King City and Greenfield high schools to reopen in hybrid format this week
SALINAS VALLEY ā High schools in King City and Greenfield will reopen this week with a phased return of teachers and students to classrooms beginning April 15.
South Monterey County Joint Union High School District Superintendent Brian Walker issued a video update on April 2...
Concerns rise as Monterey County reports 24 Covid-19 deaths in past week
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Covid-19 case rates, positivity rates and hospitalization rates continue to be low in Monterey County, as announced by County Health Officer Dr. Edward Moreno during the April 21 press briefing.
Despite an alarming 24 virus-related deaths in the past week, Moreno said...
Monterey Countyās state-supported Covid-19 testing sites close
MONTEREY COUNTY ā California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recently notified the Monterey County Health Department that utilization of Logistics Health Inc. (LHI) Covid-19 testing sites continues to decline in Monterey County, similar to other jurisdictions.
Consequently, CDPH and LHI will again be decreasing Covid-19...
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...
Greenfield and Salinas among new Covid-19 testing sites in Monterey County
SALINAS VALLEY ā Monterey County launched two new testing sites for Covid-19 in Greenfield and Salinas last week, having announced their locations on May 2 in response to Gov. Gavin Newsomās directive for California to open 80 more testing sites.
The Greenfield community testing site,...
Monterey County closes Covid-19 testing site in Greenfield
SALINAS VALLEY ā Monterey County Health Department announced the closure of the free Covid-19 testing site at Greenfield Library effective Oct. 17, with the facilities moving to Seaside beginning Tuesday.
āWe did get state support to move our testing operations from Greenfield to Seaside High...
Vaccination rates are lower in disadvantaged counties, CDC reports
Even though the pandemic has taken a disproportionate toll on people of color and on low-income communities, Americans in wealthier counties have been getting vaccinated against the coronavirus at higher rates than those who live in more distressed, impoverished counties, federal health researchers reported...
Taking the vaccine into the fields to help vulnerable farmworkers
CALIFORNIA ā Before state officials announced that 40% of California's new vaccine doses would go to low-income communities, leaders were struggling to make good on promises to prioritize vulnerable Californians in the vaccine rollout.
As my colleague Miriam Jordan recently wrote, farmworkers were among those...
What to know about new masking guidelines in California
The delta variant is really throwing a wrench into our vaccinated summer.
The super contagious strain of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly, leading, once again, to a rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, prompting leaders to reverse course on guidance that if youāre inoculated, you...
Vaccinated people can get Covid, but itās most likely very rare
More than two months after he was fully vaccinated against COVID, a doctor in New York woke up with a headache and a dull, heavy feeling of fatigue. A fever and chills soon followed, and his senses of taste and smell began to fade.
This,...
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Salinas Valley Police Reports | Published Sept. 10, 2025
Police Reports are obtained from the local police departments.
KING CITY
July 307:52 a.m. Use of cellphone while driving on Division St.8:21 a.m. Speeding on...