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County seeks input on environmental health risks in unincorporated areas for a first-ever policy.
Opinion

County seeks input on environmental health risks in unincorporated areas for a first-ever policy.

  • Katie Rodriguez
  • Apr 7, 2026

Katie Rodriguez here, thinking about how difficult it can be to translate policy language into what it actually means in terms of community impact.

With changing health guidelines, how do you know who to trust?
Local Spin | Opinion

With changing health guidelines, how do you know who to trust?

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 22, 2026

The idea that there are health fads that cycle in and out of the medical mainstream, not to mention the popular consciousness, is not new. (Wa…

A dead bat and a rabies freakout are a reminder: Vaccinations save lives.
Opinion

A dead bat and a rabies freakout are a reminder: Vaccinations save lives.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Sep 12, 2025

Sara Rubin here, happy to announce that neither I nor my two cats have rabies. More specifically, as I was informed yesterday by both the Mont…

A bat found in Del Rey Oaks tests positive for rabies.
News

A bat found in Del Rey Oaks tests positive for rabies.

  • Pam Marino
  • May 2, 2025

A Mexican free-tailed bat found on Monday, April 28 near Carlton Drive in Del Rey Oaks tested positive for rabies, the County of Monterey Publ…

Letters to the Editor 05.01.25
Letters | Opinion

Letters to the Editor 05.01.25

  • May 1, 2025

Vote with your Wallet

On this Cesar Chavez Day, try out a new tool advancing pesticide transparency.
Opinion

On this Cesar Chavez Day, try out a new tool advancing pesticide transparency.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Mar 31, 2025

Sara Rubin here, thinking about the uphill battle that Cesar Chavez and other farmworker rights advocates faced a couple of generations ago. T…

State scientists report that soil and water contamination from the Vistra fire pose no serious health risk.
News

State scientists report that soil and water contamination from the Vistra fire pose no serious health risk.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 7, 2025

Within hours of a fire igniting on Jan. 16 at a Vistra’s battery plant in Moss Landing, some residents who live nearby or were downwind from t…

Toolbox 03.06.25
News

Toolbox 03.06.25

  • Mar 6, 2025

BUDGETING BUDS

How much pesticide exposure in the air is acceptable?
Local Spin | Opinion

How much pesticide exposure in the air is acceptable?

  • Sara Rubin
  • Oct 17, 2024

There is a peaceful beauty to the thousands of acres of agricultural fields that define the Pajaro and Salinas valleys. And hundreds of thousa…

No-cost flu clinics are being offered around Monterey County in October.
News

No-cost flu clinics are being offered around Monterey County in October.

  • Pam Marino
  • Oct 3, 2024

Flu season is here once again, which means everyone six months old and up is eligible for a flu shot.

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