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WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Monterey County has announced an assistance center for those impacted by the Pajaro levee breach is opening in Watsonville starting on Wednesday and will be open until at ...
WATSONVILLE, Calif. — At the Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, county officials voiced their concerns that another levee breach may damage the Watsonville Wastewater Plant.
Officials said a 100-foot breach opened up overnight in the 74-year-old levee along the Pajaro River that runs between Santa Cruz and Monterey counties and separates the city of Watsonville from ...
As a new atmospheric river storm hit the Central Coast, workers hauled truckloads of rocks Tuesday to plug a levee failure that flooded a Monterey County farm community and forced thousands of people ...
2061 E. Lake Boulevard, Watsonville, CA 95076. Compass Church 10325 S. Main Street, Salinas, CA 93901. Prunedale Branch Library (temporary evacuation center) 17822 Moro Road, Prunedale, CA 93907.
Water flowing through a gap under Highway 1 is eroding the levee from outside the river channel, officials said as they consider emergency measures to prevent more catastrophic flooding.
Monterey County officials said at 9:54 p.m. Sunday the workers are repairing the Pajaro River levee, which breached at midnight Friday and has grown to approximately 300 feet in width. Flood water ...
The Pajaro River levee was breached overnight Friday, prompting evacuations. National Guard high-water rescue vehicles were stationed in the area to help the evacuation effort.
Francisca Lopez, who lives in Watsonville, stands in front of the house where she rented a room with her 10-year-old son in Pajaro, Calif., on Friday, March 1, 2024.
The amount of damage from the Pajaro River levee breach is still escalating as another storm surge hits California. Executive Director of Community Bridges in Watsonville, Ray Cancino, joins us to ...
A year after the Pajaro levee breach, hundreds of people are still recovering from the aftermath. While aid is on its way, many worry that they will be left out as they attempt to put there lives b… ...
Francisca Lopez, who lives in Watsonville, stands in front of the house where she rented a room with her 10-year-old son in Pajaro, Calif., on Friday, March 1, 2024.