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 later stories (May 27-Sept. 28, 2020), click here. For stories from Sept. 29, 2020-April 23, 2021 click here.
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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After being laid off due to Covid, a Seaside resident started a soap company, and business is brisk.
In December of 2020, desperate to generate some income, Forbes started making soaps in his garage…
Sara Rubin here, writing from behind my favorite mask. (By this time in the pandemic, don’t we all have one? Mine features a Squid-patterned f…
The time many parents have been anxiously awaiting for throughout the pandemic is here: Covid-19 vaccines are now available for the approximat…
Covid-19 has made many weary after dragging on for more than a year and a half, and that was nowhere more true on Tuesday night during the Car…
Out of about 2,700 Monterey County employees, 92 percent are vaccinated against Covid-19, with less than 20 facing termination for refusing to…
Masks will officially be required indoors in public spaces throughout the entire county beginning this Friday, Nov. 5, Monterey County officia…
Here's your friendly reminder in case you were planning a visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium anytime soon: Beginning Monday, Nov. 1, everyone …
Today is the day that Monterey County's mask ordinance goes into effect but that does not mean masks are mandatory inside businesses just yet.…
Before Covid-19, Riane Eisler’s world was big, really big. Best known for her 1987 book The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future, th…
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office got a handle on Covid-19 in the jail it oversees in the summer of 2020 by stopping visitation and requiri…
Pam Marino here, trying to remember back a million years ago when we were anxiously waiting for Covid-19 vaccines to be available. At least th…
Help wanted signs are ubiquitous these days in a number of industries, and schools are no different. Since July, Monterey County has had 135 t…
When I first spoke to Luna Mohammad in June of 2020, we were still in the relatively early days of shelter-in-place, full-on disaster mode. At…
As of 12:01am on Friday, Oct. 1, a small cadre of Montage Health employees were officially on the outs with their employer after defiantly ref…
There were no more reprieves in Sacramento for California’s Covid-19 eviction moratorium earlier this month, after legislators extended it twi…
Last year was the flu season that wasn’t. After initial worries last fall that flu and Covid-19 would converge and overwhelm hospitals, the U.…
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THE SCENE IS DOWNRIGHT BOISTEROUS among the audience gathered at the outdoor Forest Theater in Carmel to watch Pacific Repertory Theatre’s ren…
The county’s three public institutions of higher learning have received more than $26 million in Covid-19 pandemic relief funds between Septem…
Sara Rubin here, wishing that we were way past the need to keep reinventing the public health messaging about Covid-19. But here we are, a yea…
Thirty Monterey County Jail inmates had tested positive for Covid-19 as of Monday, Sept. 13. As of late Thursday, four days later, that number…
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors majority that tried and failed to get a mask mandate urgency ordinance passed with a four-fifths vote…
At least 51 people recently tested positive for Covid-19 at the Monterey County Jail, including inmates, staff members and contract workers, t…
“I’ve been gigging again,” says Sej Miles, an award-winning singer-songwriter, who supported herself as a full-time musician from 2015 to 2019…
They didn't succeed at first with a mask mandate on Sept. 8, but a three-member majority of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors is willin…
The city of Salinas will begin a mandatory mask requirement for visitors and staff starting Monday, Sept. 13, in all indoor facilities.
For Elisa Moylan, chief nursing officer for Mee Memorial Hospital in King City, scheduling nurses is a precarious balancing act. The hospital …
Two Covid cases reported on the first day of school, quarantining an entire classroom or canceling sports games are some of the stories school…
Heading into today's Monterey County Board of Supervisors meeting it seemed as if a mask mandate urgency ordinance was going to pass. Last wee…
Orlando Elizondo has spent a lot of time thinking about how health care is delivered – not in doctor’s offices or emergency rooms, but in the …
Last Friday night was a lovely evening. I attended my first concert at the Henry Miller Memorial Library—my first live show in the area since …
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues disrupting life across the globe, bottlenecks in key supply chains are trickling down to the consumer in su…
Pam Marino here, having realized over the weekend that wearing a mask out in public is almost as natural as breathing to me at this point. I d…
Tajha Chappellet-Lanier here, staring at some tickets to a real, live, in-person concert on Saturday—the Cali Roots Welcome Back Concert. If I…
Four weeks ago, the five members of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors were feeling pressed: The Covid-19 delta variant was spreading, c…
Thousands of students in Monterey County have gone back to school over the past week. They woke up early, got dressed, grabbed their backpacks…
With the Covid-19 pandemic surging upward due to the delta variant spreading quickly throughout the country, more vaccination mandates are bei…
David Schmalz here, thinking about crowds, Covid-19 and wondering if we’ll ever be able to put this pandemic behind us, especially now that th…
It seems like not long ago that it was a competitive sport to get vaccinated against Covid-19, with long lines and people standing by in hopes…
Tracy Delaney Odle, owner of Augustina’s Designer Boutique, has been working at her family business in Carmel since 1987, but nothing prepared…
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MAYBE THE TITLE OF THE REPORT ALONE IS ENOUGH OF A MIC DROP.
