Hundreds receive their second Covid-19 vaccine shot at mass clinics in Gonzales
GONZALES — Community Foundation for Monterey County partnered with the City of Gonzales, Gonzales Fire Department and Gonzales Pharmacy to host two mass vaccination events on April 28 and 29, totaling 1,170 doses of Covid-19 vaccine.
These doses were the second shots, with recipients having...
California orders all teachers to be vaccinated or face regular testing
California became the first state to issue a vaccine mandate for all educators in public and private schools when Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday ordered teachers and school staff members to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or face weekly testing.
“We think it’ll be...
A new demographic surprise for California: population loss
SACRAMENTO — For the first time in more than a century, California recorded a net loss in population last year, a demographic reversal caused by the deadly toll of the coronavirus and declining immigration and birthrates.
The small but startling 0.46% drop — a decline...
Delta variant causes surge in Monterey County cases
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Health Officer Dr. Edward Moreno has announced that cases of Covid-19 continue to rise both statewide and in Monterey County, with the Delta variant of the virus now accounting for a large majority of the infections.
“What we’re seeing here...
Monterey County’s Covid-19 vaccination rates remain stable
MONTEREY COUNTY — Monterey County Health Officer Dr. Edward Moreno said the county continues to make Covid-19 vaccines available and is looking toward younger demographics to raise vaccination rates during a press briefing on June 9.
Of county residents age 12 and older, 63% have...
Mass vaccination clinics launch throughout Salinas Valley
SALINAS VALLEY — Monterey County companies, organizations and agencies have partnered to host mass vaccination sites weekly, with the latest having taken place at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City last Saturday.
Two mass clinics had already taken place earlier this month in Salinas,...
Black and Hispanic communities grapple with vaccine misinformation
SAN JOSE, Calif. — On an unseasonably warm day in February, two men working with a local community group went door to door in an ethnically diverse neighborhood to persuade people to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations.
It was just after 11 a.m. when they...
Will you need a vaccine passport in California?
Baseball is back across California. Tickets to see Bad Bunny early next year were snatched up in no time. The Musso & Frank Grill — the iconic, very much indoors Hollywood haunt — has announced it will reopen May 6.
That’s all been possible, officials...
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Greenfield pursuit ends in man’s arrest after domestic disturbance call
GREENFIELD — A Soledad man was arrested on multiple charges after leading officers on a pursuit through Greenfield following a domestic disturbance call, according...
