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 a interactive Covid-19 tracker for Monterey and nearby counties click here.
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 today, May 26, to formally ask the governor to approve the next stage of reopening local bu…
Is Monterey County ready to reopen its economy? That is the big-picture question facing the County Board of Supervisors when they meet today, …
I frequently receive communications reflecting on the unprecedented times in which we live. While specifics of the Covid-19 pandemic are uniqu…
It’s perhaps a cruel joke that in the midst of California’s stay-at-home order, Friday, May 22, is National Road Trip Day.
On Thursday morning, May 21, Jeffrey LeTowt of The Tuck Box had his day in court. Or at least his first day of several.
At least one barrier to the reopening of the local economy came down this week.
On May 15, as patrons at his restaurant were enjoying a sunny day and food and drink in Carmel, The Tuck Box owner Jeff LeTowt was having what…
Dean Hidalgo has made many road trips along Highway 101 from Los Angeles to San Jose, and each time he would blink and miss a gem of Monterey County.
It’s a little tricky teaching recruits how to drive a police car over Zoom. There are online simulations, but when it comes down to it, nothin…
In her 245-square-foot studio apartment, Whitney Clark has decorated according to feng shui principles, with a purple rug in the bathroom for …
In April, during the first full month of the lockdown, water demand on the Monterey Peninsula dropped by 15 percent compared to the same month…
Carmel restaurant owner Jeffrey LeTowt wanted a fight and it looks like he's getting one.
Renters worried about the upcoming end of an eviction moratorium approved by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors in mid-March have a litt…
It’s been good fishing in Monterey Bay this year but for the past three months local sport fishermen and women have been left high and dry on …
Monterey County has another Covid-19 testing site up and running, and based on demand, staffing will be doubled.
While other Carmel restaurants are obeying the county’s shelter-in-place order by either remaining closed or offering take-out service, it’s b…
Recently the state of California and the Monterey County Health Department made two free Covid-19 testing sites available in the Salinas Valle…
A 74-year-old Latina woman and an 89-year-old African American man, both from the Salinas area, are the latest to die from complications due t…
Officials tried to warn the owner of The Tuck Box, Carmel’s historic English tea room and restaurant, three times that he was violating Monter…
The show will not go on this year.
In early March when the Monterey County Public Health Lab received its first batch of Covid-19 test kits, the message to the public was: Don’t…
When U.S. Forest Service officials last updated their announcement about the closure of roads and trails in Los Padres National Forest, on Apr…
There was little in 20 years of retail experience that prepared Mia Cruz, owner of Bliss Boutiques in Salinas and Monterey, for what happened …
In early March, Shirel Kahane-Rapport was sailing in the frigid waters off Antarctica and had not yet heard the news. There was little contact…
Last week, as I was headed home from my daily shelter-in-place walk through Oldtown Salinas, one of the affable security guards who patrols th…
What Maurizio Cutrignelli has in mind when he opened Osteria Al Mare in the second floor of a building at the base of the Coast Guard Pier was…
The Wendy Root Askew volunteer celebration rally on May 1 was in many ways a typical campaign rally. There was live music and speeches by elec…
The Weekly is tracking hospitalizations in Monterey County of people who have tested positive for the Covid-19 or who are suspected of having …
As the number of Covid-19 cases gets higher, the level of detail the Monterey County Health Department reports gets sharper. That's because th…
Nearly two months after California's Supreme Court chief justice suspended jury trials for 60 days in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic,…
State law requires all companies with 75 or more workers to give notice of layoffs or closures. Normally, these WARN notices—Worker Adjustment…
Phase two of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s four-phase plan to reopen the state goes into effect today, May 8, which means local last-minute Mother’s Day…
After schools across the county closed their doors due to Covid-19 and students transitioned to online distance leaning, many have struggled b…
The Monterey Recreation Division staff was still weighing on Monday, May 4, whether it could offer any type of summer camps during the Covid-1…
