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Monterey County's Covid-19 case rate has nearly tripled since mid-April.
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Monterey County's Covid-19 case rate has nearly tripled since mid-April.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 3, 2022

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…

Monterey County hits an all-time high for Covid cases thanks to omicron.
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Monterey County hits an all-time high for Covid cases thanks to omicron.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 19, 2022

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…

UPDATED: Covid-19 Vaccine Q&A: Answers to your most pressing questions about the vaccination rollout.
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UPDATED: Covid-19 Vaccine Q&A: Answers to your most pressing questions about the vaccination rollout.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 25, 2021

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.

Purple is not a good color on Monterey County in state's latest Covid-19 reopening guidelines.
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Purple is not a good color on Monterey County in state's latest Covid-19 reopening guidelines.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 31, 2020

After about three months of using a monitoring list for deciding which counties get to reopen during the Covid-19 pandemic and by how much, Ca…

Covid-19 deaths rise to 21 in latest county report; sheriff gives jail update to supervisors.
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Covid-19 deaths rise to 21 in latest county report; sheriff gives jail update to supervisors.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jul 21, 2020

Monterey County passed out of the teens and into the 20s for Covid-19 deaths, with three more in the last two days, the Monterey County Health…

Shopping via curbside pickup and delivery begins as the state slowly reopens the economy.
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Shopping via curbside pickup and delivery begins as the state slowly reopens the economy.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 8, 2020

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…

Valley Fever on the rise in the Salinas Valley and South County.
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Valley Fever on the rise in the Salinas Valley and South County.

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 10, 2016

Monterey County officials are reporting a “concerning” increase in cases of Valley Fever in the Salinas Valley and South County this fall. Som…

Marina man diagnosed with likely case of mosquito-born malaria.
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Marina man diagnosed with likely case of mosquito-born malaria.

  • Mark C. Anderson
  • Nov 19, 2015

Dusk was dropping over Marina Nov. 2 as Ken Morris came home to find his house on fire.

County health workers’ daily grind involves dangerous blood, tainted food and animal brains.
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County health workers’ daily grind involves dangerous blood, tainted food and animal brains.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Apr 9, 2015

A skunk brain, barely the size of a golf ball, sits in a clear container in a refrigerator behind a sliding glass door. A county animal contro…

Sixteen local schools and child care centers are vulnerable to measles spread, officials warn.
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Sixteen local schools and child care centers are vulnerable to measles spread, officials warn.

  • Kera Abraham
  • Jan 29, 2015

Ebola has nothing on measles in terms of contagiousness. Epidemiologists have pinned the “reproduction number,” or average number of people a …

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