A tap room, a taco truck and tide pools in Monterey are good reminders that the simple things are sometimes the best. ... shops and the world-famous Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Other highlights include playful sea otters, a penguin colony, a giant Pacific octopus, a walk-through tunnel set underneath ...

MONTEREY, Calif. (KGO) -- A wild baby sea otter was born on Sunday morning at the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Great Tide Pool. According to the aquarium's blog: "For the last several days, a wild ...

A cute and cuddly pair of sea otters have left the great tide pool at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.PHOTOS: Wild sea otter gives birth in MontereyAquarium staff first notices a soon to be mother otter ...

Its 6,094 square miles include Monterey Submarine Canyon that plunges 11,800 feet deep off Moss Landing, and Davidson Seamount, added in 2009, whose 7,500-foot-high summit is 4,000 feet below the ...

If marine critters are your thing, Monterey Bay Aquarium is always worth a visit. Built in the 1980s on the site of a former sardine cannery, ... but it is a real bonanza for tide pool lovers.

On the opposite end of things, king low tides uncover “a world of animals that normally live underwater,” according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s “king tides 101” guide.

When are the King Tides? King Tides are occurring this weekend on Friday, Nov. 15, Saturday, Nov. 16 and Sunday, Nov. 17. In Monterey County, according to the local tide chart, high and low tides are: ...

Monterey County has long been known as a favorite playground for celebrities. Clint Eastwood still owns the Mission Ranch in Carmel (diners at the restaurant have been treated to his piano playing), ...