In June 2018, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors was facing a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall and the proposed elimination of dozen…
I’m scared. At 30 years old, I lost my job and had to come home and somehow explain to my then-pregnant wife, Marissa, that it wasn’t my fault…
Summer camp is a rite of passage for kids and a necessity for working parents but, like every aspect of life since Covid-19, its existence thi…
As Covid-19 spread across the globe approaching pandemic status, Monterey County’s four hospitals were already planning for a surge of patient…
RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT… Squid’s used sheltering in place to perfect Squid’s shrimp-flavored popcorn recipe, take long naps, scroll through Squ…
On a sunny afternoon in April, a Home Depot truck backs up into Cortni Knox’s driveway in Seaside to deliver her new, stainless steel, “super …
Remember when they said if shelter-in-place worked, we would all get angry and be in upheaval. Well, here we are. Shelter-in-place worked/s (“…
It's one of the silver linings of a pandemic and economic crisis: innovative solutions and partnerships. One such innovation—meant to help pro…
Nearly 55 people considered vulnerable during the Covid-19 pandemic who need a safe place to isolate themselves are being housed in Monterey C…
Two new Covid-19 testing sites have opened in Monterey County. The locations—one at the Greenfield branch of Monterey County Free Libraries, l…
Monterey County growers have plowed under or left unplanted more than 2,000 acres since the Covid-19 pandemic reached the area, according to a…
Local officials announced on May 2 the opening of Covid-19 testing sites in Salinas and Greenfield as a part of a state-wide to make testing m…
It’s the end of grades as we know them.
American flags were raised high and bright red "Make America Great Again" hats sprinkled the crowd. Nearly 100 protesters gathered at Window o…
The new Monterey County shelter-in-place order is requiring residents to hunker down for at least one more month, to May 31, but some activiti…
The Mee Memorial Healthcare System had already made some painful cuts to staff and services in 2019 and now the Covid-19 pandemic is forcing e…
After people swarmed beaches when the sun came out in Southern California last weekend, Gov. Gavin Newsom was expected shut down all beaches i…
On a recent sunny morning in downtown Carmel, the smell of bacon wafted out of the Village Corner restaurant. Normally on a day like this, the…
The coronavirus epidemic and the subsequent public health shelter-in-place order that froze construction, among other industries, arrived just…
At Main Street Bakery, across the street from Salinas High and just a short walk from City Hall and the Monterey County Government Center, own…
That toilet paper became a precious commodity as people panic-purchased in the opening weeks of the shelter-in-place order didn’t come as a hu…
When Gabriel Flores arrived in Salinas from Los Angeles to do his medical residency at Natividad, he expected his work might include some comm…
OK KAREN… Squid sat in front of the television, transfixed by news reports of “Liberate” protests taking place around the country. Biped mamma…
Being a hotelier or short-term rental owner became tricky after the county’s shelter-in-place order was issued. Many hotels and inns around th…
On March 19, the very first week of the county’s shelter-in-place order, I wrote a column in which I stated, “People are suffering. People wil…
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Jeremy Turner | Working at the Wharf
Effective at midnight tonight, a face-covering rule takes effect in Monterey County. The idea is that by blocking our noses and mouths when we…
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases among Monterey County residents is up to 191, according to the latest Health Department data. Almost ev…
Starting Thursday, residents of Monterey County will be required to cover their faces while venturing outside their homes in a new county Heal…
The 110th California Rodeo Salinas is moving from July 16-19 to October 8-11, after organizers learned the shelter-in-place order was going to…
Just days after County Health Officer Edward Moreno said that the public should expect a requirement to wear masks or face coverings when in p…
Spartan is the word that best describes the accommodations at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, where Monterey County officials are working on …
Faced with uncertainty about when we can again pack concert halls, Bach Festival cancels 2020 event.
