A 24 year-old man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing that took place last month in Watsonville. Angel Fernandez is believed to have stabbed a 21 year-old man, after a dispute that took place in the area of Maranatha Drive back on November 30th. Although the 21 year-old victim was initially listed in critical condition, he has since recovered.
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A 16 year-old known gang member has been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of 4 people in Salinas on Saturday. One of those 4 shooting victims is still hospitalized in critical condition. The shooting took place around 4:45 p.m. on the 100 block of Paloma Avenue. Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to contact the Salinas Police Department.
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Although Monterey county’s Stay-At-Home order will go into effect at 11:59 p.m. Sunday night, Santa Cruz county currently plans to wait until the ‘capacity trigger for I.C.U. beds’ is reached in the Bay Area Region. Once the Stay-At-Home order is triggered, it will go into effect in 24 hours. At that point, residents are required to stay at home as much as possible, and minimize mixing households to reduce unnecessary exposure...while still being able to do important things such as go to the doctor, buy groceries, pick up take out food from a restaurant, go on a hike, or worship outdoors. K-12 schools that are already open can remain open, and retailers can operate indoors at no more than 20 percent capacity.
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The first over-the-counter Covid-19 test kit has been granted an emergency authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The LabCorp Pixel COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kit allows adults to buy the kit and collect their own nasal swab sample at home. The samples are then sent to a LabCorp facility for testing. Positive or invalid results are delivered by phone or through a health care provider, while negative results are sent via e-mail or through an on-line portal. After someone purchases one of these kits they need to register the kit on a website and follow the included instructions
The first at-home prescription test, that yields rapid results at home, was also recently approved. It’s called the COVID-19 All-In-One test Kit, and it’s a molecular single-use test that is available by prescription only...and it takes about 30 minutes to get the results.
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