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FIRST THERE WERE TWO. Covid-19 came to Monterey County in March 2020, with the first two cases announced by Monterey County Health Officer Edward Moreno on March 17. But before that announcement, there was anticipation. The East Coast was already in the throes of the pandemic, and news was f…
Getting a Covid-19 vaccine appointment in Monterey C…
How things have changed since health care workers we…
Getting a Covid-19 vaccine appointment in Monterey C…
It’s a toss-up between a waiting game and a guessing game for Covid-19 vaccinations in Monterey County. With limited vaccine doses flowing in from the state and federal governments, residents are left waiting for their turn. Once it is their turn, it can be a bit of a guessing game trying to…
Normally, Monterey County has no shortage of big eve…
On March 11, President Joe Biden Signed the American…
Not much unusual appears on the crime log published …
All funerals begin with a death. Despite the varying practices of many religions and cultures surrounding death, many are social interactions. A priest may attend to a dying person in a hospital or convalescent home to give last rites. Relatives and friends of the deceased get busy in their …
Going to your usual spot to grab a drink or a meal h…
Remember bars? Remember crowding into low-lit spaces…
Dr. Edward Moreno was appointed as Monterey County’s…
Depending on which forensic psychologist you listen to, the homeless man accused of stabbing a pregnant woman to death in Oldtown Salinas in 2019 has been restored to mental competency and can proceed to trial in the killings of the woman and her fetus, or he’s so overwhelmed by paranoia fue…
Almost three years ago, the Trump administration took aim at immigrants by upending and effectively weaponizing an existing rule known as public charge, requiring them to prove they could support themselves without public benefits before qualifying for a green card or citizenship. Even befor…
The California Public Records Act is one of the most…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Poet Ocean Vuong speaks of the Hawaiian word kipuka. It refers to a patch of earth that doesn’t get covered with lava when an active volcano exudes its molten material. “Before the lava descended,” Vuong writes, “that piece of land was insignificant, just another s…