Over 85 years, since it was founded, the Carmel Bach Festival has put on concerts big and small. There are choral ensembles in churches, conte…
Right before Easter weekend, City Manager Ben Harvey gave the Pacific Grove Police Department the authority to immediately shut down any outdo…
With the shelter-in-place order, everyone has a few challenges, especially parents. Every parent wonders about managing their bundles of energ…
Beer and cider sales are up 20 percent across the country during this extended coronavirus lockdown, which makes sense considering that drinki…
More than 25 people have been hospitalized and four people have died as of the latest Covid-19 numbers for Monterey County, but there is a hid…
First, the good news: Monterey County's shelter-in-place order is working, keeping the doubling rate of Covid-19 cases to about 14 days—a win …
The Federal Aviation Administration is cutting the hours the air traffic control tower is open at Monterey Regional Airport and about 100 othe…
April is traditionally the time car aficionados preparing to show their collectible cars during Monterey County's Car Week in August have to g…
Richard Kuehn has spent the past 10 years building a business that sends caregivers into seniors’ homes throughout the Monterey Peninsula to a…
With limited flights and government restrictions on medical exports out of China, some in Monterey County are turning to personal connections …
On March 31, Chris Sommers, managing director of the Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa, sent a letter to the county Board of Supervisors that jus…
“The CARES Act works for ALL Americans,” touts the U.S. Treasury website, the agency dispensing $2 trillion worth of stimulus checks, Paycheck…
Isolation is often the enemy of those struggling with addictions, making what’s supposed to keep people safe in a pandemic dangerous for those…
For the last few years Patricia Hamilton has spent a month each year vacationing in Álamos, Mexico. This year was a special occasion: her frie…
Todd and Jordan Champagne are no strangers to culinary survival techniques. Consider that 20 years ago, they could be spotted hovering over a …
UPDATED April 30: On Wednesday, April 29, Monterey City Council voted unanimously to implement the proposed layoff plan.
The dollar figure might not look like much compared to the federal CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security), which started a…
Teachers, students and administrators have gotten through the initial shock of closing schools and transitioning to remote learning. Systems w…
The Monterey County Fairgrounds exhibition halls that feature farm, craft and baking exhibits during the fair and host a rotating lineup of li…
Monterey County's fourth death due to complications from Covid-19 has been reported by the Monterey County Health Department, nearly two weeks…
In a time that many businesses have been deemed nonessential and forced to shut down, California's relatively new cannabis industry got a repr…
LINK: here’s how to get to the map and start exploring.
The Monterey Police Department wants you to know that if you operate your business in violation of the shelter-in-place order, undercover dete…
From the safety of their coronavirus shelters, the water warriors of the Monterey Peninsula carry on the fight, and so can you.
Feeling like, with all this time on your hands, now might be a great time to explore the natural wonders of Big Sur?
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans on April 15 to make $75 million available to help undocumented workers left out of unemployement relief prog…
The Monterey Bay Aquarium closed to the public on March 12, but still made public outreach a priority, through its massive and charming presen…
Facing possibly $10 million in estimated in revenue losses in the last few months of this fiscal year due to Covid-19, the city of Monterey is…
Less than two months ago, things were looking up for the 2020 racing season at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Normally, the staff of Salinas-based agribusiness D’Arrigo Brothers are planning one to two years out what they’ll plant on which ranches, bas…
In the parking lot of The Budget Inn Motel in South Salinas, owner Joel Patel is anxious to show his unexpected visitors the measures he’s put…
Scene One, in which our main character is on the phone frantically trying to make travel arrangements to get to New York City from Salinas.