As the Covid-19 delta variant spreads through the unvaccinated population, the steady drumbeat of businesses and government agencies requiring…
Sara Rubin here, feeling beyond enraged. I’m enraged that we’re still in a pandemic that we could have and should have stopped before it becam…
All Monterey County employees will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or show proof of an exemption and submit to regular testing, …
Pam Marino here, thinking about the “s” word uttered today during a Monterey County press briefing call. As in, we are now in a new Covid-19 s…
Immunologists say vaccines are the way out of the pandemic and one Monterey County zip code is already there.
There is a bustling tropical break from the gloomy summer. The oasis we are talking about is Hula’s Island Grill, with 23 years in the game. T…
Everyone wants to be done with the devastating medical, social and economic consequences of this pandemic. Unfortunately, there is little reas…
The delta variant of Covid-19 now makes up approximately 40-50 percent of cases in the state and its infectious nature is helping push the num…
The year of Covid was a challenge for everyone, including the agriculture industry. Growers and ranchers faced issues beyond the normal challe…
Monterey County has reached a 70-percent Covid-19 vaccination rate among residents age 12 and up, a threshold that many experts agree is neces…
Pam Marino here, thinking about how checking into Greater Victory Temple in Seaside reminded me of checking into my dentist during the pandemic.
Tajha Chappellet-Lanier here, thinking about heroes. When we say the word “hero” we often think of people in extraordinary circumstances, doin…
“I encourage them to get vaccinated because there are many who don’t want to get vaccinated…”
“Overall, I like everything about it. It’s getting people from point A to point B… But at the same time, it’s a lot of responsibility."
“It was an out-of-body type of experience. I just couldn’t believe it was happening"…
“Let’s just say I’m lucky to be here…”
Monterey County officials are now confirming that the Delta variant of Covid-19 is now here. Three residents have been confirmed to have contr…
On Sept. 16, 2016, Kareem King was shot to death, a killing prosecutors maintain was driven by revenge and carried out by brothers Jerry and L…
For 17 years, Karla Navarro worked at Fishwife restaurant in Seaside. It was her first and only real job. She was laid off at the outset of th…
Only one person is currently hospitalized for Covid-19 in all of Monterey County as of today, down from a high of 217 patients on Jan. 15. Tha…
It might be peak summer, but on California's broader reopening, school officials are thinking about back-to-school, in this unprecedented time…
The pandemic has given us an opportunity to see many things in a new light and appreciate what was often overlooked. Child care is one of thos…
Tajha Chappellet-Lanier here, feeling more tired than I expected on California’s big reopening day. Today, June 15, the state did away with th…
No musical genre depends more upon a more changing live environment than jazz, given its moment-to-moment improvisation, between both players …
If you haven't received a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine yet, now is the time to do it for a chance to win cash with odds better than winning the …
A Yellow Tier designation officially beginning for Monterey County today in some ways translates into a green light for the Monterey Bay Aquar…
Bars will be able to bring some customers inside and large restaurants and gyms are going to be a little more full inside starting tomorrow, J…
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“Events are a real physical business – it’s like not having gone to the gym for the past year and a half.”…
“I build my community and my friendships off my work community. I’ve been missing that for over a year and I’m ready to socialize and make friends”…
“There is a tipping point when there is no one left for the virus to infect and it will go away, that’s what we’re aiming for”…
“The vaccine doesn’t make the pandemic go away. For some people, they’re still afraid of spreading Covid to their loved ones if they’re not fully vaccinated”…
“In some ways it becomes isolating, but in other ways people found new and different ways to connect with each other.”…
Pam Marino here, marveling at what a difference 290 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the U.S. makes. Of those, 37.7 million vaccines were…
After coming within shouting distance of Yellow Tier earlier this month, only to have cases tick upward and leaving Monterey County in the mor…
Seaside Fire Chief Mary Gutierrez is keeping a close watch – not only for fires, but for another threat to public safety, the city’s Covid-19 …
The scourge of Covid-19 hit the agricultural area of South County especially hard, making up nearly half of the more than 43,000 cases in Mont…
