As health professionals, government institutions and the public at large confront the novel coronavirus Covid-19, the Weekly has been reporting on various local effects of the virus. From health to event cancellations and economic impact, our coverage, from newest to oldest, is compiled here.
For our earliest stories (from Jan. 30, 2020-May 26, 2020), click here.
For stories from May 27-Sept. 28, 2020, click here.
For stories from Sept. 29, 2020-April 23, 2021, click here.
For stories from Jan. 4, 2021-Dec. 23, 2021, click here.
California’s Covid-19 State of Emergency Order officially came to an end on Tuesday, Feb. 28, three years after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued it on…
On Friday, Feb. 17, Salinas-born illustrator Rick Law posted on Twitter that he is “sad to hear that it sounds like Salinas Valley Comic Con i…
Pam Marino here, still wearing a mask when I go grocery shopping because the Covid-19 pandemic is not over (it’s also still cold and flu seaso…
Sara Rubin here, thinking about the many choices I have when it comes to spending money and how complicated it can get, and quickly, when tryi…
Nearly three years since the start of Covid-19, one of the early icons of the pandemic—state-supported test sites—is winding down in Monterey …
Aga Popęda here, passing an unusual invitation from Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System to join other community members for a community …
Last year the Federal Emergency Management Agency launched a program to reimburse up to $9,000 of the cost of a funeral for a loved one lost t…
The very popular and successful restaurant parklets that put Pacific Grove on the map as a dining destination during the Covid-19 pandemic wil…
It was March 17, 2020, and Monterey County Health Officer Edward Moreno stood behind a podium at a press conference to issue his historic orde…
We generally think of the Census as the mechanism by which we track population change. But the California Department of Finance does its own p…
Maybe you can remember a time as a kid or a teenager that you felt overwhelmed, or misunderstood by your peers or your parents. Maybe you ling…
After a steady decline in Covid-19 cases in Monterey County since January's sharp spike during the omicron surge, the case and test positivity…
If and when we return to the traditional office, even under a hybrid system, what happens to those spaces?…
The clock is ticking. You have minutes to destroy and break what’s around you: Televisions, glass bottles, dishes and an old washing machine. …
Pam Marino here, thinking that as rotten as this pandemic has been—and continues to be—there are some positives that have come out of it.
The federal funds for Covid-19 testing, vaccinations and treatment have run dry two years into a pandemic that is presently slowed but in no w…
About one year into the Covid-19 pandemic, an organization with a mission to help people die peacefully, the Hospice Giving Foundation of Mont…
Remember the days, one year ago, when it was a race to get a spot in a Covid-19 vaccination clinic. Now we are moving on to a second round of …
Over the past two years, schools have adapted to the ever-changing Covid-19 protocols from going fully virtual to hybrid, as well as changing …
Two years ago this week, shortly after President Donald Trump issued a proclamation declaring “A National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coron…
Sara Rubin here recalling when, on this day two years ago, Monterey County Health Officer Edward Moreno called a press conference to announce …
It’s been exactly two years since our world was upended. On March 17, 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic still felt like something happening somewher…
On March 17, 2020, Monterey County Health Officer Edward Moreno called a press conference and announced that two patients had tested positive …
Pam Marino here, thinking about the phrase we heard often early in the Covid-19 pandemic: “We’re all in this together.”