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The changed world in this pandemic means some people are working longer hours than ever, while many are working not at all. As Monterey County…
The Covid-19 pandemic threw the Monterey County 2020 Census Complete Count Committee a “curveball,” chairperson Rosemary Soto says. Plans had …
Donna Aikins needed an appointment with her doctor to get some questions answered after she had surgery last fall. She was trying to get an ap…
For years, bartending was a fallback gig for Kelly Kuhn, a way to make extra money while she pursued other jobs – teaching, tutoring, selling …
RICK AND ROLL… Squid hasn’t been sheltering alone. In addition to Rosco P. Coltrane, Squid’s beloved bulldog, Squid’s sister, an undersea heal…
Anticipating a possible surge in Covid-19 cases, Monterey County announced on April 14 where it might set up field hospitals for patients and …
The federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (that's CARES for short) allocates money to a whole bunch of specific things, f…
The CEO of a Chinese agricultural machinery company is donating 20,000 disposable gloves to Monterey County for its coronavirus containment ef…
On April 14, four weeks to the day that Monterey County Health Officer Edward Moreno announced his shelter-in-place order to stop the spread o…
It’s actually happening. The economic impact payments—as much as $1,200 per person—have started to arrive in the bank accounts of Americans, i…
That stuff you don’t want anymore that’s piled high in your garage or in closets? No one else wants it during the Covid-19 pandemic either, so…
With no end in sight to the coronavirus outbreak, Monterey County’s election officials are scared of a problem that's nearly seven months away…
The U.S. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act—that's CARES, for short—is a massive $2 trillion aid package signed into law by Pr…
ARCpoint Labs is located in a rather sleepy neighborhood, Laguna Seca Office Park just off Highway 68, at the end of a cul-de-sac. For the pas…
The number of places to get out and enjoy nature over the Easter holiday weekend is shrinking, but there are still some opportunities—as long …
Here's how to rile up a workforce.
Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, was raised in farmworker housing, and in his first term as a member of the Assembly, has made a custom of defending…
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is now recommending that we wear masks if we leave our homes to be out in public. Medical facilities need…
As many as 300,000 ratepayers on Central Coast of California could see a significant drop in their electricity bill for the months of May and June.
Call it the Covid-19 business bump.
Some of the most effective help in supplying first responders with high-grade masks in Monterey County is coming from the local Chinese community.
NETFLIX AND SHILL… Squid has entered that phase of sheltering in place where time, space and logic have no meaning. Squid thought about trying…
Julie Brooks and her co-workers at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa were preparing for a large banquet happening the night of March 12…
Ernest Rodriguez doesn’t necessarily present as someone who knows his way around banking and finance. Maybe it’s the neck tattoo. But like the…
Ron Mendoza is a natural-born pressure player. At the level he’s cooked at, and the people he’s cooked with, he’s had to be.
It’s been a rainy and cold spring, meaning a slow start to the Salinas Valley’s agricultural season which usually ramps up right around now. T…
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For one family living at the end of a cul-de-sac in South Salinas, there’s a distinct upside to the coronavirus crisis…
A person who was hospitalized at Salinas Valley Memorial hospital has died of complications of Covid-19, spokesperson Karina Rusk confirmed on…
It started with a press release on Sunday, April 5, a week ahead of Easter, meant to reaffirm that holiday or no holiday, social distancing ru…
Click here to reach the Weekly’s Covid-19 tracker.
It is one of many cruel realities of what is a very cruel pandemic—as doctors, nurses and medical technicians are trying to keep up their numb…
In his effort to relieve small businesses that are hurting during the coronavirus crisis, Gov. Gavin Newsom on April 2 signed an executive ord…
In this time of economic hardship, some landlords are going to have to get creative. Officials working for the city of Monterey, in its role a…
Monterey County officials thought they were doing a good thing.
UPDATE: Monterey County Superior Court has issued what it's calling a "clarification" to a previous directive that all employees currently wor…
In order to protect the privacy of patients who test positive for Covid-19, the Monterey County Health Department releases limited information…
Four people in their 20s hanging out at 8pm on a Friday night—totally normal, right? Well, not during a pandemic and with a shelter-in-place o…
As commerce in Monterey County came to a near standstill over the past few weeks, construction was one of the few industries to continue opera…
Click here to reach the new Covid-19 tracker.
