Hello, Santa Cruz people: I’m not sure where this week went, but here we are, almost back to another Friday. Today was nowhere as newsy as yesterday on the COVID front, but there were still some significant tidbits gleaned from Santa Cruz County health officials, who held their weekly press roundtable. Tidbit of Interest No. […]
COVID 2022
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WATCH: County health leadership gives an update on virus, vaccines
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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Two new COVID-19 vaccine centers being established in California, Newsom announces
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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As farmworker vaccinations begin, South County continues to grapple with pandemic’s negative impacts
Santa Cruz County’s first clinic to vaccinate farmworkers is opening in Watsonville on Wednesday, but it’s only one step toward addressing the long-term economic and mental health impacts of COVID-19 among South County’s largely Latinx population.
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COVID PM EXCLUSIVE: 30K vaccines have been distributed here; counties voice unrest
Hello, everyone, there is no shortage of vaccine-related information today — which is something that has never been uttered in this space before — and it’s topping our most robust COVID PM newsletter ever. Let’s get right to the intriguing headlines: Santa Cruz County officials & others: ‘Enough already’ EXCLUSIVE: The public health chiefs of […]
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EXCLUSIVE: State says 30K vaccines given here as 8 Bay Area counties decry dearth of doses
The public health officers of eight Bay Area counties, including Santa Cruz County, say they are receiving only a fraction of the vaccines needed to vaccinate residents age 65 and older. At this pace, it could take weeks to vaccinate everyone in that age group, they say.
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COVID PM: Trying to make some sense of the foggy vaccination situation
Happy Tuesday, everyone. It was a day for trying to find clarity in the mud that is vaccine distribution. And there were, of course, steps forward and backward in the process. Our content partner Cal Matters dug in deep on the issues that continue to plague the state, and those issues were reflected in the […]
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Statewide vaccine mess has health systems here level-setting expectations
In Santa Cruz County, Dignity Health Medical Group-Dominican is offering vaccines to any patients 65 and older, a contrast to both Kaiser Permanente and Sutter/PAMF, who are only vaccinating those 75 and older at this time.
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California teachers union wants schools in ‘purple’ counties to stay closed for 100 days; vaccines for staff
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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COVID PM: When, where and how will live music return?
We’ve made it through another Monday, folks, and that’s music to my ears. Now if only we could get back to some of the real music we love. Thankfully my good buddy and local music aficionado Wallace Baine is offering up some hope to those of us who fondly remember late nights out at places […]