Surprise Cities: Monterey, California

"CBS Mornings" lead national correspondent David Begnaud embarks on another storytelling journey, this time to the scenic city of Monterey, California.
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[@Latinart]

A classic California story of Latinos/Mexicans making the best of their situation by via attaining a formal education through the UC system. Congrats Rene!!!

[@eddieg6436]

Monterey and Pacific Grove and Carmel are perhaps the MOST scenic, beautiful communities in the U.S. (……and I’ve been everywhere).

[@jdos5643]

It is beautiful but I like Santa Cruz more

[@eddieg6436]

@@jdos5643 Santa Cruz is gorgeous too, the nation’s best, and PRETTIEST boardwalk.

[@jdos5643]

@@eddieg6436 it’s the most memorable for me. Walking to the cliff side and looking at the ocean early in the morning while listening to le Pettit fille de la mer.

[@ButterflyG673]

Woow you forgot Tahoe and many more!

[@eddieg6436]

@@ButterflyG673 ……Lake Tahoe, and Mendocino are also STUNNING places!!

[@chrissierra8816]

How lucky am i to own a beautiful home here on The Monterey Bay. I am so blessed! 🙏

[@glennwing4214]

One of the best cities on earth! I lived nearby several years ago. David definitely captured the high points. And I think that octopus has a crush on the man who feeds him....

[@breal7277]

"You just have to be a grain in the sand that is shinier than the other ones."

[@karinarey6488]

I loved this story! I’m so proud to be 🇲🇽 and from this area and congrats to Rene for all his hard work paying off. This will hopefully inspire my students to not give up and chase their dreams. Thanks David for sharing his story!

[@vsznry]

Frequent visitor. Love it.

[@jennifermathis3983]

Love this story!!!! I love the Octopus in this story!!! 🥰🥰

[@paulchezkari6952]

They are very intelligent, glad I don't like seafood 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@IntriguedLioness]

An age-old quip is *"Carmel by the sea" (the city's motto) and Monterey by the smell"* . I don't mean that to be totally sarcastic but it is a shortcut to history as Monterey was massive in fishing and the boats, harvesting and packaging of anchovies, sardines, and even whaleling back in the day definitely made the cove a smelly place. When I lived in San Francisco for a while I took a summer place in Pacific Grove which is situated between Monterey and Carmel and I think it was the best place to live as it juts out into the ocean and on my morning run I can see hunchback whales. I would even be out on my SUP and whales would breach near me .... not really that close but close enough that I would grip my paddlelboard and hang on for dear life! I ended up keeping that summer place through the winter months! 48 hours at the Monterey Bay Aquarium alone is not enough and actually nearly have as as members we were invited to spend the night in sleeping bags and it was one of the most phenomenal memories of my travels!

[@RosaRodriguez-ff6vu]

This interview, is one of; the most, heart beating and heart warming stories. Thank you, I live close to Monterey, C.A. What, an inspirational; story of, hope and determination.

[@nosir1440]

I live close to an hour away and sometimes I take that for granted. I love Monterey and their beaches. And everything it has to offer

[@Kevin-hy8ok]

Another beautiful immigration story. We’re stronger because of people like Rene’.

[@benbenrosenfield8268]

What a beautiful story! What an amazing person! Thank you for sharing

[@Abloomingrose2]

Such a great story!

[@lieslvista]

One of my favorite places in the world!!!

[@DarqJestor]

I was one of the volunteers that raised the baby otters before the Aquarium opened to the public. The cute little pups would crawl out of their enclosure and onto my sleeping bag during the overnight shifts. The local cities are indeed very beautiful but too expensive for many of us that live around there. I've never been back to the Aquarium since it opened because it's just too pricey, but I do have some great memories.

[@ginahinds7513]

What a great place I get to call home! I love the aquarium cam where you can watch the animals on live feeds.

[@snnetteachexnayder63]

It’s tranquility ❤

[@lisanunlist9510]

calamari = squid; pulpo = octopus; both delicious, but I feel guilty eating pulpo because they’re so intelligent 😟!

[@miahill6864]

Love this Surprise Cities report. David Begnaud you rock. Rene epitomized resilience and good upbringing. I want to re-visit Monterrey now.

[@AmericanTeacher-USA]

Me, too !! He missed the COAST GUARD station !! GO BACK - to Lighthouse Avenue ! 🏋️‍♂️

[@srp4551]

I can't get over that shot of the two seals on the rocks! Too funny.

[@chickachica2129]

Great job Rene! Thanks @cbs for this story!❤

[@penmax5137]

Yeah. I’ll never eat calamari again. Wonderful report. Amazing. Inspiring.

[@Zergcerebrates]

Calamari is squid, not an octopus

[@danielbautista4757]

I love Monterrey, ca. lived there for 24 years.

[@Amy.PCB.home.]

Love this story and thank you for highlighting a beautiful natural aquarium and would now like to visit Monterrey.

[@mereditharmstrong9054]

Yay! You found your shiney grain!

[@underratedbub]

Great! We need more positive coverage of real America.

[@MontereyBayAquarium]

We love Rene!

[@Ddreinthebay]

Love Monterey!

[@joedigital3000]

David is such a great storyteller

[@JusticeAndLibertyUSA]

love living here!

[@rshelley7496]

Love this area..they should've also did the whale watching tour ...breathtaking😎👍🏽❤🐳🐋🦭🐬

[@adrianslocations]

Can confirm Monterey is gorg, while I didn't make it to the aquarium, i had a blast exploring all the cute, historic quarters in the city- they should be open for longer hours though, was rushing through them lol

[@vetsai8199]

I consider anyone who can pass on their passion to another person to be a SUCCESS!!

