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A mobile vaccination clinic was held in Seaside yesterday and another is scheduled to be held in Salinas later this week. Friday’s mobile vaccination clinic is slated to take place at the Women’s Shelter and United Methodist Church. These mobile clinics are being done via a partnership between Central Avenue Pharmacy in Pacific Grove and a community group known as All-In Monterey.
Area residents are being warned about scammers impersonating local law enforcement officers over the phone. That after a 91 year-old Carmel Valley woman told law enforcement officers that she received a call from a man who identified himself as a police officer who then told her that her grandson was in jail for hitting a pregnant woman with his car. Fortunately, the Carmel Valley woma n checked with her daughter and found out that her grandson was not in trouble, and that the call had been a scam. Residents are reminded that law enforcement will not call to solicit bail money, or any other funds (related to releasing people from custody).
Monter ey county officials say the county will be receiving a 7.3 million dollar grant to help pay for clinics, and community health centers. It’s said the money will be used to continue to allow clinic workers to serve the under-served and others.
People who live in Santa Cruz may be asked to conserve water. That after the city has experienced its driest “wet season”. The Santa Cruz Water Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the city enact Stage 1 of the city’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan. Residents are encouraged to be prepared for a possible 10 percent water usage reduction citywide. The vote will take place during the Santa Cruz City council’s regular meeting on April 13th.
Those inter ested in watching the meeting can do so at CityOfSantaCruz.com/allmeetings, or by watching communityTV.org/watch or on
It’s another drought year, and Cal-Fire firefighters have already contained 5 wildfires since March 31st in the Santa Cruz county area. Local rainfall totals are around 50 percent of normal for this time of year. Reportedly sever al of the 5 fires were from escaped burn piles. Cal-fire has warned that if crews continue to find that escaped burned piles are leading to such fires, they will put the Burn Ban back in-place.