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Capitola fire kills one, Monterey County honors COVID-19 victims

KAZU | By Ngozi Cole,
Amy Mayer
Published March 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM PDT
A woman is holding a microphone and speaking at a podium. She is wearing dark red glasses. Next to her on the left is man in a blue suit wearing a white hat. There is a crowd of people in the foreground watching her speak. At the back is a grey building, and three separate veiled black walls.
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Maria Munoz (c), a Salinas Valley Health nurse who lost her father to COVID-19, speaks at the unveiling of the COVID-19 Memorial at Government Plaza in Salinas on March 10, 2026.

In today's newscast, Monterey County honors those who lost their lives to COVID-19. In a ceremony on Tuesday morning at the Government Center Plaza in Salinas, community leaders, health officials, families and friends came together to unveil a Memorial Garden. And, a fire in Capitola Village on Monday night killed one person.
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Ngozi Cole
Before joining KAZU, Ngozi covered health, business and economy stories for WYSO in southwest Ohio and The Ohio Newsroom. She’s also worked as a freelance reporter for Reveal, The New Humanitarian and other outlets.
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Amy Mayer
Amy Mayer is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience in public radio. Before KAZU, she worked as an editor for the California Newsroom and at St. Louis Public Radio. For eight years, she covered agriculture as the Harvest Public Media reporter based at Iowa Public Radio. She's also worked at stations in Massachusetts and Alaska and has written for many newspapers, magazines and online news outlets.
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