Coronavirus Archives

Investigation into vaccine administration allegations against San Benito Health Foundation concludes

March 8, 2021 2:27 PM Avery Johnson, Stephanie Aceves

The San Benito Health Foundation in San Benito County has been under…

Santa Clara County won’t join Blue Shield vaccine plan

March 9, 2021 10:17 AM The Associated Press, Avery Johnson

Santa Clara County will not participate in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to have Blue Shield control…

Mass vaccination clinic seeks to vaccinate farmworkers

March 6, 2021 11:19 AM Stephanie Aceves

A mass vaccination clinic seeking to vaccinate farmworkers is being held at the Salinas Rodeo…

Greenfield Union School District Staff receives the first round of vaccination

March 8, 2021 11:57 AM Jonathan Sarabia

Greenfield Union School District Staff will be receiving their first dose of the COVID-19…

CDC recommends loosened health guidelines for those fully vaccinated

March 8, 2021 11:33 AM Jocelyn Ortega

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its first set of guidelines on how fully…

Governor picks Dodger Stadium for State of State address

March 8, 2021 5:10 PM The Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will deliver his third State of the State address from Dodger Stadium…

Several Central Coast zip codes make list to get 40% of state’s vaccines, but two counties have none

March 8, 2021 2:45 PM Avery Johnson

State officials announced last week that they will be setting aside 40% of California’s…

Gov. Newsom discusses vaccine equity at Central Valley vaccine site

March 8, 2021 12:40 PM Avery Johnson

Gov. Gavin Newsom is discussing the state’s vaccine equity metric at a vaccination site in…

VA Palo Alto opens vaccine eligibility to all enrolled veterans

March 8, 2021 11:57 AM Avery Johnson

VA Palo Alto announced Monday that is expanding COVID-19 eligibility to include any enrolled…

Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says

March 8, 2021 10:03 AM The Associated Press

Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or…

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk ‘encouraged’ by new state reopening guidance

March 5, 2021 2:31 PM Avery Johnson, Josh Kristianto

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION) A popular amusement park in Santa Cruz could be reopening in the near future after state officials announced new COVID-19…

Monterey playgrounds and sports fields to reopen

March 5, 2021 7:47 PM Dominoe Ibarra

MONTEREY, Calif. (KION) The Monterey City Manager announced that all Monterey playgrounds have officially reopened today and sports will soon reopen…

Monterey County company offers free rides to vaccine appointments for seniors

March 3, 2021 2:49 PM Avery Johnson, Jonathan Sarabia

Independent Transportation Network Monterey County, also called iTNMontereyCounty, said it is offering…

Monterey County proposal could help families pay for COVID-19 funeral expenses

March 4, 2021 11:30 AM Elisha Machado

Since the start of the pandemic, more than 320 people have died from COVID-19 related causes in Monterey County. FEMA is rolling out a program that…

Newsom: 40% of vaccines set aside for 400 zip codes disproportionately impacted by COVID-19

March 4, 2021 11:00 AM Avery Johnson

Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to discuss health inequalities in communities disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic at a…

California to give 40% of vaccine doses to vulnerable areas

March 4, 2021 10:48 AM The Associated Press

California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for people who live in the most…

California to give 40% of vaccine doses to vulnerable areas

March 3, 2021 10:15 PM The Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for the state’s most vulnerable neighborhoods in an effort to…

Catholic Diocese of Monterey weighs in on JnJ COVID-19 vaccine concerns

March 3, 2021 11:17 AM Josh Kristianto

SALINAS, Calif. (KION) The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is now coming under scrutiny from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops who say the…

Gov. Newsom considers adding vaccination rates to tier requirements

March 3, 2021 3:25 PM Avery Johnson

Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to make changes to the threshold requirements for moving between the red…

Mammograms pick up swelling due to Covid-19 vaccine, causing unnecessary fear, radiologists say

March 2, 2021 7:51 PM CNN Newsource

When she found a lump in her left breast during a routine self-check, Boston primary care physician Dr. Devon Quasha knew…

GSA and CSVS to vaccinate 3,000 farmworkers Saturday, expand program

March 2, 2021 2:07 PM Avery Johnson

The Grower-Shipper Association of Central California and Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas announced that they…

Free rides for Monterey County residents 65 and older to get COVID-19 vaccination

March 2, 2021 10:33 PM Dominoe Ibarra

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) The Independent Transportation Network Monterey County is offering free rides for anyone 65 years and older to get…

