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A freeze warning is forecast for early hours of Wednesday, Feb. 15.
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A freeze warning is forecast for early hours of Wednesday, Feb. 15.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 14, 2023

Valentine's night is going to be chilly, with gusty winds early in the evening making way for temperatures below freezing inland and in the mo…

Covid boosters are urged by health officials as the omicron variant looms.
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Covid boosters are urged by health officials as the omicron variant looms.

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 17, 2021

Just 28 percent of eligible Monterey County residents have received a Covid-19 booster shot so far, according to the Health Department. More p…

Statewide indoor mask order going into effect Dec. 15 through Jan. 15 due to rising Covid cases.
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Statewide indoor mask order going into effect Dec. 15 through Jan. 15 due to rising Covid cases.

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 13, 2021

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…

The county's indoor mask mandate is triggered: masks will be required starting Nov. 5.
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The county's indoor mask mandate is triggered: masks will be required starting Nov. 5.

  • Pam Marino
  • Nov 1, 2021

Masks will officially be required indoors in public spaces throughout the entire county beginning this Friday, Nov. 5, Monterey County officia…

Monterey County mask ordinance now in place but masks still not mandatory.
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Monterey County mask ordinance now in place but masks still not mandatory.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 29, 2021

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.…

Monterey County mask mandate ordinance fails during emotional board meeting.
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Monterey County mask mandate ordinance fails during emotional board meeting.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 8, 2021

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…

One Monterey County zip code is reporting 100 percent vaccination.
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One Monterey County zip code is reporting 100 percent vaccination.

  • Tajha Chappellet-Lanier
  • Jul 27, 2021

Immunologists say vaccines are the way out of the pandemic and one Monterey County zip code is already there. 

More infectious delta variant is pushing Monterey County Covid cases upward.
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More infectious delta variant is pushing Monterey County Covid cases upward.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jul 22, 2021

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…

Monterey County joins other California counties in recommending masks indoors, even if vaccinated against Covid-19.
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Monterey County joins other California counties in recommending masks indoors, even if vaccinated against Covid-19.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jul 19, 2021

Don't dump those masks just yet. The Monterey County Health Department announced today that Health Officer Edward Moreno is joining the health…

Delta variant now detected in Monterey County; officials urge continued vigilance against Covid.
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Delta variant now detected in Monterey County; officials urge continued vigilance against Covid.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jul 1, 2021

Monterey County officials are now confirming that the Delta variant of Covid-19 is now here. Three residents have been confirmed to have contr…

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