Salinas Underground

In this episode, we sit down in the beer garden at the Alvarado Street production facility to talk with a couple of the home brewers from last weeks Steinbeck Home Brew Festival. Just in its second year, the festival is already getting a reputation as a place to sample some brews that might be on store shelves soon. We also try a durian fruit beer on the air, which was not as scary as Oz was making it out to be.

This week, we sit down with Jessica Mckillop to talk about the 2nd Annual Steinbeck Home Brew Festival happening on May 6 in Oldtown Salinas. Last years event was a huge success and this year sounds like it's going to be better. Dozens of home brewers have been working all year to win one of the several prizes up for grabs. Last year over 400 gallons of beer was served and this year will surpass that. Tickets are still available!!

This episode we talk with a couple of artists from Salinas, M7 and Toke. M7 was on the podcast recently and spoke about an open mic he was going to be hosting at the mall. He's back to tell us how it went and introduces us to Toke, whose art hangs at the store that hosted the open mic. Toke talks about his art and his love of using strange mediums to create new pieces of art.

In this episode, we sit down with Chris Rader the manager of Zeph's One Stop on South Main. Many of the people that drive by on Highway 68 may not even realize there is a bar that serves good beer and local wine. If you like the wine, you can find dozens of locally produced wines in their wine shop. This was a fun conversation about wine, Salinas, and hospitality, all on the most comfortable couch we have recorded on so far.

This week our guests are Trent Hodges and Rachel Saunders from the Big Sur Land Trust. Recently, Big Sur Land Trust purchased some of the Carr Lake property in the middle of Salinas which is yet another step in turning Carr Lake from a working farm into a beautiful urban park. To learn more, listen to this episode and visit their booth at the 2nd TAKE IT OUTSIDE SALINAS! event being held on May 7 at Natividad Creek Park.

This week our guests are local home brewers Jon and Will. These two guys are putting on a homebrew festival at St. Paul's Church on April 22. Beer always pairs great with food so there will also be a Banh Mi tent serving up delicious sandwiches. Both these guys have been brewing for several years now and Jon got started brewing in China. This was a fun conversation and we had several beer samples during the recording.

Events, events, events, that's what this episode is all about. With the weather warming up there are several events going on every week and this week we talk about what is coming up in April.

In this episode, Oz wonders what happened to the DA investigation about the 16-year old that was killed by the police. Cujo just wonders why the police are so tall and laments that his height would not allow him to join the force.

This episode was recorded at the Salinas Sports Complex during they Street Low Car Show and the weather could not have been better. We got interviews with Eric Statz (@Eric_Statz on Twitter) and KT from Oakland and with Locstero Villano (@locsterovillano on IG) and Calles (@CallesOfficial on IG) from San Jose. This is the event that kicks off the Spring and it was another good one.

In this episode of the Mini Road Trip, Rob and Edwin preview the upcoming car show at the Sports Complex. If you haven't bought your tickets there is still time, the weather looks like it's going to be perfect for some Low Riders.

Usually, we have a difficult time starting these episodes. Today a business owner from Salinas starts our show in words that we can never come up with. This is episode 138 of Salinas Underground.

This week, our guest is Ricardo "M7" Garcia a local renaissance man and yet another person that makes this city such a cool and unique place to live. You can catch M7 every week on KHDC's "Wednesday Wreck", the longest running hip-hop show in California. Oz talks about how he thinks the FBI created the mafia then we shift into some really cool events coming up, even a couple of open mics starting up in Salinas.

In this episode, Oz loves Hip-Hop and he won't shut up about it. Listen to him try to explain to Cujo why he thinks it such an important outlet, especially in times likes these. No alternative facts here, just beer and bad debates.

In this episode, we wanted to introduce Rob and Edwin who travel around Monterey County looking for restaurants to include in their Mini Road Trip. The Road Trip is podcast-within-a-podcast that features a different local restaurant every time. In keeping with the food theme, we recorded this episode at the patio of 201 Main during their weekend brunch buffet.

In this episode, Oz thinks he is Ms. Cleo and predicts some madness about President Trump's next four years in office. Will anyone agree with him? Or will the world turn on him like the public turned on Ronda Rousey after her latest defeat?

In this episode, Cujo talks about how to get through a 4-day drinking weekend. Oz shamelessly plugs his other projects and a Thursday night Karaoke trip ends with Oz bringing out his inner Lemmy.

We are back and ready for 2017!! This week our guest is Coach Mark Cisneros from the Alisal High Soccer team. They just came back from LA where they outplayed some of the best teams in the state and just started league play with a win against Watsonville. We talk everything from soccer to writing to life on the Eastside of Salinas.

This episode, we welcome back our Cannabis guru, Joey Espinoza. We talk about what is different in the Cannabis industry now that Prop 64 has passed and recreational Cannabis is now legal in California. Click play to get a higher education.

In this episode, Oz found a place called El Huarache that makes Choriqueso and now won't shut up about it. Also, with the end of the year approaching, there are several parties going on in Oldtown to send this year to hell in proper style.

In this episode, Oz went to Tijuana and got a ticket in Oldtown and now he won't shut up about it. Seriously, who gives out a non-parking ticket on a Friday at 11:43 PM? The new meter maids the city hired are ruthless.