News

New Pajaro CERT team first to receive emergency training in Spanish
After experiencing the devastating flood of 2023, twenty-four Pajaro residents completed CERT training to help their ...
The Salinas Californian6d
New Pajaro CERT team first to receive emergency training in Spanish
Zuniga Merlos experienced the 1995 flood and the 2023 flood, when the Pajaro River levee failed, causing more than $300 million in damages and forcing the evacuation of approximately 3,500 residents.
Santa Cruz Sentinel on MSN4d
Pajaro flooding did not diminish Watsonville High School senior Zaida Garcia-Santiago’s drive
Santiago’s four years at Watsonville High School have been nothing short of eventful. She got an early taste of college, both ...
Lookout Local Santa Cruz3d
After two bodies found at Pajaro River levee, Watsonville councilmember’s grave suspicion raises new questions
Watsonville City Councilmember Casey Clark suspected there might be bodies buried on the Pajaro River levee after ...
The Monterey County Herald on MSN1d
Rep. Panetta, California congressional delegation push to restore FEMA program
A grant from the program worth $420,000 that was meant for conducting initial studies to improve the Pajaro River levee ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel on MSN2d
Rep. Jimmy Panetta, California congressional delegation push to restore FEMA program
Santa Cruz County was previously promised $21.1 million through this program designated for wildfire risk mitigation, home ...
lookout3d
Morning Lookout: Pajaro River levee grave suspicions; cities’ budget woes; Capitola Avenue bridge delay
Tania Ortiz starts us off from the Pajaro River levee, where suspicions long held by Watsonville City Councilmember Casey Clark that there might be bodies buried in the area are coming to the fore ...
Hosted on MSN2d
Watsonville commission overrides appeal of downtown homeless ‘micro village’ plan
The application spelled out a plan to shelter people living along the Pajaro River levee in order to roll out an upcoming riverbed channel restoration project. Catalina Torres, a Second Street ...