh oysters right at the bar. Try them with a squeeze of lemon juice or a dash of Chef Steven's spiced house-made hot sauce.

Venture Gallery presents Gordon Mayfield, our featured local artist for April. His exhibit, Soulscapes, consist of beautiful watercolor landscape paintings inspired by his hikes in nature

About Gordon Mayfield

Gordon's majestic paintings reveal his intense devotion to wild beauty and his quest to provide us a passage into deeper meaning and peace. His striking paintings of the Big Sur Coast share an intimate look into his experiences living and painting on the cliffs.

About Venture Gallery

Venture Gallery is open 10am-6pm daily. Gordon Mayfield's artwork will be featured through April 2025. Venture Gallery is located at 260 Alvarado Street in Downtown Old Monterey. Visit our website to shop online for work by our local artists.

Volunteers are needed for a 5K charity fun run to be held in Campbell Park on the morning of Saturday, April 5th!

This is a great way to meet some new people, help your community, and do some good. The 5K is a fundraiser for Bay Area Young Survivors (BAYS), a non-profit that helps support young breast cancer survivors in the Bay Area.

Help is still needed for all kinds of roles and times. To learn more about the positions available and to sign-up, please go to the volunteer sign-up page here: https://runsignup.com/Race/Volunteer/CA/Campbell/StepsForStrengthBAYSRun

You can now enjoy the amazing BBQ of Bon Ton L'Roy's Lighthouse Smokehouse seven days a week! That's right, our dining room and bar is open Wednesdays through Mondays, 11am-10pm, and we're now open on Tuesdays for takeout, 11am-9pm.

For years, Bon Ton L'Roy's family-operated restaurant has been serving up the big flavors of the Southern U.S. along with some classic Russian dishes thrown in for good measure. It's all made with skill and love at 794 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

In celebration of our 10th anniversary, La Bahia Restaurant has redecorated! Come check out the four amazing new murals on the walls by San Francisco artist Franklin Guardado. They're fresh, fun, and we are really proud of them.

La Bahia is a family-owned business - a team of first generation business owners making our father's American dream into reality with our vision. We look forward to continuing to satisfy our customers one meal at a time. Visit us at 675 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

Women's spring styles are here at Cypress Boutique! We have fresh floral dresses in a variety of lengths, vintage gems, and handmade jewelry. Come shop, explore, and find your next favorite piece.

Cypress Boutique is your stop for women's and men's clothing and accessories located at 400 Lighthouse Avenue, Suite C in Monterey. We're locally owned and operated.

You know spring is here when NCAA college basketball is featuring its best teams in the final tournament of the season! Come on in to Bulldog Sports Pub and watch your favorite college team battle it out.

Call the pub at 831-658-0686 to see what time your team is playing and on which TV screen we'll show the game (we have a few). Bulldog Sports Pub is located at 611 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

New Manga at Current Comics

Posted on March 23rd, 2025 by Current Comics

Current Comics recently got in a bunch of Manga! We have a few new series/volumes, and the rest are new to our shelves. The selection includes The Apothecary Diaries, Blue Lock, Dopeman, Gachlakuta, Minecraft: The Manga, One Piece, Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, and Witch Hat Atelier.

Visit the shop at 400 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey or place your order on our website for pick-up or shipping. We're a full-service, locally-owned comic book store that's been serving Monterey County since 2003.

In this blog, we’ll discuss how CBD helps dogs and enhances their quality of life. Get our expert recommendations for the best CBD for dog anxiety.

How does CBD help dogs? Well, Cloud City believes that pets are a part of the family. Therefore, they should receive the same care and attention as any other loved one. In the same way humans do, dogs also experience stress and anxiety. They are subject to the same age-related illnesses and discomfort that can negatively impact their quality of life. Traditional veterinary solutions include the same pharmaceutical treatments and medication, with the same host of unwanted side effects we try to avoid for ourselves. So, today’s pet parents tout CBD as an effective, natural aid to support their furry friend’s well-being in all the best ways.

How does CBD help dogs?

Whether behavioral or situational, cannabidiol (CBD) is a safe supplement that supports every aspect of your dog’s health.

