As health professionals, government institutions and the public at large confront the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the Weekly has been reporting on various local effects of the virus. From health to event cancellations and economic impact, our coverage, from newest to oldest, is compiled here.
With the announcement on March 28 of two new Covid-19 cases for a total of 34, the Monterey County Health Department also provided the first b…
Reports of Covid-19 dominate the airwaves and print media. What more is there to say? What more is there to report?
Confirmed cases of Covid-19 took another jump to 32 cases on Friday, March 27, from 27 the day before. The number of people tested increased f…
Time to confess. Who flushed a bunch of rags—specifically cut-up squares of T-shirt—down the toilet, causing a sewer line to clog in Monterey …
It costs money to protect citizens in a pandemic. At the local level, the money in the Monterey County government coffers is paying for servic…
Monterey County schools were ahead of the curve when it came to flattening the curve.
For one day this week, the number of Covid-19 cases in Monterey County held at 24. The respite was brief. Late Thursday, March 27, the number …
The first rents checks since Monterey County's shelter-in-place order took hold are due in a few days, on April 1. Those who have the cash to …
It is the “strange conundrum” of our time, says United Way Monterey County President and CEO Katy Castagna. There are plenty of people who are…
It's been nearly a week since Monterey County's shelter-at-home order took effect, an effort to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, C…
Monterey-Salinas Transit announced on Thursday that they are suspending some routes effective Saturday, March 28.
Where to begin? Congressional inaction and infighting over giving people a few thousand dollars to buy food while they’re out of work? Donald …
HELTER SHELTER… Squid checked the pantry once, then checked it again. “Do I have enough canned clams? What about arborio rice? OMG, where’s th…
In early March, Nathaniel Sawyer was feeling “rough,” to his word. A week later, it got worse. “I started having headaches, a high fever and I…
To slow the spread of Covid-19, each of us has had to adopt strict new behaviors like washing our hands for 20 seconds and constantly dousing …
In the 18 days since coronavirus testing began in Monterey County, the number of confirmed cases has reached 24 as of March 24. One person has…
When the Monterey County Health Department’s Covid-19 shelter-in-place order came down on March 17, the Health Department released an FAQ abou…
California's highest ranking judicial officer ordered new rules for the state's court system that will see all current jury trials suspended a…
The number of people tested remained the same on the Monterey County Public Health Department website—271—but more test results came back on M…
Golf courses in Monterey County had something going for them when the order came down from the county's Health Officer Edward Moreno to shelte…
ALast week, Monterey County school districts began offering meals to any child from infants to 18-year-olds in need during coronavirus-related…
Since the shelter-in-place order began on March 18, Monterey-Salinas Transit has seen a 75 percent drop in ridership, but has started taking t…
State officials are considering sheltering homeless people at the Monterey County Fairgrounds, officially known as the Monterey County Fair an…
There are 14 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county as of a status report issued on by the Monterey County Health Department on Monday, Mar…
The first death due to complications from COVID-19 was reported by the Monterey County Health Department at just before 3:30pm on Saturday, March 21.
The Monterey County Health Department reported two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, March 20, bringing the total number of local c…
In an accelerated attempt to tamp down the spread of COVID-19, shelter-in-place orders are landing at local and state levels—and possibly at t…
A fifth case was announced in Monterey County on Friday, March 20. Like the two new cases announced on Thursday, the patient came through Sali…
Asilomar Hotel & Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove is already the site of a quarantine of 19 or more former passengers of the Grand Prin…
For many people it's become a new daily ritual: Check the news, check the data, stay up to date on what's happening with the coronavirus pande…
There are now four cases of COVID-19 in Monterey County as of Thursday, March 19. Two new cases at Salinas Valley Memorial hospital were repor…
Pet owners tend to care about their fur babies' health just as much as their own. So it's good news that veterinarian clinics and shelters in …
The report is clear as to who can see it; “FOUO” or “For Official Use Only” is the top line on the first page…
Let’s say you plan on staying in for a spell. This week’s A&E Calendar is re-engineered for just such a time, with all kinds of art and cu…
We interrupt your regularly scheduled horoscopes to offer insights about the virus-driven turning point that the whole world is now experienci…
Monterey County Behavioral Health released a flyer titled “Helpful tips on managing mental health during the coronavirus outbreak.”…
On March 17, I jokingly said that reporting on local government action – or lack of action – as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic was a lot …
The need to keep our minds sound links with keeping physically healthy. The more anxious and upset we are the more we compromise our immune systems and open ourselves up to illness…
The decennial census is one of the largest bureaucratic undertakings the federal government does: counting every resident – regardless of citi…
MY MY MY MY CORONA… Squid’s tentacles are raw from all the washing Squid’s been doing. Scrub the fronts, scrub the backs, scrub in between, al…
WHO’S IN TOWN?With so many events put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Weekly looks back to this week in 1988. In town March 20-22 wa…
Developments with the COVID-19 virus are moving fast, and arts and performance organizations are having to be agile just to keep up.
