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A dedicated team hits the streets to combat the opioid crisis.
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A dedicated team hits the streets to combat the opioid crisis.

  • Daniel Dreifuss
  • Jun 1, 2025

Daniel Dreifuss here. For this week’s cover story, I wanted to answer the question: What was being done in Monterey County to combat the opioi…

A coalition of doctors and people in recovery are rewriting the way addiction is treated in Monterey County.
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A coalition of doctors and people in recovery are rewriting the way addiction is treated in Monterey County.

  • Daniel Dreifuss
  • May 29, 2025

IT’S ABOUT 10:30AM ON A CHILLY FRIDAY MORNING IN FEBRUARY, and the streets of Chinatown in Salinas are crowded with tents and tarps, although …

Podcasting was this doctor’s ticket to mastering a new skill while helping others.
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Podcasting was this doctor’s ticket to mastering a new skill while helping others.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 27, 2025

“It’s kind of a hobby but it helps me professionally. Someday I’d love to do more”…

Sharing her grief with listeners led Stephanie Wittels Wachs to lead a top podcasting company.
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Sharing her grief with listeners led Stephanie Wittels Wachs to lead a top podcasting company.

  • Pam Marino
  • Feb 27, 2025

“I did not intend to be a media mogul…”

Two more deadly drug overdoses leave families grieving and police seeking justice.
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Two more deadly drug overdoses leave families grieving and police seeking justice.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 30, 2024

It was not the ending that anyone wanted for Forrest Eggleston’s life of 42 years. The local artist and off-road skateboard pioneer who was we…

Over $2.9 million in opioid settlement funds awarded to Monterey County have yet to be used.
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Over $2.9 million in opioid settlement funds awarded to Monterey County have yet to be used.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 16, 2024

Six years ago, the County of Monterey signed on as a lead plaintiff in a landmark class action lawsuit brought by the State of California agai…

Regional paramedics lead the way in using an old drug that offers new hope.
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Regional paramedics lead the way in using an old drug that offers new hope.

  • Pam Marino
  • Mar 30, 2023

In the anxiety over the never-ending war on drugs, one opioid called buprenorphine was caught up in the fervor, severely restricting its avail…

Drug use is up, and that means a crucial treatment program needs a bigger home.
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Drug use is up, and that means a crucial treatment program needs a bigger home.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 26, 2022

Business is too good for nonprofit Valley Health Associates. One of only two narcotic treatment programs in Monterey County, VHA has seen a ma…

A street drug analyzer is now ready for doctors and cops to use at CHOMP.
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A street drug analyzer is now ready for doctors and cops to use at CHOMP.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 8, 2021

For decades it’s been nearly impossible to know which street drugs are a new and growing threat in the community, confounding both law enforce…

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