Today, the Monterey Fire Department sent out the following news release: The Monterey Fire Department wants to reassure residents that they are fully staffed and ready to respond as needed to any situation that warrants their services. The current local River Fire and Carmel Fire have both brought concerns and anxiety to residents. The Monterey Fire Department serves Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Sand City, Naval Postgraduate School, La Mesa Village and Monterey Regional Airport, and is ready in all of those areas should a need arise.

Here's an air quality index map from the Monterey Bay Air Resources Control District. Here's another air quality site from Air Now. The Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau also put together some great travel advisory resources available on their website.

With the River Fire and Carmel Fire emergencies, it's a good reminder for all residents to be prepared and aware of how to get information they may need to stay safe. If you haven't already, you can register your cell phone at alertmontereycounty.org. If you live in one city, work in another, or have family in yet another location, you can sign up for alerts from all the areas you want. For City of Monterey-specific text alerts, take one more step and text 93940 to 888777.

The ADU Survey Results are now available for review. The link to the PDF of results is also available at monterey.org/housing and monterey.org/planning.

The Monterey City Council is scheduled to hear a presentation with more details of the survey results at the September 1, 2020 Council Meeting. Agendas are posted at least 24 hours in advance at isearchmonterey.org.

Also, please see the following information about upcoming webinars, available in English and Spanish:

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