Tag: health and safety
SPCA Monterey County offers hot weather safety tips for pets
MONTEREY COUNTY — With the National Weather Service issuing a heat advisory for the area from 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, through 10 p.m....
West Nile virus activity reaches 5-year high in California
CALIFORNIA — California is seeing its highest levels of West Nile virus activity in five years, according to the California Department of Public Health.
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Eight staff members fall ill at Salinas Valley State Prison visiting...
SOLEDAD — Eight custody staff members at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad were treated at a medical facility after falling ill Friday afternoon...
FDA says Taylor Farms cyclospora test was ‘false positive’
SALINAS — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has informed Salinas-based Taylor Farms that a laboratory test indicating one of the company’s iceberg lettuce...
SPCA Monterey County offers 4th of July pet safety tips
MONTEREY COUNTY — With the Fourth of July holiday approaching, SPCA Monterey County is urging pet owners to take precautions to keep their animals...
High temperatures pose risk to pets, SPCA warns
MONTEREY COUNTY — With unseasonably high temperatures expected this week, the SPCA Monterey County is urging pet owners to take precautions to keep animals...
Monterey County Health Department awarded grant for cannabis education
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Health Department is the recipient of a $168,862 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support...
Monterey County Office of Education to host Safety Symposium focused on student...
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) will host a Safety Symposium, designed to promote best practices, collaboration and preparedness for safer...
Bat tests positive for rabies in Cachagua area of unincorporated Monterey...
MONTEREY COUNTY — A Mexican free-tailed bat found on Sept. 29 in the Cachagua area of unincorporated Monterey County has tested positive for the...
HRAS, SPCA Monterey County remind community that abandoning pets is illegal
MONTEREY COUNTY — In light of recent reports of pets being abandoned during challenging times, both Hitchcock Road Animal Services and SPCA Monterey County...
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