Yesterday morning, a Monterey County Sheriff's deputy crashed a patrol vehicle during a car chase.
A sheriff’s commander reportedly saw a car driving recklessly on Highway 68. When they attempted to pull the vehicle over the driver refused to stop.
The chase ended south of Gonzales at Camphora-Gloria Rd and Highway 101 when the driver was taken into custody. He was identified as a carjacking suspect from Sacramento.
During the chase, a sheriff’s deputy crashed a squad car. The deputy was shaken up but uninjured.
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COVID-19 cases continue to trend downward in Santa Cruz County.
As of Feb. 16, almost every California county remains stuck in the purple the most restrictive tier. However, thanks to a drop in cases, Santa Cruz County is hoping to move to a less restrictive tier soon.
Santa Cruz County's positivity rate is at 3.5 % while California overall is at 3.9%.
The number of active cases is also down to 704, with 172 deaths and more than 14,000 known cases reported to date.
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After weeks of negotiation, California’s legislative leaders agreed Thursday on a $6.5 billion proposal aimed at getting students back in classrooms.
The re-opening would follow months of closures because of the pandemic.
But the plan does not have the blessing of Gov. Gavin Newsom. The governor said yesterday (Thurs) that the plan “doesn’t go far enough or fast enough.” Should the governor veto it, the Legislature would need two-thirds of both chambers to override him. That has not happened since 1979.
The state cannot force California school districts to reopen. But it can offer districts lots of new money as an incentive to resume in-person instruction. In December, Newsom announced a plan that would give $2 billion to districts that reopen by February. That plan was heavily criticized by school officials.
The “Safe and Open Schools Plan” that legislative leaders announced yesterday (Thursday) gives schools more time and more money for reopening than was included in Newsom’s plan.
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More COVID vaccine should soon be available in South Monterey County, a region heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and challenging logistics of storing the vaccine.
Mee Memorial Hospital has received an ultra-cold freezer desperately needed to hold thousands of doses of the Pfizer vaccine, thanks to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Barbara Meister, director of public affairs for the Monterey Bay Aquarium, said “it really is an opportunity for us to extend our help and particularly to the farm working community in South County."
Pfizer vaccine requires a low temperature that normal freezers cannot reach, to this point, only Moderna vaccines have been offered.
Demand in South County is high. With their doses previously limited to just one company...it made things challenging.
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