Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Monterey, CA

Monterey was founded on June 3, 1770, when Gaspar de Portolá and Junípero Serra established a presidio and the Mission San Carlos Borromeo, which was moved to Carmel the following year.

Monterey served as the capital of Alta California under both Spain (1804-1821) and Mexico (1822-1846), and during that era it was California's only official port of entry.

Monterey hosted a string of California firsts, including the state's first theater, public building, public library, publicly funded school, printing press, and newspaper.

Monterey was incorporated on May 30, 1850, the year California became a state, and it remained the Monterey County seat until 1873, when the seat moved to Salinas.

Monterey had 30,218 residents in the 2020 Census.

Monterey has about 12,534 households averaging 2.10 people each, and only about 36.2% of its homes are owner-occupied.

The median value of an owner-occupied home in Monterey is about $1,076,300.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium, which opened in 1984 on the site of the former Hovden Cannery on Cannery Row, is one of the largest aquariums in North America.

Cannery Row's sardine canneries boomed from the 1920s to the 1950s before the sardine fishery collapsed from overfishing, and John Steinbeck immortalized the street in his 1945 novel Cannery Row and set Tortilla Flat (1935) in Monterey.

The Monterey Jazz Festival, held every September, draws jazz performers and fans from around the world.