Graduating CSU Monterey Bay seniors Jasmine Bhardwaj and Rebecca Harbison and their classmates weren’t going to give up on reaching the finish…
Tajha Chappellet-Lanier here, thinking about masks. It seems to me that just as we were getting used to some of the novel social dynamics of m…
Where are we now? This time last year, even then-President Donald Trump knew the virus was a “plague” that “rips you apart.” Many of us tried …
Pam Marino here, with a tale that some current Pacific Grove middle and high school students will tell their grandchildren decades from now wh…
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How things have changed since health care workers were first vaccinated against Covid-19 in Monterey County in December. For awhile vaccines w…
The U.S. reached another milestone in the fight against Covid-19 today. Children between the ages of 12-15 are officially eligible to be vacci…
The economy is opening up and for some fully vaccinated people life has returned to something close to normal, but California's tiering system…
Just a few weeks after Monterey County’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program started accepting applications from people who have struggled to …
Montage Health announced today that it has administered 50,000 Covid-19 vaccines at its clinics. It was Armando Vidal of Marina, above left, w…
As the U.S. appears to be reaching the limit on adults and older teens who want a Covid-19 vaccine, officials are seeking ways to encourage th…
When Monterey County Sheriff Steve Bernal went before the Board of Supervisors on April 20 to plead his case for a $12.3 million budget enhanc…
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WHEN SHELTER-IN-PLACE BEGAN IN MARCH 2020, PATIENTS AT THE BIG SUR HEALTH CENTER STARTED CANCELING THEIR APPOINTMENTS. This didn’t seem like a…
If you've been wanting the Covid-19 vaccine but found making an online appointment as a major hurdle, now is your chance. Montage Health will …
A mass Covid-19 vaccination clinic has been scheduled for 8am-5pm Friday, April 23, inside the main gym at Hartnell College in Salinas. Nativi…
A little over a year ago, when we were first ordered to shelter in place to stop the spread of Covid-19, Monterey County's second-largest indu…
The B.1.1.7 Covid-19 variant, considered more infectious and potentially deadlier than the original virus, has been confirmed in Monterey Coun…
As we head into the first full week of eligibility for all residents age 16 and above, there are still Covid-19 vaccine appointments available…
Mary Duan here, with news from the courts. On April 9, a Los Angeles-based attorney named Brian Kabateck filed a lawsuit in Monterey County Su…
On Saint Valentine’s Day, on their 25th wedding anniversary, Luis Pérez Vázquez and Elvira De la Rosa Gonzalez didn’t celebrate with a large g…
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Juana Hernandez, 67, and her husband, Ciro, 69, sit in their truck waiting to receive their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Medical personnel …
Monterey County entered the Orange Tier on April 7, allowing more flexibility for indoor activities. However, the doors to the public library …
Covid-19 vaccinations are rising and testing numbers in Monterey County have fallen dramatically, almost in sync. That trend hasn’t deterred S…
We reached another milestone in the Covid-19 pandemic today with vaccine eligibility opening up to everyone age 16 and up. Despite the larger …
Of the $1.9 trillion coming to the American people from the American Rescue Plan passed by Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden…
Sara Rubin here, writing with a pleasantly sore upper arm. Although technically I do not become eligible for a Covid-19 vaccination in Montere…
The weekend's Covid-19 mass vaccination clinic by Natividad Medical Center at Everett Alvarez High School in Salinas successfully administered…
A few universal truths have held evident for the high school seniors participating in online learning across the country. We won’t recognize f…
Hundreds of people did not show up for their appointments on Saturday for a mass Covid-19 vaccine clinic hosted by Natividad Medical Center at…
Eva Suarez sits in the passenger seat of her coworker’s car waiting to receive her first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at a pop-up clinic in Spre…
Monterey County businesses and activities currently operating under Red Tier guidelines will officially open up more under the less restrictiv…
For weeks it's felt like an impossible treasure hunt to find a Covid-19 vaccine appointment in Monterey County, but now, with a an influx of v…
Norma Estevez is a child care provider in Salinas who was eager to get the Covid-19 vaccine. But when she became eligible on Feb. 17, it was a…
These North Salinas High School students are selling cookie dough to raise money for Covid relief.
