For Marina resident Tammy Gerry, government welfare assistance has meant new hope and a new start for her family.
If you ask Tammy Gerry what welfare is all about, she'll tell you that first and fremost, it is about second chances--not only for adults struggling to make a new start in life, but for ...
Issues / 1997 / May 01
Proposed medical marijuana clinic may bring the pot war to MoCo.
It's been six months since California voters approved Prop. 215, the so-called medical marijuana initiative legalizing the cultivation, distribution and use of marijuana for people suffering from AIDS, cancer and other illnesses. This issue of ...
Welfare reform doesn't contemplate low-cost child care.
Local child care advocates and public and private agencies are bracing themselves for impact of federal welfare reform on Monterey County's already insufficient child care resources. This at a time when new scientific research confirms ...
Taking It To The Streets
Natividad Medical Center employees and fellow County health workers took to the streets for the second time on Tuesday in protest of what one union official described as "a slap in the face," by their ...
