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Welcome to KAZU s weekly news roundup for 5/14/21. Here you ll find the top local stories of the week and a few national stories from NPR.
For over a year now, masks have become part of our daily lives; you can’t leave the house without one. But a new policy from the CDC marks a shift in that habit. The agency announced yesterday that
Although federal officials have come out with this new policy, the message locally is “not so fast.” Santa Cruz and Monterey counties follow guidance from the state of California on face coverings. Until the state aligns with the CDC, everyone must continue wearing masks indoors. As NPR reported, Mask Or No Mask? That Depends Where You Live.
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With KAZU News, I’m Michelle Loxton. This week it’ll be one year since the first statewide COVID-19 stay-at-home order went into effect. To mark this anniversary, KAZU News collected the stories, memories and hopes of five Monterey Bay area residents as they reflect on the past year. Some only shared their first names in order to protect their privacy as they spoke honestly about their experiences.
We spoke to a nursing home resident, a health officer, a grocery store employee, a medical student and this farm worker who spent three months in the hospital battling the coronavirus.
Peter Mounteer, Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce
Welcome to KAZU s weekly news roundup for 2/12/21. Here you ll find the top local stories of the week and a few select national stories from NPR.
A year ago the COVID-19 virus seemed like thunder from a far off storm
. Yes, there was an outbreak in China, a few cases in Europe and even an infection in Washington state, but many asked how bad could it be? Valentine’s Day 2020 included hugs and kisses, the Niners had just lost to the Chiefs in front of a packed Super Bowl 54 crowd and the films Sonic the Hedgehog and Birds of Prey were playing to full movie theaters. A year later many of those same movie theaters still display posters for old movies in their “coming attractions” windows. The word “zoom” (to move or travel quickly) has transitioned from being a verb to a noun - Zoom. Weddings and graduation ceremonies have been missed, family members separated and businesses shuttered. We’ve lost a quarter of a million o