Should you or a family member become ill over the next few weeks, if it’s a mild to moderate illness, you should be prepared to treat it at home…
Follow-up: What’s your favorite movie, book, music, etc. to boost your mood?
Here’s a bit of good news while you sort out your life under the county’s new coronavirus quarantine orders: cannabis dispensaries can remain open.
Due to mounting economic concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic, the Monterey Peninsula Housing Coalition urges immediate action to ensur…
No region in the country has enough hospital beds to treat seriously ill COVID-19 patients if there’s a surge in cases as happened abroad, but…
We are all watching life and commerce and activity as we know it slow down, and in many cases screech to a halt, as part of a worldwide effort…
Monterey County has issued an order that all residents stay home unless they must leave for essential personal or societal functions starting …
Shelter in Place: Monterey County orders residents to stay home as two COVID-19 cases are confirmed.
Nearly everyone in Monterey County is being ordered to stay home starting at midnight tonight.
Just before 1pm on Tuesday, a young man sat on the curb near Rise + Roam in Carmel, staring glumly at his phone. Todd Fisher, the executive ch…
There are two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Monterey County, Public Health Officer Edward Moreno announced at 2:30pm on Tuesday, March 17. Th…
Renters in unincorporated Monterey County on the brink of eviction because they don't have cash to pay the rent have a little breathing room f…
Ninety-six. That’s the total number of people tested for COVID-16 since Jan. 21 in Monterey County—population 437,700—according to an announce…
One way restaurants are responding to the coronavirus situation is by introducing curbside pick up or using a delivery service in order to kee…
This year was already a busy one for the Food Bank for Monterey County—distribution was up by 25 percent in February, Executive Director Melis…
All 12 cities in Monterey County, and the county itself, have now issued emergency declarations in response to the global coronavirus pandemic.
Reid Norris, executive director of Everyone's Harvest, knowns things can change given the COVID-19 pandemic that has seen Gov. Gavin Newsom ur…
With many students relying on their schools for meals, education officials in Monterey County are planning to offer food pick up during corona…
For now, Monterey County Superior Courts remain open for business, even as uncertainties hang in the air when it comes to COVID-19 and the ong…
Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday, March 15, requested that bars, pubs and wine tasting rooms across the state shut down temporarily as the stat…
On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced passengers from the Grand Princess Cruise ship potentially exposed to COVID-19 were he…
The number of passengers from the Grand Princess Cruise ship quarantined at Asilomar Hotel & Conference Grounds grew to 19 as of Friday, M…
Monterey County’s number-one tourist attraction, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, is temporarily shutting down through at least March 27, due to COV…
Schools and higher educations institutions in Monterey County are responding to the coronavirus crisis with some closing and others still eval…
Less than an hour before President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic, the Carmel City Council voted 4-0 on…
By now you've probably heard the phrase "flatten the curve": it's a reference to the graph showing that we can't stop, but we can slow, the CO…
With uncertainty the only certainty about coronavirus and upcoming events, Pebble Beach Company decided to cancel the popular Pebble Beach Foo…
A few weeks ago, as supplies of hand sanitizer ran dry in stores and online, third-party resellers took to Amazon and other online stores with…
The Asilomar Hotel & Conference Grounds has suspended all commercial operations just two days after the Governor's Office of Emergency Ser…
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As the effects of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 ripple worldwide, it is not only hospitals, cruise lines and the stock market that are affect…
This coronavirus thing is spreading (by the way, it’s technically called COVID-19, or coronavirus disease 2019), so public events are shutting…
The COVID-19 test kits – in plastic bags marked with a big red square and “BIOHAZARD” on the front – arrived at the Monterey County Public Hea…
With zero confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Monterey County as of March 11, the advice of health professionals remains to wash your hands, avoid …
The afternoon of Wednesday, March 11 felt like any afternoon at Asilomar Conference Grounds: A couple of women walked their dogs on the boardw…
Four passengers from the Grand Princess Cruise ship that was initially not allowed to dock in San Francisco due to COVID-19 infections are exp…
Monterey County County Administrative Officer Charles McKee issued a proclamation of local emergency due to the COVID-19 coronavirus on Friday…
Here’s the good news for Monterey County residents concerned about coronavirus, or COVID-19: The region is still considered at low risk, accor…
That people locally are worried about the coronavirus, or COVID-19, is evident by seeing empty store shelves once lined with bottles of hand s…
Donald Trump lies, all the time, about everything. Right-wing media and congressional Republicans back him up on these lies. A lot of his supp…
UPDATED (Feb. 18): For a brief moment, Monterey County officials were preparing to play a role in the developing coronavirus story. That momen…
A 57-year-old San Benito County man who recently traveled to Wuhan, China came home with the 2019-Novel Coronavirus and transmitted it to his …
There’s been a run on 3M performance respirators in the paint tool aisle at the Seaside Home Depot, in part by people from China, either livin…