Mariza Martinez, a farmworker and mother of five, was already busy. Now she is up to a new challenge: being a community health worker for Buil…
The warm weather over the last weekend of March was reminiscent of summertime, as were the large crowds gathering at beaches and restaurant pa…
Right after Monterey County moved out of the Purple Tier and into the less restrictive Red Tier, the state posted Covid-19 case numbers on Mar…
As Covid-19 vaccines began trickling down to hospitals and clinics early on, the VA was vaccinating its patients, but only those veterans who …
After 13 months of the famous Jelly Cam in the virtual world during the Covid-19 pandemic, it's almost time to see the jellies in real life. T…
The good, the bad and the ugly of government transparency during a pandemic.
Formal and informal child care providers can now register to receive Covid-19 vaccinations in Monterey County, says Francine Rodd, executive d…
For all the controversy at the state level over the Gov. Gavin Newsom's deal with Blue Shield to be the third-party administrator delivering C…
Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to put insurance company Blue Shield in charge of Covid-19 statewide vaccination distribution was met with harsh crit…
Monterey County's new status in the Red Tier for California's Blueprint for Safer Economy means gyms can open up indoors to 10-percent capacit…
Remember going out to the movies? That hasn't been a thing since March of 2020, but some theaters in Monterey County are reopening their doors…
How state distribution channels impacted vaccine availability in Monterey County.
Going to your usual spot to grab a drink or a meal has been a challenge in the past year, with rules that changed then changed again – first i…
Bryan Ibarra, 24, left, who has been living at Victory Mission in Salinas for the past two months, receives a dose of the Johnson & Johnso…
On March 11, President Joe Biden Signed the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package, including $1,400 stimulus check…
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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 Edw…
Dr. Edward Moreno was appointed as Monterey County’s health officer in 2013, inheriting a long list of responsibilities. Those include oversee…
All funerals begin with a death. Despite the varying practices of many religions and cultures surrounding death, many are social interactions.…
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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 …
The county's first Covid-19 vaccination clinics for unhoused people were held on Tuesday, March 16, with vaccines supplied by the Monterey Fir…
Tajha Chappellet-Lanier here, contemplating my new daily ritual. I could call it “One Year Ago Today,” although that’s not a particularly crea…
Monterey County is finally breaking out of the Purple Tier and headed into Red Tier territory as of March 17, exactly one year after the count…
A Monterey County Superior Court judge ordered the electrical service to Aloha Coffee & Cafe be cut until owner Richard Dunnuck reapplies …
The Salinas businessman and property owner who allowed one of his tenants to hold a livestream concert of a popular Mexican band has been char…
For months, state health officials have updated the California Blueprint for a Safer Economy every Tuesday, reflecting the latest county-by-co…
The plot of Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf is easy to follow: There is a dangerous wolf in the woods. The wolf swallows a duck alive. C…
FREE SPEECHIt’s a “clear infringement” on freedom of the press. So states an editorial in the Des Moines Register, about the arrest and prosec…
When schools shut down in Monterey County a year ago, it happened suddenly, before any cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the county.
Monterey County is still in the Purple Tier, but inching closer to the Red Tier.
The city of Soledad celebrates its centennial today, Tuesday, March 9 with some creative Covid-safe festivities. There’s a cake contest at 2pm…
The idea last year was two-fold: The government would pay restaurants, serving as a bit of an economic stimulus for an industry in need, to co…
Former congressman, CIA director and White House chief of staff Leon Panetta has a lot of friends in high places to draw from in putting toget…
Playgrounds and courts were restricted areas in the city of Salinas but since the case rate in Monterey County has dropped to 10.1 cases per 1…
At least 20,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine have been administered by Montage Health on the Monterey Peninsula as of Friday, March 5, accord…
In the Before Times, Angelina’s Bakery was a morning destination, offering coffee alongside an impressive pastry case, plus some modest breakf…
On a windy and sunny Wednesday afternoon, several families were at Natividad Creek park in Salinas. Some kids were playing soccer in a cohort;…
Thanks to social media, we’ve all seen the pictures: Parties at private homes that spill into the neighborhood, large gatherings at local park…
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We asked readers to share their pet stories, and photos, with the Weekly. Read on to meet some of the furry friends living among us…
Lo que no sabíamos hace un año y lo que sabemos ahora.
