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Officials with the Santa Cruz Fire Department has donated their fireboat to the Santa Cruz Sea Scouts. The boat has been re-christened as “Bosso” in honor of Jim Bosso who led the troop for 46 years until his death in 2018. The Santa Cruz Sea Scouts hold twice-a-month meetings, and take part in activities ranging from sailing and sea vessel operation, to first-aid and navigation.
Monterey county, which is scheduled to move into the red tier tomorrow, is one of only 3 counties in the state that has remained in the purple tier the whole time since the tier system was put in place. As of tomorrow, Monterey county will join San Benito and Santa Cruz county’s in the Red Tier.....
In the Red Tier people are allowed to dine outside with 3 households....or up to 6 people.
Middle and high schools that are not already open can open in the Red Tier....however they have to post a Covid-19 safety plan 5 days prior to re-opening.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium hopes to re-open to the public in the red tier....opening to limited numbers of members several weeks before doing the same for the general public.
Reportedly no one was injured when a fire in a Salinas garage spread to the home’s attic today. Firefighters were able to keep the blaze from spreading to other nearby homes. The 2 people inside the home were able to get out safely, and firefighters were able to get their dog out safely too.
A Community Immigrant Forum is scheduled to be held later this week. The webinar has been designed to focus on how community-based organizations in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties have supported the immigrant community through the Covid-19 pandemic. To register to attend the meeting, people can go on-line to: www.us02web.zoom.us
Moderna has announced that the first participants have been dosed with the vaccine candidate for children aged 6 mo nths through 16 years-old. This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, reactogenicity and effectiveness of two doses of mrna-1273 given 28 days apart. The company intends to enroll approximately 6,750 pediatric participants in the U.S. and Canada ages 6 months to less than 12 years.
For more information about the trial, including the process for enrolling participants, please visit www.kidcovestudy.com.
Moderna plans to follow participants for a year after the second vaccination to determine effectiveness.