Remember two months ago when health experts were saying masks were only for the sick and probably wouldn't help if you're well? That was then,…
Social distancing is working, said Monterey County Health Officer Edward Moreno in a press briefing call on Friday, April 3. Before the shelte…
The shelter-in-place order has shut down much of what life was like before Covid-19, but the work of government must go on to deliver services…
The number of Covid-19 cases in Monterey County is 53 as of April 2, according to new reporting from the Monterey County Health Department tha…
As a senior at Carmel High School, Tyler Armstrong wants to stay engaged in his classes, even if they are delivered at home through Zoom. One …
There is a hidden number of hospital beds in Monterey County outside of the facilities people usually think of. These are the beds that hold h…
At the Monterey County Jail, Sheriff’s Chief Jim Bass has a stamp on his hand signifying he had his temperature taken before walking into work…
Bright pink ribbons stand out against camouflage uniforms. The next day, it will be orange ribbons. Each day, 25 members of the National Guard…
Some essential workers wear badges. Some wear hairnets.
TAKEOUT TIME: Even before the shelter-in-place order came down, Monterey County’s Environmental Health Bureau contacted all 2,000 permitted fo…
First Carmel City Council held a closed-session meeting on March 30 to discuss what appeared on a public agenda as a “threat to public service…
One thing coronavirus might be good for is Monterey County’s plan to reduce its impact on the climate crisis.
It's a system that works beautifully in normal times. Volunteers fetch meals from a centralized facility, then drive a route to the residences…
To allow seniors to be able to purchase groceries and other essential items with less hassle or risk on infection, many stores are dedicating …
The number of people who have died in Monterey County due to the Covid-19 pandemic is now two, according to the Health Department. There was n…
Public schools were some of the first institutions to close their facilities in response to the threat of Covid-19. Now the statewide school s…
Just after Monterey County Health Officer Edward Moreno issued a shelter-in-place order shutting down all "non-essential" activities on March …
One thing coronavirus might be good for is Monterey County’s plan to reduce its impact on the climate crisis.
Monterey County Public Health Laboratory staff have been working seven days a week since March 6, the date the lab began conducting its own Co…
Two more people—one male, one female—were confirmed to have Covid-19 by the Monterey County Public Health Laboratory on Sunday, March 29, the …
Everyone needs to eat, and no more so when we’re all staying at home. Know that local farmers are continuing to produce fresh fruits, vegetabl…
With the announcement on March 28 of two new Covid-19 cases for a total of 34, the Monterey County Health Department also provided the first b…
Reports of Covid-19 dominate the airwaves and print media. What more is there to say? What more is there to report?
Confirmed cases of Covid-19 took another jump to 32 cases on Friday, March 27, from 27 the day before. The number of people tested increased f…
Time to confess. Who flushed a bunch of rags—specifically cut-up squares of T-shirt—down the toilet, causing a sewer line to clog in Monterey …
It costs money to protect citizens in a pandemic. At the local level, the money in the Monterey County government coffers is paying for servic…
Monterey County schools were ahead of the curve when it came to flattening the curve.
For one day this week, the number of Covid-19 cases in Monterey County held at 24. The respite was brief. Late Thursday, March 27, the number …
The first rents checks since Monterey County's shelter-in-place order took hold are due in a few days, on April 1. Those who have the cash to …
It is the “strange conundrum” of our time, says United Way Monterey County President and CEO Katy Castagna. There are plenty of people who are…
It's been nearly a week since Monterey County's shelter-at-home order took effect, an effort to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, C…
Monterey-Salinas Transit announced on Thursday that they are suspending some routes effective Saturday, March 28.