Mary Duan here, with remembrances and requests.
Black and Latino populations should be prioritized for the Covid-19 vaccine. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Black American…
How to cope with hitting the pandemic wall, again.
Francisco Luevano keeps his gaze focused downward at the chess boards of his five competitors, who are seated in an L formation. He’s playing …
Covid-19 has taken a toll on everyone, but some are experiencing it harder than others.
For John Wineglass, his first piece as the first-ever composer-in-residence of the Monterey Symphony had to be about another first – living th…
At the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad last July 20, a group of agents from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitat…
Keeping up with California's rules for reopening schools can feel like it requires an advanced class in and of itself. New metrics and guideli…
The rumor started flying locally the morning of Monday, Feb. 22, that Gov. Gavin Newsom was about to announce more Covid-19 vaccines for Monte…
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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 …
Dealing with harsh conditions that included smoke-choked skies from last year’s wildfires and the constant fear of getting Covid-19 was how Ma…
Paradoxically, locked-down pandemic life can open up different possibilities.
The “cautious” part of “cautiously optimistic.”
The Monterey County Health Department announced yesterday that up to 70 percent of the Covid-19 virus circulating in the county is the L452R v…
American flags, each representing one of the 313 people in Monterey County who have died from Covid-19, decorated the lawn at Lovers Point Par…
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MY FATHER IS AWAKE BEFORE THE SUN RISES. MY MOTHER, UP BEFORE BOTH OF THEM, LABORS AT THE STOVE. Breakfast is a plate of chilaquiles, a cup of…
A cautiously optimistic view of the Covid-19 vaccination situation.
This memorial installation at Lovers Point in P.G., sponsored by the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce and The Paul Mortuary, honors the lives…
As of Feb. 16, the adjusted Covid-19 case rate in Monterey County has fallen below 25 per 100,000 people. This means K-6 schools and transitio…
It's a bright, sunshiny day in Monterey County today with an afternoon temperature of around 60 degrees, but almost everywhere else outside of…
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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 …
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With words like “social distancing,” “isolation” and “quarantine” becoming a regular part of everyone’s vocabulary, it may be natural to assum…
A guy in my office is fond of saying that perfection is the enemy of the good. While nobody was expecting perfection from the expansion of vac…
IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT LET’S SAY IT ANYWAY: THE AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AM WILL LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. With Covid-19 restrictio…
Tajha Chappellet-Lanier here, thinking about how our differences show up in what we choose to prioritize. During this afternoon’s Monterey Cou…
Tajha Chappellet-Lanier here, thinking about the people we turn to when we need support with our health. For residents of the wild, winding co…
There are 67,000 veterans enrolled in the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. The highest concentration of senior veterans in the system live her…
The Papillon Center for Loss and Transformation has, since its launch in 2013, used butterflies as a metaphor for helping people face the loss…
After an intense surge of Covid-19 cases after the holidays, Monterey County's numbers are falling and hospitals are seeing a decrease in pati…
On Feb. 1, just a few hours before a jury in Dept. 5 of Monterey County Superior Court was to hear final arguments and begin deliberations on …
The negative reaction to news on Tuesday that two of the cities in Monterey County least impacted by Covid-19—Monterey and Carmel—were getting…
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AT THE SHINY, NEW MONTEREY CONFERENCE CENTER, THE STEINBECK BALLROOM TRANSFORMED INTO A JAZZ CLUB. Complete with moodily lit stages, young mus…
When you use the word “equitable” people expect things to be, well, equal.
A troubled attorney who resigned from practicing law while facing multiple disciplinary proceedings. A suspect in a notorious 2016 Salinas mur…
OUTDOOR DINING, IN WINTER… The state of California lifted its Covid-19 regional lockdowns on Jan. 25, which means outdoor dining is allowed ag…
Local school districts have been ready to re-open schools for in-person learning, but Covid-19 case rates in Monterey County keep pushing the …
You know that feeling you get when you find a stray $20 bill in your coat pocket? Imagine finding $20 million. That’s what happened to Montere…
The supply of Covid-19 vaccines coming into Monterey County is still limited but Montage Health isn't waiting to launch two vaccination clinic…
Health has been on all our minds a lot in the past year.
