Monterey County considers countywide mask mandate
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County Board of Supervisors will review implementation of a countywide indoor mask mandate during a special meeting Wednesday.
The supervisors are expected to endorse it after earlier approving a mask mandate for all county buildings.
The decision came after a late August...
Monterey County begins Covid-19 vaccine rollout
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County last week received its initial supplies of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination, a total of 2,925 doses, and expects this week to receive its 4,700 doses of the Moderna vaccine.Ā
Mee Memorial Healthcare System has been allocated 500 doses of the...
Whatās in the federal stimulus for Californians?
Last week, President Joe Biden signed into law a wide-reaching $1.9 trillion stimulus package aimed at throwing a lifeline to Americans struggling through the pandemic.
In California, the news has come as a particular relief.
Many businesses here have been closed or restricted for a year....
King City school board votes to reopen campuses
KING CITY ā Elementary and middle schools in King City will reopen to a hybrid model on April 12, as decided by the board members of King City Union School District in a March 10 meeting.
Board members approved a staggered return plan, where TK...
California surpasses New York in coronavirus deaths
CALIFORNIA ā Dozens of times a day in COVID-19 wards across California, a scene like this plays out: A hospital chaplain watches as a death is announced by machine.
Kristin Michealsen, a hospital chaplain in Los Angeles, stood at a manās bedside, holding his hand....
Monterey County mask mandate fails to gain enough support
MONTEREY COUNTY ā An ordinance that would have required face coverings indoors countywide failed to receive enough support from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors during a special meeting last week.
After extensive discussion and public comment at the Sept. 8 meeting, the board voted...
Monterey County Environmental Health Bureau plans to enforce Covid-19 citations
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey Countyās Environmental Health Bureau has conducted 1,971 visits to area businesses since September, which resulted in 12 citations for violations of Covid-related health orders and one permit revocation.
Ricardo Encarnacion, assistant bureau chief for the Environmental Health Bureau, made the announcement...
Jobless claims decline as coronavirus cases ease
WASHINGTON, D.C. ā New claims for unemployment fell last week, the government reported Thursday, the latest sign that the labor marketās recovery, however slow and unsteady, is continuing.
āThe numbers look encouraging on the face of it,ā said Gregory Daco, chief U.S. economist at Oxford...
Covid-19, wildfires present challenges for Salinas Valley winery
SALINAS VALLEY ā Standing in his vineyard as a brisk wind runs amuck with his curly, sandy-blonde hair, Denis Hoey reveals why the Salinas Valley region ā known for its vast agriculture ā should also be noted for fine winemaking.
āWe make wines here that...
Monterey County remains in purple tier, as Covid-19 vaccine rollout makes progress
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Monterey County Health Department announced earlier this week that āsufficient progressā has been made vaccinating Phase 1a health care workers, and that providers may now begin to offer Covid-19 vaccine to residents age 75 years or older in Phase 1b, Tier...





















