The City of Monterey today announced a partial beach closure for San Carlos and McAbee beaches on Saturday and Sunday, August 15 and 16. The partial beach closure will allow for essential activity only, including ocean access, but prohibits sunbathing, lounging and group activities. This temporary measure provides additional health and safety assurance during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency sheltering in place order, particularly on Monterey’s smaller beaches.

In anticipation of increased crowds on Fisherman’s Wharf, the City of Monterey will also be reducing parking capacity in the Waterfront Parking Lot over the weekend. The Monterey City Council is scheduled to discuss overcrowding on Fisherman’s Wharf at a special meeting at 4:15 p.m. on August 19, 2020.

Monterey Municipal Beach and Monterey State Beach’s two-mile stretch of sand will remain open and Monterey Police Department staff and California State Parks lifeguards will continue to enforce the six-foot physical distancing and group gathering restrictions that remain in effect per the State of California and Monterey County Health Orders.

Thank you for helping reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Read the full news release | Read the emergency order

Also this weekend from Monterey Police: Even with the official Monterey Car Week canceled due to the pandemic, the area is still seeing car enthusiasts in town. Monterey Police issued a news release that traffic enforcement is in full force to address vehicle and speed related issues. Read the news release

Here are a few photos from the just-completed Measure S Slurry work in the Monte Vista neighborhood. Re-striping remains, but it's looking really good! We just added a few upcoming projects to the construction projects list. See all the latest construction updates at monterey.org/construction.

Libraries are essential to thriving communities.

During this pandemic, the need for library services is greater than ever, as residents depend on reliable information and critical resources to learn, to work, and to connect to others.

You can support our community by investing in our public library.

To make a gift, please visit investinmpl.org. Every gift makes a difference in keeping our community and library strong!

Some of the ways we are innovating to meet the moment:

Order library materials online at monterey.org/library, and we’ll notify you when your items are available for contact-free pickup.

(Gently) used, contact-free book sale. Go to investinmpl.org, choose your genre(s), and we’ll pack a bag! Proceeds will help fund new library materials.

Make MPL Friends & Foundation your chosen non-profit in the Smile program. We’ll raise funds with every Amazon order you place!

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