COVID-19

With the Bay Area currently showing the highest Covid-19 infection rates in California, health officers are reminding people of the importance of safety precautions such as continued masking indoors and vaccine boosters. The current wave of infections is fueled by the highly contagious Omicron subvariants,...

San Benito County Public Health officials report the number of new Covid-19 cases continue to decrease but their latest newsletter reported another new death.   On Jan. 25, the county reported its 52nd death of the novel coronavirus in San Benito County. This is the fourth...

The Supreme Court late Friday lifted California’s restrictions on religious gatherings in private homes, saying they could not be enforced to bar prayer meetings, Bible study classes and the like. The court’s brief, unsigned order followed earlier ones striking down limits on attendance at...

The Northern California Renaissance Faire will not take place this summer due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the event’s general manager said in a July 1 press release.

Gavilan College had several more incidents of the novel coronavirus reported last week, bringing the case count up to 12 since the start of the pandemic in March. Jan Bernstein-Chargin, public information officer at Gavilan, sent out a mass email to students and staff on...

San Benito County Public Health officials report the number of new Covid-19 cases continue to come in at a steady pace, including two new deaths in their latest newsletter. On Jan. 22, the county reported its 47th and 48th death of the novel coronavirus in...

San Benito County could begin administering Covid-19 vaccines to children as young as 12 years old by the end of this week, according to county officials. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week authorized the Pfizer BioNTech two-dose vaccine for children ages 12...

California will wait until next month to implement recent masking guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for fully vaccinated people, state officials said Monday. State Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said the state will begin enforcing the new...

San Benito County Public Health officials report the number of new Covid-19 cases continue to grow on a daily basis, including two new deaths in their latest newsletter. On Jan. 11, the county reported its 40th and 41st deaths of the novel coronavirus in San...

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage through San Benito County with 10 fatalities from the virus already reported this month and the daily case rate climbing higher, the Board of Supervisors at the Jan. 12 meeting spent the day discussing the local CARES...