[@judytieger3890]

My hometown!

[@tea98988]

I have stopped eating octopus for years now. They are beautiful creatures.😊

[@maritzalesassier1393]

Toda la historia de Monterrey. Muy I teresante

[@JohnDoe-xu2vx]

CBS is best with shows like this staying off politics.

[@richardyoung871]

In this video he goes to Monterey California which is near San Francisco and year's ago when I was going into the Army I with 60 of us from Honolulu Hawaii flew to San Francisco, and a bus was waiting for us to go to FORT ORD,it's a Army base to do our basic training and AIT training and my parents wanted to see me so my CO allowed it on a weekend pass,but you also have seaside which is also in the area,and it's on the coast,and they to me to SAN FRANCISCO and on the other side is OAKLAND which is calm,but SAN FRANCISCO is hilly and windy.But in SAN FRANCISCO they have a very tiny Chinatown but I know California in general to the MEXICAN border to tiauna which is the 1st town in Mexico.

[@Prettyflytraveler247]

Love this ❤❤❤

[@jedarglobal3245]

Nice story David!!! The Octopus and Rene’s passion… Did you just pass up an opportunity for kayaking, snorkeling & scuba diving? These would have added to story

[@BrooklynBaby100]

Rene was smart to leave the dump in LA. Look at how he thrived! 🤗

[@sportsworth]

Octopuses is the plural

[@keemandikotravels]

Great story. Now if all the young people in our country could appreciate and be as thankful as this young man for our freedom and blessings. Proud American right there.

[@fandyllic1975]

Great to see Monterey featured. So much better than Big Sur (no offense). Been there many times, but I still learned something from this video.

[@marthaaranda8098]

Great story!

[@kristinadutton3259]

Blech. Cheesy sentiments from these journalists 🙄. Love the octopus!

[@jboy2621]

The "Tako" is apparently smarter than dogs!

[@paulchezkari6952]

I'd move if I could 😂😂😂😂🎉🎉

[@mattball2700]

Good - please don't eat calamari again. (Or chicken, please, given how they are raised.) Thanks

[@wanderingtrailhiker2823]

Great story

[@gdiaz8827]

Monterrey also has great food

[@cindygraham9258]

What a great story - and the colors in the video are so vibrant. So blessed to be able to call this my home!

[@bigoneish]

Hell yeah viva la raza!!

[@roliepoliecolie2200]

❤❤❤

[@nickfc831]

La costa central 831

[@Diego-gw3jv]

Si haha

[@AmericanTeacher-USA]

Monterey. One r ..... per the USCG ! LOL 😅

[@venganzamujer354]

nice

[@incontroversyistherekindne6683]

Yes! Go vegan everyone, would you? You might find it is the best thing you ever did for your health. You might love doing it. It's great ethically, and it helps the planet. Perhaps find a whole foods, plant-based diet. Thank you for this wonderful story.

[@JamesJacobson-ov4ps]

It’s a good time to start painting your roofs blue, just sayin’

[@SuzetteJones-tz1qn]

He's found the real Namor

[@mvetter]

Octopuses. Or potentially Octopodes. He did not look it up. Octopi is wrong it's ON THE DANG BILLBOARD IN THE AQUARIUM.

[@AmericanTeacher-USA]

No, no, no..... It can be BOTH pronunciations - or ALL THREE ! 😂😂😂

[@aaronwilliams4638]

ok?

[@joyce2077]

😂🎉

[@oceanwoods]

No more calamari for anyone STOP killing and eating these intelligent and friendly animals

[@donvu5328]

Calamari is made from squids; not octopus.

[@donvu5328]

In fact, they’re about to feed squids to the octopus at the 6:14 mark in this video.

[@AmericanTeacher-USA]

​@@donvu5328😂

[@AmericanTeacher-USA]

But, they taste so good ! And make you smarter...... LOL 😂

[@drewm3401]

I guess I'll be the lone desenter here. It's not that great - lots of fog, dirty sidewalks, angry people - don't visit, go to LA and SF

[@ShelterDogs]

Angry people?

[@Diego-gw3jv]

Theirs angry people everywhere brother

[@Diego-gw3jv]

Hoy girls everywhere haha

[@drewm3401]

@@ShelterDogs It's a knife fight out here

[@kingpoop2471]

Great, now more tourists will come and ruin our beautiful city.

[@StoobyDoo2]

Monterey is in a lot of media already. If anything this just reminded people it existed. My laptop came with the breach as its factory setting background.

[@imerrill53]

I wouldn't worry about that. It's too expensive for most people.

[@chrissierra8816]

As a resident and homeowner here. All are welcome to come visit our beautiful Monterey Bay!

[@agl5132]

Many businesses in Monterey depend on those tourist dollars.

[@tamiz8895]

It’s a tourist place

[@Elliskapu]

You shouldn’t advertise yourselves, busses of immigrants may be dropped off soon?

[@miguelmoya831]

Let’s be honest Monterey boring asf

[@Diego-gw3jv]

Yea hahahah

[@isaac_seaside1086]

Fr, aquarium, cannery row, del monte mall, downtown, el estero lake, and thats it

[@Diego-gw3jv]

@@isaac_seaside1086 it’s a small town lots of pretty ladies tho hahaha

[@isaac_seaside1086]

@@Diego-gw3jv Fr the women in the whole monterey peninsula are so fine

[@Diego-gw3jv]

@@isaac_seaside1086 yea but your better off not hitting on them since they married not interested hahahaa

[@DickNasty480]

Great town but you better be in the top 15% to live there.

[@isaac_seaside1086]

To live in a bigger house yeah but theres lower middle class neighborhoods around north fremont st, i understand what your saying tho