Very cute library conveniently located right downtown in Monterey. Free street parking is available…read morewith a two hour limit between the hours of 9AM and 6 PM, Monday through Saturday. The staff are friendly and are usually available to help you with any questions.

Staff were very kind and helped sign me up for a library card! They have a lot of events going on…read moreat the branch and I recommend checking them out! There is a large selection of books and the library is well maintained!

My favorite local library. The location is awesome. If you go up to the third floor you have…read moreincredible views of the Monterey Bay. The library is the top 2 floors and the basement is the English Lab and Reading Center. The MPC Library has an awesome collection of books, dvds, etc. There are plenty of computers and even when it's busy you should be able to find one. There are also a bunch of study rooms that you can check out that are nice and quiet. I like that the 2nd floor allows talking and the third floor is totally quiet. That way you have options if you're there to study alone or there to study with a group. There are some comfortable chairs to sit in and study too! The staff is also super nice, friendly, and very helpful. I can't recommend it enough!

As a college staff member and as a student, the MPC Library has been an enormous support resource…read morefor those struggling with the new online teaching system. They are offering chromebooks, hotspots, and as many course reserves as possible to students who are currently enrolled. When it is safe for the college to open once more to students and then the community, the library staff is ready and excited to help students succeed in their educational goals.

We found ourselves with some time to kill in between meetings on a trip to Monterey. This place…read morelooks cute and my husband and I are both readers so we decided it would be a no-brainer to stop by. The bookstore section is kind of small, but it is nicely decorated and organized. There's a large children's section that I appreciated and the plethora of plush puppets was something I had never seen before. They had several items that were gift varieties like candles and stationary and crayons, etc. It's attached to a coffee shop so if you wanted to grab a book pay for it and then grab a coffee, you could actually sit and read for a bit.

I love the vibe here at Bookworks, but the Wifi is very poor here. Every time I come to get coffee…read moreand work, I end up finishing my drink as fast as I can, and heading down the street to other places with Wifi. There are folks living here who simply need 21st century pipes. For example, if you're doing university work with Stanford and want to get away from Hopkins. But the Wifi here is from the 1990s. If you don't need reliable wifi, Bookworks is amazing. The food, the service, the bookstore, everything. Unfortunately, living in a "connected" world, I can only give it 3 stars, as cafes are workplaces now.

Great place to visit. Staff are friendly and always willing to do the best they can to assist with…read moretheir clients needs. The interior is a bit old and could use some updating but other than that it's good to have a city hall that is open to the public.

I visited the City Hall today to get a yard sale permit of all things and decided to wander…read moreupstairs to check out the Community Development Department. I had no idea that this department kept files on all the homes in PG. It was so interesting and exciting to look at the old documents and files dating back almost 70 years ago. The staff were very friendly, I think I spoke to Anni and a Debbie at the front. Sweetest people. I suggest anyone who lives in PG or is just visited to go check out this department.

Charming bookstore with a large selection of used books, with a back room full of 1960s classics. A…read moregreat place to visit after the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Came here during a rainy day as we were visiting the area and looking for the next book in a series…read morethat my wife has been reading. Walked in and greeted the guy guy behind the counter which was returned with a scowl, but we didn't even let that deter us until we asked if there was any other spot that we might look he responded very rudely like we should have already known. We put back the book we planned to buy and walked out. If you want to make new customers maybe learn how to treat people. Don't recommend

Great people great service. Great shipping love the book I got…read more Perfect description beautiful bookstore

This is by far the best collection of rare and first edition Western history and classic fiction…read moreI've seen. The store was very well organized and the owners were very friendly and accommodating with my questions. Some of the comments here are negative regarding the ability to actually visit the store. It is only open by appointment, but I found no issue scheduling a time over the phone. The owners were responsive and accommodating. Be sure to call ahead. This is a must visit for any book enthusiast visiting the area!

20yrs ago it was a good college. This month, the Admissions & Records Dept has caused me to become…read morehomeless and jobless. How? On the 6th of Jan 2026, I ordered transcripts to be sent to the board of nursing in Oregon for a job I had gotten. Today is Feb 1st and they have not sent it. 2 weeks ago I ordered a 2nd set of transcripts, they have REFUSED TO RELEASE MY TRANSCRIPTS per National Student Clearing House who they are contracted with. I have called about a dozen times, they never answer and they have never returned my call. Because of them basically stealing my money not once, but twice, I gave up my home in CA and moved to Oregon to start a job but could not because of the sole reason of them stealing my money and holding my transcripts from Natl Student Clearing House. I have been sleeping as a nurse, in truck stops because I have not been able to start any job in Oregon where I moved to because the Oregon Board need them to send what I paid for twice already. They are a bunch of morons there to hear me tell them my dire state over and over again in all the messages and still hold unto my transcripts plus ghost me. I will be looking to file a lawsuit on this dispicable Admissions & Records dept at Monterey Peninsula College. 0/5 stars for you lack of customer service.