Santa Cruz police ask for help identifying anti-mask protesters

March 2, 2021 4:55 PM Avery Johnson

Officers with the Santa Cruz Police Department say they are working to identify people who recently attended a…

Central Coast COVID-19 testing numbers decrease

March 2, 2021 11:47 AM Jonathan Sarabia

As more vaccines are expected to be delivered to California, the number of coronavirus tests performed…

Biden: US will be able to vaccinate all adults by end of May

March 2, 2021 1:37 PM The Associated Press

President Joe Biden says the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all adult Americans by the…

Two Central Coast counties now eligible to allow high-contact outdoor sports

March 2, 2021 12:42 PM Avery Johnson

Two Central Coast Counties, Monterey and San Benito, have a low enough adjusted case rate to qualify to offer…

Central Coast health departments prepare for Blue Shield vaccine distribution takeover

March 1, 2021 1:03 PM Elisha Machado

The California Department of Public Health said providers and health departments will move to uniform eligibility criteria for who can receive a…

Comic-Con to remain virtual in 2021, cites financial strain

March 1, 2021 3:09 PM The Associated Press

San Diego Comic-Con will remain virtual for the July event, but organizers are planning for a smaller-scale gathering later this…

Newsom, state officials discuss vaccine and school reopening efforts

March 1, 2021 10:56 AM Avery Johnson

Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and…

Deal reached to get California children back in classrooms

March 1, 2021 10:24 AM The Associated Press

California’s public schools could get $6.6 billion from the state Legislature if they return to in-person instruction by the…

Monterey Peninsula Unified School District releases new sports guidelines

February 27, 2021 5:52 PM Amelia Rosenberg

The Monterey Peninsula Unified School District announced which sports will be allowed to return this year and which won’t in a press release…

California expects 1.1 million J&J vaccines in next 3 weeks

February 26, 2021 2:42 PM The Associated Press

California expects to start administering the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine next week and to receive…

California expected to receive 380,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine, if authorized

February 24, 2021 5:54 PM Victor Guzman

Dr. David Ghillarducci with Santa Cruz and San Benito County’s health office says the state is expected to receive 380,000 doses of the Johnson &…

CDPH: Health care providers, local health jurisdictions moving to uniform vaccine eligibility criteria

February 26, 2021 5:56 PM Avery Johnson

The California Department of Public Health says it will be standardizing vaccine eligibility standards in the coming…

US advisers endorse single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson

February 26, 2021 2:11 PM The Associated Press

U.S. health advisers have endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson that’s expected…

1,000 veterans receive first vaccine at Marina clinic

February 26, 2021 12:48 PM Avery Johnson

The Military and Veterans Affairs Office reports that as of Thursday, 1,000 veterans have received their…

Vaccines administered to Salinas farmworkers aged 65 and older

February 25, 2021 12:01 PM Jonathan Sarabia

Grower-Shipper Association of Central California (GSA) and Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas (CSVS) vaccinated farmworkers at the D’Arigo…

Governor’s vaccine plan aims to reopen California classrooms

February 25, 2021 2:41 PM The Associated Press

California released a new plan Thursday outlining how the state will allocate vaccines to education…

How would COVID-19 vaccine makers adapt to variants?

February 25, 2021 1:39 PM The Associated Press

How would COVID-19 vaccine makers adapt to…

“Housing Now” project aims to help people find a permanent home

February 25, 2021 8:04 AM Carina Nocon

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION) The group Housing Matters is starting a project to house 90 people who are experiencing homelessness in Santa Cruz County…

Monterey County Vaccine regional data raises concern over vaccine allocation

February 24, 2021 12:07 PM Jonathan Sarabia

Monterey County released data on county’s vaccine allocation and administration. Social Media users shared their concern on the disparity of…

County officials: 25% of COVID-19 cases in Monterey County come from agriculture industry

Navigating COVID-19 virtual town hall for Monterey County’s agriculture industry

February 24, 2021 6:52 PM Dominoe Ibarra

MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION) There will be a virtual town hall for the Monterey County agriculture industry on March 3, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 11:30…

Student-cohorts return to in-person learning at Salinas Union High School District schools

February 23, 2021 5:13 PM Victor Guzman

Some students were able to go through the old routine of taking a bus to school as in-person learning was back through a series of cohorts across the…