  • Social and separation anxiety: CBD treats are an easy way to manage your furry companion’s anxiety. Giving them CBD before taking them outside or leaving them inside helps calm their stress in response to loud noises, unfamiliar environments, and any other associated overwhelming emotions or anxious behaviors they exhibit when outside their comfort zone.
  • Sleep disturbances: Dogs’ instincts to safeguard their home and protect their owners explain why most are light sleepers. However, this primal instinct can harm their health if the disruption is frequent or prolonged. Lack of sleep affects your dog’s mood, behavior, and vital physiological functions. CBD can help regulate your dog’s sleep patterns and improve sleep quality for dogs who become overly aggressive, have traumatic backgrounds, or are naturally high-strung.
  • Pain management: Many older dogs suffer from joint pain and arthritis, leaving them in constant pain and inhibiting mobility. This can turn primary sources of joy, like daily walks or playtime activities, into stress-inducing events. CBD’s anti-inflammatory effects offer a great alternative to prescription medications. Even for life-threatening conditions, such as cancer, vets may recommend pairing painkillers with CBD oil to mitigate unwanted side effects and even enhance NSAID effectiveness.
  • Sensitive skin: If your dog has sensitive skin or is susceptible to seasonal weather changes, CBD also helps regulate necessary bodily functions like moisture retention and inflammatory response.
  • Digestion: Cannabidiol reduces inflammation and is particularly beneficial for the gastrointestinal tract (GI). For dogs suffering from chronic conditions like
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Slowfiber is hosting Closet Camp, a creative sewing camp for grown-ups, at St. Francis Retreat Center in San Juan Bautista from Friday, June 13 through Monday, June 16, 2025. Enjoy three full days of working with textiles and fellow sewing enthusiasts in the woods. Learn more here.

About Closet Camp

Slowfiber Closet Camp is 3 days of luxuriating in working on what we wear, gaining agency over our closets, and goofing off with the clothes that aren't working for us. Bring your sewing box, your sewing machine, or some needles and thread for hand-sewing along with the clothing you want to modify.

You'll work on your own projects with the benefit of demo-masters Nancy, Jaki, Becky. This time, Patti is offering her apron class (you asked for it!) and we'll have each other as inspiration.

Self-starters who already know how to sew and aren't afraid to take risks as well as those you can be supportive of colleagues are going to have a great time this weekend. Registration is capped at 30 people - register here. Slowfiber is located at 517A Hartnell St in Downtown Old Monterey.

Esteban Restaurant at Casa Munras Garden Hotel & Spa is thrilled to announce the appointment of Steven Patlan as Executive Chef. A passionate supporter of local sourcing, Chef Patlan is dedicated to collaborating with local artisans, farmers, ranchers, and fishers.

Chef Patlan’s most passionate change to Esteban's menu is inspired by his love of the sea. The new Esteban Raw Bar features Marin Miyagi and Kumamoto Oysters on the half shell and Monterey Bay Rockfish Ceviche with mango, cucumber, pickled red onion, Fresno chili agave, yuzu, and crispy plantains.

Chef Patlan's remarkable career includes notable positions at prestigious establishments such as The Inn at Spanish Bay, Quail Lodge & Golf Club, Sardine Factory, Ventana Big Sur, Wild Fish, and most recently, he served as Executive Chef at Venus Spirits Cocktails & Kitchen in Aptos. A third generation California native, Patlan currently resides in Marina.

We invite you to dine at Esteban Restaurant and try Chef Patlan's vibrant, aromatic, and deeply satisfying cuisine. We're located at 700 Munras Avenue in Downtown Old Monterey.

Have you stopped playing piano because of perfectionism, imposter syndrome, or performance anxiety? Or maybe you’ve never had the chance to truly create your own music?

Wendi Kirby, a pianist, educator, and founder of Wendi Kirby Music, announces Piano Freeology, a membership-based online program designed to help pianists reconnect with your love for the piano, overcome limiting beliefs, and rediscover the joy of playing with freedom, creativity, and confidence. Learn more here.