Over the past two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, specialists at Monterey County Behavioral Health have noticed an increase in children and te…
In the past year, over 8,000 Monterey County low-income households have received $46 million in rental and utility assistance out of $50 milli…
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 on Tuesday, March 8 to extend the VIDA program, a countywide community health worker initia…
Sara Rubin here, feeling a sense of cautious relief. The omicron surge has wound down, California’s mask mandate has lifted, and I’m fully vac…
Celia Jiménez here, still fascinated by the way the VIDA Project started: with people from different parts of Monterey County sharing stories …
The peak of the agricultural harvest season is around the corner, and local organizers believe that community health workers are still critica…
Starting Saturday, March 12, masks will be strongly recommendation in schools and childcare facilities just as they've been for public indoor …
Sara Rubin here, feeling a sense of crisis fatigue. When there’s not a new Covid variant or surge or a political uprising upon us, there’s a w…
"…it’s likely that masks are most effective in indoor, unventilated spaces. But our study doesn’t tell us explicitly whether, say, parks or restaurants or schools are likely places for transmission…"
Centerpiece
The last day of January saw over 2,500 deaths in this country. Hospitals are still reeling in many places, and both health care and public health workers on the front line are just burned out…
Not to jinx anything, but new variants could mean the renewal of mask mandates…
A zip code in East Salinas—93905, which encompasses the Alisal neighborhood—is now reporting, per data from the Monterey County Health Departm…
Two free walk-in Covid-19 testing and vaccination clinics are coming to Salinas this week through a partnership between UC Berkeley and the Mo…
Dale Byrne has no patience for political skirmishes. The retired software executive, and president and “chief caring officer” of the successfu…
The state's mask mandate for those vaccinated against Covid-19 will be downgraded to "strongly recommended" in public indoor spaces after tomo…
Tajha Chappellet-Lanier here, thinking that I should probably get some new masks. I didn’t expect that my reusable cloth masks would be someth…
Mary Adams, chair of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, was at the helm of Tuesday’s board meeting remotely from her home, because she …
Victory Mission Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides overnight shelter, showers and transitional housing for unhoused men in Salinas, …
Celia Jiménez here, thinking about how it can matter when the person helping you is someone who looks like you, is from your same neighborhood…
The Cubano sandwich queen of Fremont Boulevard has closed up shop. A sign on the door at Babaloo Cuban Café, which was located at The Press Cl…
They are people who live in the area and understand the challenges and needs of their communities…
Here’s a sobering fact two years into the Covid-19 pandemic: Monterey County hit its highest case rate to date yesterday, Jan. 18, exceeding a…
The 42nd annual EcoFarm conference, an event that provides information and education about sustainable agriculture, was set to begin today at …
Sara Rubin here, sharing your frustration about those long lines to get tested for Covid-19. We’re nearly two years into a pandemic and we hav…
Many workplaces are short-staffed due to the surge in Covid-19 cases, spurred by the highly infectious omicron variant. Among those workplaces…
By now, Covid protocols everywhere from concert venues to workplaces have become commonplace: Present proof of vaccination and/or a negative t…
Chef Philip Wojtowicz had a moment of clarity one night. People were venturing back to restaurants, eager for a return to life as we knew it. …
The surge of Covid-19 coincided with winter break for Monterey County schools. In an effort to minimize the spread, local districts distribute…
As a new surge of Covid-19 fueled by the highly infectious omicron variant pushes hospitals in other parts of the country to the breaking poin…
It’s me, Pam Marino, now approaching my two-year anniversary of covering Covid-19. This virus has touched every portion of our personal lives …
While other California cities are embracing one of the biggest trends of the Covid-19 pandemic, outdoor dining parklets, tiny Carmel-by-the-Se…
Driving south along Old Stage Road through the Salinas Valley, you will pass by a number of different farms. Farms that grow food, mostly, wit…
It’s not yet clear how much Covid-19 will impact our commuting habits long-term, but it does seem clear there will be an impact. An October st…
When the pandemic started, restaurants, bars, gyms and many other businesses faced sudden shutdowns or very restricted indoor operations polic…
For so long, I felt like we were waiting for Covid-19 to end. I’m now learning that was a misplaced hope – the virus, which has proven to be w…
The Monterey County Health Department announced today that six cases of the Covid-19 variant known as omicron have been detected among Montere…
There were cupcakes and cheerful thank you’s at an in-person meeting of the Hartnell Community College District Governing Board on Tuesday, De…
Featured
Nearly two years into the Covid-19 pandemic and it’s time for another pivot toward embracing testing and vaccination hand-in–hand as a way to …
Just 28 percent of eligible Monterey County residents have received a Covid-19 booster shot so far, according to the Health Department. More p…
With rising cases of Covid-19 and the specter of a new highly infectious variant in omicron, the state's health officer and secretary of the C…
Centerpiece
IN AUGUST, CNN DISPATCHED A NEWS CREW TO FLORIDA TO TRACK DOWN THE WORLD’S MOST PROLIFIC DISSEMINATOR OF COVID-19 MISINFORMATION: JOSEPH MERCO…
A promised lawsuit from 36 hospital employees of the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula who refused to take the Covid-19 vaccine on …
As health professionals, government institutions and the public at large confront the novel coronavirus Covid-19, the Weekly has been reportin…
As health professionals, government institutions and the public at large confront the novel coronavirus Covid-19, the Weekly has been reportin…
As health professionals, government institutions and the public at large confront the novel coronavirus Covid-19, the Weekly has been reportin…
As health professionals, government institutions and the public at large confront the novel coronavirus Covid-19, the Weekly has been reportin…
