Monterey County Local News: Crisis & Personal Support


All Local Crisis & Personal Support News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

Image caption: Kerry Wood, CEO of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, says the organization researches areas of need to help donors direct their contributions.
What Is a Community Foundation?

By channeling funds to a number of nonprofits working on various issues in a given region, community foundations help solve big problems throughout California.

Image caption: The California mental health crisis is tied to both homelessness and rising crime.
UPDATE: California’s Mental Health Crisis: How We Got Here

How the California mental health crisis emerged out of the state’s history of deinstitutionalization and laws designed to protect the mentally ill, as well as the communities around them.

Image caption: These organizations in Monterey County provide lifelines to those in crisis.
Finding Piece of Mind

Are you struggling with your mental or emotional health? Help is available in Monterey County.

Image caption: California will soon be getting a new hotline number as an alternative to 911 for mental health crises.
988, the New Mental Health Emergency Number, Explained

California will soon add a new emergency hotline service with the number 988. Here’s the story behind that new service, and the original 911 number.

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04/27/2025
Police agencies — under scrutiny and worried about their own liability — increasingly won’t respond to someone in a mental health crisis unless that person is committing a crime. So who will transport people in psychosis to get help? And who will keep those around them safe?

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04/18/2025
Red Dress Day is May 3 in Seaside, a commemorative event to bring awareness to the issue of violence against Indigenous people.

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03/17/2025
Ruby Marichalar couldn’t get an in-person meeting after California’s crime victim compensation fund denied her claim. She wasn’t the only one.

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03/06/2025
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First Baptist Church Pastor Ken Reese was honored Feb. 25 by King City Council members with a proclamation aimed at commemorating the victims of last year’s tragic mass shooting, recognizing the local church and other faith-based organizations in leading the community’s healing process.

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03/06/2025
Five years ago, as COVID-19 hit the state, legislators cancelled a hearing to discuss a state audit that found the state’s office of emergency services and at least three California counties weren’t prepared to help vulnerable people during natural disasters.

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02/10/2025
Interviews suggest some people swept up in Trump’s immigration crackdown are dedicated to their families and communities — not hardened criminals.

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02/07/2025
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Rachel Anne Goodman talks with members of the community who are helping immigrants before, during and after Trump's ICE raids.

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01/30/2025
Insurance companies have paid out $4.2 billion in claims so far to survivors of the Los Angeles County fires, the state Insurance Department said Thursday.

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01/19/2025
The most recent outlook is “cautiously optimistic” for the ending of the fire at the battery storage facility at the Moss Landing power plant, and Monterey County is offering a hotline for people with questions about air quality or other related issues.

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01/17/2025
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Erik Chalhoub here. As I was driving home from Seaside to Royal Oaks last evening, I could see a fireball in the distance lighting up the night sky around the Moss Landing Power Plant.

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01/09/2025
The state’s plan to fix the insurance crisis had barely rolled out when the Los Angeles fires began. Can the market recover and stabilize?

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11/01/2024
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The tragic shooting death of a young man in Carmel experiencing a mental health incident on Friday, Oct. 25 had a big impact on residents and workers of the small village, especially in the immediate neighborhood.

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04/11/2024
A Monterey County Civil Grand Jury report made recommendations for improvements to law enforcement and first responder procedures.

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04/09/2024
These professionals provide essential services, but their pay and working conditions do not reflect their value, and their health suffers.

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03/29/2024
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The state is considering zeroing out funds for CalWORKS family stabilization and job subsidy programs to help balance the budget.

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02/27/2024
The monthly rate of antidepressants being dispensed to young people increased about 64% more quickly during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study in the journal Pediatrics.

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02/26/2024
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Interim Inc., a nonprofit mental health agency, will host an open house to acquaint the South Monterey County community with its new location and services available in Soledad.

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02/26/2024
Health providers and addiction experts warn the funding structure is unstable for a California initiative that steers patients with substance use disorder into long-term treatment.

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02/08/2024
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CEOs of Instagram, Snapchat tell parents at Senate hearing they’re sorry for deaths of children.

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01/31/2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom crafted the measure to reform California’s mental health system, including a $6.4-billion bond for new facilities.