Member Enrollment

Founding Member Enrollment is March 15 - 22, 2025. Join by March 22 for $27 per month or $270 per year. After March 22, memberships will be $47 per month or $500 per year.

Member Benefits

As a member, you’ll gain: transformative mindset shifts to break through barriers. guided improvisation sessions, tools to compose and notate your own pieces with ease, and a supportive community where creativity and connection thrive.

Benefits include twice monthly 1-hour group workshops, access to the membership hub, pop-up creativity boosters, and a 20% discount for Piano Freeology creative retreats. Learn more.

Are you ready to start your Pilates journey with personalized guidance? Om Studios' Pilates Intro Offer is designed to help you build a strong foundation, gain confidence on the Pilates Reformer, and create momentum in your practice.

Pilates Intro Offer

This offer is for anyone new to the Reformer Pilates program at Om Studios. For only $159 (reg. $194), you’ll receive 1 private Pilates session and 3 Pilates group class passes.

Register Online

Purchase the Pilates Intro Offer online. To book your private session, please email us so we can schedule the session.

Om Studios is located at 631 Cass Street, Suite B in Downtown Old Monterey.

Let's raise the roof for Cooper-Molera Adobe! The National Trust for Historic Preservation is conducting a significant restoration project at Cooper-Molera Adobe, and it's now doing additional fundraising to replace the Cooper Adobe museum and Diaz Adobe dining room roofs. This work will ensure the long-term preservation of the buildings and we, the public, can help!

Make a Donation

All donations of any amount are welcome to help the organization replace the roof of this historic treasure at 506 Munras Avenue in Downtown Old Monterey. Simply visit the donation page, click the "Donate" button, enter a dollar amount, and be sure to specify "ROOF" at Checkout.

(Important: at Checkout, look for the text box located under your mailing address which says "My donation will support..." and write "ROOF.")

About the Restoration Project

The overall restoration project, funded in part by a 2022 National Park Services Save America's Treasures grant, includes the restoration of the Cooper Adobe museum (1827) and limited restoration work on the Diaz Adobe (1829).

The most critical element of the project is the restoration of the cantilevered wood balcony that wraps around the east and south sides of the Cooper Adobe. Other key efforts include exterior adobe plaster repair; decking restoration and replacement; repairs to windows, shutters, doors, and decorative trim; and drainage issues.

About the Roof Replacement

Original plans for the restoration project included a much-needed replacement of the Cooper Adobe and Diaz Adobe's roofs, but delays in the restoration, coupled with the rising costs of goods and labor, have forced the organization to postpone the work on the roofs while it moves forward with other aspects of the project. They are now actively seeking funding from the public to replace the roofs. For more information, please contact Executive Director Karyn Lee-Garcia.

Photo credit: Angela DeCenzo

Mercury News readers have spoken again, and the consensus is this: Cloud City Supply is still the best CBD store in Silicon Valley.

It’s official (again)! Mercury News readers have crowned Cloud City Supply the first-place winner for Best CBD Store. This announcement marks the third consecutive year Mercury News readers have ranked the downtown Campbell cannabis store with such high honors, only made possible by the continued support of its loyal, engaged community members and CBD shoppers year after year. Cloud City is humbled and immensely grateful to be recognized as a trusted source for CBD products, education, and community connection.

Community care in practice

Through and through, Cloud City Supply demonstrates an unrivaled commitment to the well-being of downtown Campbell. As such, our product selection, educational resources, and social gatherings aim to create meaningful experiences that have long-lasting impacts. Consider Cloud City a hub for guidance, learning, and supportive networking that caters to every corner of your wellness journey. Hence, our calendar stays packed year-round.

Over the past two months, we’ve fostered closeness among the downtown Campbell community. We do this by throwing events that bring as much fun as they positively impact. To kick off 2025, we hosted our third annual blood drive (yes, cannabis consumers can donate blood!), which, per usual, was a tremendous success. We recruited dozens of generous individuals who stepped up to contribute to a lifesaving cause. A week later, we put on a Blaze & Bubbles event, a Galentine’s Day-themed rolling class complete with live music, champagne, and goody bags participants got to take home and enjoy.

Additionally, we regularly partner with other local businesses and affiliates...Read More

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