1st Play At Monterey H.S. 03-05-21A 05:23 S.S.

The Drama Club at Monterey High School will be performing 2 different plays outside in the coming weeks. They plan to perform "The Outsider" March 13th and 14th, and the "Complete Works Of Shakespeare" on March 20th. Attendees will be able sit in their cars and watch as the plays are conducted on Monterey High School's lower field. The dialogue from the socially distanced actors will be audible on a radio channel. More information on these performances can be found on the website for Monterey High School.

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Salinas HS Could Reopen April 19th 03-05-21 06:45 DC

The Salinas Union High School District said during a board meeting Wednesday that they could reopen classrooms as soon as April 19.

Only 8th and 12th-grade students would return under the discussed plan.

School officials said eighth grade and 12th grade are included because this would be students’ last year at their home school before they promote or graduate.

The school district's ability to reopen is more of a reality after big announcements from Sacramento: The state's legislature sent a $6 billion school funding package to the governor's desk and the state announced it could loosen the criteria for a county to enter the "Red Tier." The change could involve the state requirements for a county to move to the less restrictive tier if they have less than 10 cases per 100,000 people as opposed to seven cases per 100,000 people.

Thursday, the school board discussed the district's COVID-19 prevention program and potential reopening plan Wednesday.

Some parents say they are upset a plan hasn't already been implemented and approved.

"We need action, we need urgency. We need to get these kids in school now," Salinas High School parent Jennifer Ross said." This semester as soon as we hit the red tier these kids need to be in school."

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Newsom to Set Aside Vaccine Doses 03-04-21 17:30 DC

Gov. Gavin Newsom said in Stockton Thursday that a new plan to set aside vaccine doses for people who live in highly impacted communities would battle COVID-19 and also help the state to reopen.

Newsom said California’s plan to set aside 40% of all vaccine doses for people who live in neighborhoods most vulnerable to impacts from the pandemic would "make real progress."

We’re not meeting our goals,” Newsom said of the state's current efforts that partner with 337 community organizations.

The doses will be spread out among 400 ZIP codes with about 8 million people eligible for shots, Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state's health, and human services secretary, said on Wednesday.

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Liquor Licenses Revoked in Gilroy 03-04-21 16:40 DC

Two Alcoholic Beverage Control licenses were revoked in Gilroy on Thursday following a 2020 investigation that uncovered human trafficking and slavery.

The Santa Clara County’s D-A’s office says husband and wife Amarjit and Balwinder Mann, both aged 66, locked a man in their liquor store where he worked 15-hour shifts seven days a week, slept in a storage room, bathed in a mop bucket and was never paid. They were arrested in November of 2020.

Today (on Thursday), ABC revoked the liquor license at M and M Liquor and Gavilan Market, both in Gilroy.

In addition to the labor human trafficking charges, the Mann’s face multiple Penal Code violations, including wage theft, conspiracy, witness intimidation, and failing to maintain workers' compensation insurance. The criminal case involves as many as four victims.

The man who is believed to have been enslaved had come from India in 2019 expecting to travel to the U.S. with the couple. Instead, they took his money and passport and put him to work without pay or a key to leave the liquor store at night, reported the DA's office in November.

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