-There was a young man by the name of Reggie Johnson. He played football during the years of…read more2007-2009, and that kid was elite. He was a special talent to watch in practice & a joy to watch during the games. At one point in time he was ranked number 1 in the north, as a punt returner, and a kick returner. He played under coach Rasmussen while the equipment manager Rene was around ask about his 4.3- 4.4 speed. Everybody wanted him to go to USC cause he ran like Reggie Bush. I was told he got accepted to the University Of Edward Waters, in Jacksonville Florida purple city aka Ricky Waters camp. Onlookers also mentioned he received prospect letters from the (W) Wyoming University cowboys D1 & Iowa State University the cyclones D1. Loved seeing this young man do what he does shout out to the whole MPC wolf pack!

The Old Monterey City Jail is a nice visit for those who are interested in historic jails and those…read morethat are just interested in history, particularly California History. They are open from 10am-4pm, Thursday through Sunday, closed Monday through Wednesday. The address is on Pacific St (Google) and Madison St (Yelp), but the entrance to the jail is located behind Colton Hall on Dutra St. it is self guided and will probably only take you 5 minutes to walk in, read the signs at the different exhibits and snap a few pictures. If you are visiting Colton Hall Museum (where the first signing of the California Constitution took place), then you should check out the old jail.

Honestly, the facility was pretty filthy. Officers smelled funny. My rectum has dilated by 9…read moreinches. Tried to use my one phone call, they had no reception. 1/5 wouldn't recommend.

I've been graduated 6 years from MIIS with a MA in International Policy & Development. I can…read moreconfidently say that it's set me up to make six figures right after graduation & connected me to tons of alumni that have become lifelong friends. The key to being successful in grad school & post grad school are #1.) Specialize (I chose human security) & #2.) Network like crazy the entire time you're in school to prep yourself to land a solid job coming out of school & #3.) Travel & apply your skills during internships while in grad school. I hired & been with my career coach for 6 years to help me write my CV, LinkedIn & interview prep & that too has made a difference. I was making $40k with a BA as a high school English teacher & now I'm a program manager in big tech making $150k-$200k+ depending on how my stock is doing. I highly recommend MIIS

I contacted Eva Gudbergsdottir by the way, the representative who left a passive-aggressive message…read morebelow my review. I guess she couldn't be bothered to respond to either my Yelp direct message or my email. She's not located in Monterey, she's in Middlebury College in Vermont. I still get messages from users asking me to explain a bit more about my experience at MIIS, and I am happy to answer. I encourage everyone to read the "not recommended" reviews at the bottom of this page; you'll find insightful commentary there. I also encourage you to read my original review: I share some insights on the MA TESOL program, more of which I can share a bit below. I get a few questions about the MANPTS degree, or the Nonproliferation/terrorism studies degree. If you already have a job which is sponsoring you to do this degree at MIIS, that's fine. The degree itself does not lead to any kind of career outcome, however; ONLY pursue this degree if you already have a job. The MA in Environmental Policy is a joke. It's the easiest degree at MIIS, and it's known colloquially as the "poster-making" degree because much of the course content involves making visual posters. You can do this if you really want a Master's degree, although honestly you can also get a Master's degree from a private for-profit university, and it will basically be the same thing. The T&I programs are the only successful programs at MIIS, and even to this day attract a good number of students. To my knowledge, it's one of the only programs (possibly THE only program? I might be wrong, please correct me if I am) in the US for translation/interpretation. The city of Monterey is small, isolated, and largely a tourist town, so there is no inherent reason for the country's premier interpretation school to be there. Why couldn't there be a program in NYC, the location of the United Nations? As bad as the MA TESOL program was before, it's even worse now. In an attempt to stay socially relevant in a changing economy, the program has doubled down on a bastardized version of what they call "social justice." In order to pass your courses, you need to find ways to pander to an upper-middle class white liberal audience by paying lip-service to contemporary popular social issues. You'll need to identify your gender pronouns, and create curricula that require students to understand white supremacy in the USA. For a fucking teaching English degree. The statistics on the MIIS career website are laughably false. 99% of all graduates are employed after graduating? Seriously? There's no way this kind of statistical misrepresentation can be legal. Given how expensive and niche the school's degrees are, your classmates are going to be trust fund babies, and the staff/faculty are painfully naive. It pains me to see men and women in their 40's who don't have an understanding of the labor market. By all means, please contact me in a private message and I can tell you more (about the current work environment, about the comical housing situation, MIIS's tuition scholarship hustle...). I promise to be more responsive than Eva Gudbergsdottir.