Hi Kate, 

There’s a group of people heading out on the trails here around silver Peak.

Would you be willing to post a photo of Rio and ask people who are checking your website and who might be going out to keep an eye out for him.

Rio is 5’7”, dark hair, he just chopped off his pony tail. 

He has no water or food or sleeping bag. He’s spent the night out there last night.

Thank you so much!!!

David Sleeth (Rio’s Dad)_

We’d like to provide clarification on work stop dates for the Carmel Valley Road Resurfacing Project.

In the original information release English language version, the bullet point with work stop dates during Car Week had a typo/word omission:  

Wednesday, August 5, 2026, Monday, August 17, 2026: Monterey Car Week Event

The correct information is:

Wednesday, August 5, 2026, through Monday, August 17, 2026: Monterey Car Week Event

Construction work will be suspended and all work areas cleared during Car Week. The information release has been corrected and is attached.

Thank you,

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO ACTIVATE ON HIGHWAY 1

NEAR PFEIFFER CANYON BRIDGE THURSDAY, JUNE 25

MONTEREY COUNTY – A temporary traffic signal system will be activated on Highway 1 just south of the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge Thursday, June 25, at 6 am.

The project location is about 1.1 miles south of the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge at Post Mile 44. This signal will operate 24/7 and travelers can expect delays of up to 10 minutes, with longer impacts during busy travel during the weekends.

The temporary signal will support construction to replace the Coastlands II retaining wall. This project is essential for stabilizing the slope, improving drainage, and strengthening the long-term resiliency of the roadway.

Signals will be in place for the entirety of the project, which is estimated to be complete by March 2027, weather permitting.

Summer Solstice June 21, 2023 AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

Yesterday, Tuesday June 16, 2026, I had the pleasure of being a passenger down the Coast from Rio Rd to Pacific Valley with my friend Rose Welch. It was a beautiful day for a drive (if one could be patient and extremely aware of the idiots and other out-of-towners on the road.) It was nuts at all the usual places and some of the not-so-usual places. McWay Falls apparently hasn’t had anty police presence in the form of State Park Rangers in a bit as it was back to its pre-patrol craziness. (Sorry, I was helping to keep an eye out for Rose and too busy to take photos.) Bixby was slow going as usual, but at 3:30 in the afternoon there was a CHP presence who was out talking to people and issuing tickets. (Thanks to Morgan Lee-Airello for these photos-CHP officer is behind a car on the west side talkling/giving out tickers)

Thank you, CHP and Morgan.

In honor of a certain birthday today taken one year ago, I offer:

From NOAA and the National Weather Service

. Collectively, the coupled ocean-atmosphere system reflected the onset of El Niño conditions.

The North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME) average, including the NCEP CFSv2 [Fig. 6], forecasts El Niño to intensify into the Northern Hemisphere winter 2026-27. High confidence in El Niño [Fig. 7] is also linked to anomalously high oceanic heat content and expanding westerly wind anomalies across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. There is a 63% chance of a very strong El Niño during November-January [Fig. 8] that would rank among the largest El Niño events in the historical record going back to 1950. Even very strong El Niño events do not lead to the expected impact everywhere, but stronger events can more significantly tilt the odds in favor of expected outcomes (see CPC outlooks for probabilities of seasonal anomalies). In summary, El Niño conditions are present and expected to strengthen into the Northern Hemisphere winter 2026-27.

From Daniel Swain of Weather West:

“As we emerge from the so-called Spring Predictability Barrier, multi-model ensemble predictions have become even more aggressive and are now explicitly predicting an El Niño of very strong, and quite possibly record-breaking, magnitude by autumn or early winter. In fact, the just-released multi-model “superensemble” predictions for June are nothing short of remarkable, with the median forecast from every single international model ensemble depicting at least a “strong” event, and the majority indicating a top-tier, very strong-to-historic event. This is true using both the traditional and the newer “relative” El Niño index (or “RONI,” which is designed to more accurately reflect El Niño magnitude in a warming climate by removing ocean temperature differences arising from long-term trends). And the latest official forecast update from NOAA is consistent with these model predictions: It not only confirms that, as of June, El Niño is already underway, but also indicates nearly 90% odds of an event reaching at least “strong” intensity and over 60% odds of a “very strong” event.”

This was taken after the last rains.