Heath Johnston
Welcome to KAZU s weekly news roundup for 2/5/21. Here you ll find the top local stories of the week and a few select national stories from NPR.
Tuesday was Groundhog Day and the little rascal predicts six more weeks of winter. Winter storms hammered our area last week and despite recent sunny skies the fallout from the storm persists. A southern section of Highway 1 along the Big Sur coast washed out and it’s unclear how long it will take to fix it. KAZU’s Erika Mahoney looked into the impact of closure on the Big Sur community.
Now that the rain has stopped and clean up is underway, KAZU’s Michelle Loxton looked into this question did last week’s storm cause the damage that was expected? She spoke with local natural disaster predictors, as she’s calling them, and their answers varied. For one expert what they thought might happen did happen. For another it was almost like his county was spared. Hear/read that story here: A Post Rainstorm Analysis: D
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There’s been a lot of confusion about COVID-19 and the distribution of the vaccine. That s because it’s complicated. There’s confusion over how and when the vaccine will be distributed and confusion over a batch that caused some allergic reactions. KAZU’s Erika Mahoney has been following the developments.
Doug McKnight (DM): Erika, where are we on vaccinations in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties?
Erika Mahoney (EM): Both counties are still in the process of vaccinating healthcare workers and residents of skilled nursing facilities. That’s the very first phase in the state’s vaccine rollout plan. The county health departments have a very limited supply of the vaccine. They get shipments from the state on a weekly basis and the amount varies.