Where to begin? Congressional inaction and infighting over giving people a few thousand dollars to buy food while they’re out of work? Donald …
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HELTER SHELTER… Squid checked the pantry once, then checked it again. “Do I have enough canned clams? What about arborio rice? OMG, where’s th…
In early March, Nathaniel Sawyer was feeling “rough,” to his word. A week later, it got worse. “I started having headaches, a high fever and I…
To slow the spread of Covid-19, each of us has had to adopt strict new behaviors like washing our hands for 20 seconds and constantly dousing …
In the 18 days since coronavirus testing began in Monterey County, the number of confirmed cases has reached 24 as of March 24. One person has…
When the Monterey County Health Department’s Covid-19 shelter-in-place order came down on March 17, the Health Department released an FAQ abou…
California's highest ranking judicial officer ordered new rules for the state's court system that will see all current jury trials suspended a…
The number of people tested remained the same on the Monterey County Public Health Department website—271—but more test results came back on M…
Golf courses in Monterey County had something going for them when the order came down from the county's Health Officer Edward Moreno to shelte…
ALast week, Monterey County school districts began offering meals to any child from infants to 18-year-olds in need during coronavirus-related…
Since the shelter-in-place order began on March 18, Monterey-Salinas Transit has seen a 75 percent drop in ridership, but has started taking t…
State officials are considering sheltering homeless people at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, officially known as the Monterey County Fair an…
There are 14 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county as of a status report issued on by the Monterey County Health Department on Monday, Mar…
The first death due to complications from COVID-19 was reported by the Monterey County Health Department at just before 3:30pm on Saturday, March 21.
The Monterey County Health Department reported two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, March 20, bringing the total number of local c…
In an accelerated attempt to tamp down the spread of COVID-19, shelter-in-place orders are landing at local and state levels—and possibly at t…
A fifth case was announced in Monterey County on Friday, March 20. Like the two new cases announced on Thursday, the patient came through Sali…
Asilomar Hotel & Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove is already the site of a quarantine of 19 or more former passengers of the Grand Prin…
For many people it's become a new daily ritual: Check the news, check the data, stay up to date on what's happening with the coronavirus pande…
There are now four cases of COVID-19 in Monterey County as of Thursday, March 19. Two new cases at Salinas Valley Memorial hospital were repor…
Pet owners tend to care about their fur babies' health just as much as their own. So it's good news that veterinarian clinics and shelters in …
The report is clear as to who can see it; “FOUO” or “For Official Use Only” is the top line on the first page…
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Let’s say you plan on staying in for a spell. This week’s A&E Calendar is re-engineered for just such a time, with all kinds of art and cu…
We interrupt your regularly scheduled horoscopes to offer insights about the virus-driven turning point that the whole world is now experienci…
Monterey County Behavioral Health released a flyer titled “Helpful tips on managing mental health during the coronavirus outbreak.”…
On March 17, I jokingly said that reporting on local government action – or lack of action – as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic was a lot …
The need to keep our minds sound links with keeping physically healthy. The more anxious and upset we are the more we compromise our immune systems and open ourselves up to illness…
The decennial census is one of the largest bureaucratic undertakings the federal government does: counting every resident – regardless of citi…
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MY MY MY MY CORONA… Squid’s tentacles are raw from all the washing Squid’s been doing. Scrub the fronts, scrub the backs, scrub in between, al…
WHO’S IN TOWN?With so many events put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Weekly looks back to this week in 1988. In town March 20-22 wa…
Developments with the COVID-19 virus are moving fast, and arts and performance organizations are having to be agile just to keep up.
Should you or a family member become ill over the next few weeks, if it’s a mild to moderate illness, you should be prepared to treat it at home…
Follow-up: What’s your favorite movie, book, music, etc. to boost your mood?
Here’s a bit of good news while you sort out your life under the county’s new coronavirus quarantine orders: cannabis dispensaries can remain open.
Due to mounting economic concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic, the Monterey Peninsula Housing Coalition urges immediate action to ensur…
No region in the country has enough hospital beds to treat seriously ill COVID-19 patients if there’s a surge in cases as happened abroad, but…
We are all watching life and commerce and activity as we know it slow down, and in many cases screech to a halt, as part of a worldwide effort…
Monterey County has issued an order that all residents stay home unless they must leave for essential personal or societal functions starting …
Shelter in Place: Monterey County orders residents to stay home as two COVID-19 cases are confirmed.
Nearly everyone in Monterey County is being ordered to stay home starting at midnight tonight.
