Salinas Underground

This week, we hit the road and head up to the Bay Area to record. The travel was worth it as we talked with Jesus Beltran and Sammy Martinez the guys behind Desmadre.com. Their weekly "El Mundo" video is a hilarious and informative look at the crazy world around us. Delivered in Spanish by the ever entertaining Juan Hierbas this is the show you want to be following to impress your friends with your knowledge.

The National Park Service is celebrating 100 years and the newest park in the system is here in Monterey County. Pinnacles National Park is part of an ancient volcano that blew up more than 190 miles south of where it sits today. Oz went out to check it all out and won't shut up about it.

Road Trip keeps feeding your mind this week with part 2 of their election special. This time Rob sits down with Josh Verwolf to talk more in depth about the local and state measures on Tuesday's election. Click and learn y'all!!

In this episode, we are back at the Press Club in Seaside for their monthly open mic night. For the last year, people have been gathering on Fremont Blvd to read poetry, sing, and play all kinds of instruments. They are back at it this Friday so if you are in the area come over for a drink and good times.

This episode of Road Trip has food for your brain instead of your belly. Rob sits down to talk about the upcoming election and how you can make sure your vote gets counted. If you have questions about voting in Monterey County, this is your episode.

This week our guest is Bridgette Spicer from Squid Row Comics. She is a Salinas-based artist and the creator of Squid Row, a comic that traces its roots back to 2002. Squid Row follows Randie as she tries to deal with life as a struggling artist in a cold seaside town. Several local landmarks are featured in the strip that is released every Saturday at SquidRowComics.com.

This is our Ciclovia wrap-up episode. For the third year in a row, Alisal Street was shut down to vehicle traffic from Sanborn to Oldtown and opened up for pedestrians and bike riders. We took advantage of the sunny day to walk around the street and head over to the swap meet for some diablitos. We also talk about our upcoming guest schedule which has some exciting names on it.

This week, Oz and Cujo review Cujo's birthday week which started on a warm Tuesday night at BJs Brewhouse. The week went on to include Pasadena rockers The Letters Home on Thursday and ended on Saturday night at XL Public House.

In this episode of Road Trip, Rob and Edwin head out to Monterey to try out Randy's Sandwich Shop. If you have never heard one of our Road Trip episodes, they are different than our regular episodes and are focused on checking out food spots in Monterey County. Today the tiny, but popular Randy's in Monterey get its turn.

In this episode, Oz has a solution to all of Salinas' problems. Yeah, it's one of those episodes. Fitting for the day after the first presidential debate.