Watsonville Gets First Large COVID Farmworker Vax Event 02-02-21 21:39 DC

The first large COVID-19 vaccination clinic specifically targeted to agricultural workers in Santa Cruz County will be held today (WED) at Casserly Hall in Watsonville.

The plan is to vaccinate approximately 1,000 local agricultural workers over two days, according to Dignity Health, one of the event sponsors.

Dignity said that one goal is “helping to create 1,000 new ambassadors within the farm worker community who can speak to the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine.”

The clinic is a partnership between Dignity Health Dominican Hospital, the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau, and the California Strawberry Commission.

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Man Arrested In Soledad 02-02-21 13:37 S.S.

A  man  was  arrested  in  Soledad  on  suspicion  of  parole  violation,   as  well  as  the  transportation and  sales   of  narcotics.   That  after  M-30  pills (which  are  sometimes  laced  with  Fentanyl)   were  found  in  the  vehicle  that  active  parolee  Ulysses  Navarro  was  driving when  he  was  pulled  over  for  a  Vehicle  Code  Violation.    Navarro  was  booked  into  Monterey  County  Jail.  

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CVS Administers Vac 02-02-21 13:25 S.S.

CVS  is  administering  Covid-19  vaccines  at  100  of  it’s  locations  in  California....and  2  of  those  are  in  Monterey  county.     The  next  closest  CVS  currently  administering  the  vaccines  is  in  Sunnyvale.   People  can  begin  booking  appointments  on  February  9^th for  these  locations.

Yesterday,  Montage  Health  (in Monterey) opened  up  appointments  for  1,000  Covid-19  vaccines.....and  within  39  minutes  all  of  the available  appointments  had  been  booked. 

Eligible  Monterey county residents  can  also  make  appointments  directly  with  Community  Hospital  Of  The  Monterey  Peninsula  for  one  of  their  vaccine  clinics.   People  will  be  asked  for  proof  of  their  age,  if  they  work  in  healthcare,  and  county  of  residence.

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Small Business Relief Grant Program 02-02-21 13:02 S.S.

Round  2   of  California’s  Small  Business  Relief  Grant Program  has  opened.       400  Central  Coast  businesses  reportedly  received  funding  on  the  first  round.    All  of  the  ones  who  applied  on  the  first  round  will  automatically  be  enrolled  this  time,  however,  other small  businesses  and  small  non-profits  are  also  eligible  to  apply.    The  deadline  to  apply  for  this  second  round  is  February  8^th  at  6  p.m.

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