Just before 1pm on Tuesday, a young man sat on the curb near Rise + Roam in Carmel, staring glumly at his phone. Todd Fisher, the executive ch…
There are two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Monterey County, Public Health Officer Edward Moreno announced at 2:30pm on Tuesday, March 17. Th…
Renters in unincorporated Monterey County on the brink of eviction because they don't have cash to pay the rent have a little breathing room f…
Ninety-six. That’s the total number of people tested for COVID-16 since Jan. 21 in Monterey County—population 437,700—according to an announce…
One way restaurants are responding to the coronavirus situation is by introducing curbside pick up or using a delivery service in order to kee…
This year was already a busy one for the Food Bank for Monterey County—distribution was up by 25 percent in February, Executive Director Melis…
All 12 cities in Monterey County, and the county itself, have now issued emergency declarations in response to the global coronavirus pandemic.
Reid Norris, executive director of Everyone's Harvest, knowns things can change given the COVID-19 pandemic that has seen Gov. Gavin Newsom ur…
With many students relying on their schools for meals, education officials in Monterey County are planning to offer food pick up during corona…
For now, Monterey County Superior Courts remain open for business, even as uncertainties hang in the air when it comes to COVID-19 and the ong…
Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday, March 15, requested that bars, pubs and wine tasting rooms across the state shut down temporarily as the stat…
On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced passengers from the Grand Princess Cruise ship potentially exposed to COVID-19 were he…
The number of passengers from the Grand Princess Cruise ship quarantined at Asilomar Hotel & Conference Grounds grew to 19 as of Friday, M…
Monterey County’s number-one tourist attraction, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, is temporarily shutting down through at least March 27, due to COV…
Schools and higher educations institutions in Monterey County are responding to the coronavirus crisis with some closing and others still eval…
Less than an hour before President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic, the Carmel City Council voted 4-0 on…
By now you've probably heard the phrase "flatten the curve": it's a reference to the graph showing that we can't stop, but we can slow, the CO…
With uncertainty the only certainty about coronavirus and upcoming events, Pebble Beach Company decided to cancel the popular Pebble Beach Foo…
A few weeks ago, as supplies of hand sanitizer ran dry in stores and online, third-party resellers took to Amazon and other online stores with…
The Asilomar Hotel & Conference Grounds has suspended all commercial operations just two days after the Governor's Office of Emergency Ser…
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As the effects of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 ripple worldwide, it is not only hospitals, cruise lines and the stock market that are affect…
This coronavirus thing is spreading (by the way, it’s technically called COVID-19, or coronavirus disease 2019), so public events are shutting…
The COVID-19 test kits – in plastic bags marked with a big red square and “BIOHAZARD” on the front – arrived at the Monterey County Public Hea…
With zero confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Monterey County as of March 11, the advice of health professionals remains to wash your hands, avoid …
The afternoon of Wednesday, March 11 felt like any afternoon at Asilomar Conference Grounds: A couple of women walked their dogs on the boardw…
Four passengers from the Grand Princess Cruise ship that was initially not allowed to dock in San Francisco due to COVID-19 infections are exp…
Monterey County County Administrative Officer Charles McKee issued a proclamation of local emergency due to the COVID-19 coronavirus on Friday…
Here’s the good news for Monterey County residents concerned about coronavirus, or COVID-19: The region is still considered at low risk, accor…
That people locally are worried about the coronavirus, or COVID-19, is evident by seeing empty store shelves once lined with bottles of hand s…
Donald Trump lies, all the time, about everything. Right-wing media and congressional Republicans back him up on these lies. A lot of his supp…
UPDATED (Feb. 18): For a brief moment, Monterey County officials were preparing to play a role in the developing coronavirus story. That momen…
A 57-year-old San Benito County man who recently traveled to Wuhan, China came home with the 2019-Novel Coronavirus and transmitted it to his …
There’s been a run on 3M performance respirators in the paint tool aisle at the Seaside Home Depot, in part by people from China, either livin…
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