Tired after working an eight-hour shift in the fields under hot sun or cold rain is how many farmworkers feel when they get to the United Farm…
Any tenant behind on the rent due to the pandemic who's been worried about getting evicted after Jan. 31 now has five more months to remain in…
It's still a work in progress, but the Monterey County Health Department has launched a Covid-19 vaccination registration site, currently only…
The biennial homeless census is a massive undertaking. For a single day, usually around February, the census enlists approximately 200 volunte…
“We’ve got this big crisis and you’re telling me to open up a window? Yes, I’m telling you to open up the window…”
The deadliest jobs in this past pandemic-driven year were not to be found in health care or first responders. They were to be found among rest…
Mikaela Arista, a three-sport athlete from Alisal High School, is bummed she hasn’t been able to compete this year. But when she’s not in Zoom…
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“The next three to six months will be key in determining how many gyms can survive and how many people will want to go back.…"
FREE SPEECHCall it The Purge, social media-style. In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the social media platform T…
‘I’m not saying our products prevent the flu, but what I can say is this is what the research says.…’”
There are now about 10 or so tests on the market with authorization by the Food and Drug Administration that are either PCR or antigen, all requiring a prescription…
It's the word many of Monterey County's residents over age 75 and their families have been waiting to hear for weeks: As of today, Jan. 25, th…
Debbie Aguilar devoted much of her life to advocating for those who had died and the family members who outlive them. After losing her own son…
And just like that, the California Department of Public Health ended the Covid-19 regional stay-at-home order today, Jan. 25, with almost no n…
There is an apt analogy for the current situation that is the Covid-19 vaccine rollout: We’re building the plane as we fly it.
The arc of history is long and it binds us to each other.
You’ve seen them: the man perched on the hood of his car in Carmel, eating a burger. The couple (and a seagull, naturally) sitting on a bus st…
Third party food delivery services like DoorDash and Uber Eats have grown in popularity during the pandemic among people who are doing exactly…
Here’s a selected list of questions and answers…
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Vaccine supply is low. The rollout has been marked by disconnects, missteps and miscommunications…
The city of Seaside is deciding how to use a second round of federal coronavirus relief funds. The roughly $340,000 grant adds to the previous…
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, has been identified in Monterey County and other counties using genetic sequenci…
Along Highway 1 in Big Sur, the Point Sur Lighthouse is among the most iconic features. Here, the coastline abruptly changes from high, windin…
Vaccine town hall attendance shows how many people are clamoring to be vaccinated.
FIELD FRESH… With Covid lockdowns still in full effect, many people are turning to grocery pickup and delivery services. One local option incl…
In spring of 2020, the wave of cancellations for events large and small kept coming as it became clear the pandemic was not a few-weeks or eve…
Aloha Coffee & Cafe owner Richard Dunnuck tried to claim that his status as a "living, breathing, natural-born citizen of this land" meant…
FREE SPEECHIt came from the mouth of someone who should have known better. On Jan. 7, veteran Fresno-area radio host Ray Appleton opined that …
Like a SARS-CoV-2 virus spreading from person to person, an email invite from Monterey County officials for the vaccine against the disease it…
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Remember back to the early days of the pandemic, before the scale of the public health crisis – and the ensuing economic crisis – was made cle…
Any hope for some businesses to reopen and outdoor dining to return on Monday must be put on hold yet again. The California Department of Publ…
2020 was an unusual year in the California Legislature, too. The Covid-19 pandemic sent lawmakers home (and onto video conferencing software) …
Sweden has attracted a lot of hostility due to its refusal to implement draconian lockdowns in response to Covid-19. Since March, articles hav…
FREE SPEECHThat journalism can be a dangerous profession is not a new idea, but reporting in the field during a global pandemic has created a …
At Aloha Coffee & Cafe in Monterey, online reviewers laud it for its coffee ("very flavorful, smooth, and just the right amount of sweet,"…
It started the night of Jan. 1 with an unrelenting headache and morphed into joint pain so bad that sleep was out of the question.
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…
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