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Families & Children Resilience

Kids Grapple with Displacement After Pajaro Flooding

03/24/2023
Children have been displaced, with families living out of cars, sleeping in emergency shelters or moving out of Monterey County to stay with relatives.

From Monterey Herald...

Land Use & Development

Heritage Park Group Seeks Support for April 4 Salinas Council Meeting

03/24/2023
The city said its decision to deny the Welcome Center's request to expand the use of the freight depot building for additional exhibits is based upon a current tenant's wish to continue to use the space.

From Santa Cruz Sentinel...

Environment Housing County of Monterey

Pajaro Flooding Victims Demand Answers at Raucous Town Hall Meeting

03/23/2023
Pajaro residents voiced their discontent with the few resources available to help them return home on Friday when the evacuation order is lifted.

From Monterey County Weekly...

Castroville Community Services District

Local Officials Wrestle With a Growing Annoyance: The Theft of Fire Hydrant Caps.

03/22/2023
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Sometime late last year, Eric Tynan, general manager of the Castroville Community Services District, started noticing an unwelcome trend.

From Monterey County Weekly...

Water Resilience United States

Why Wasn’t FEMA on the Ground in Pajaro After the Floods?

03/22/2023
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In the wake of the flooding that forced more than 2,000 people into nearby shelters, motels and even their own cars, federal and state assistance has been conspicuously absent.

From Monterey Herald...

Parks & Recreation

New Monument Created on California-Nevada Border

03/21/2023
In the largest land conservation act of his presidency so far, President Biden has established a new national monument in the Mojave Desert, protecting an area sacred to Native American tribes.

From CalMatters...

Transportation Sustainability

Who Buys Electric Cars in California?

03/21/2023
Communities with high concentrations of electric cars are affluent, college-educated and at least 75% white and Asian—revealing a barrier to electrifying the state’s entire fleet.

From CalMatters...

Economy & Jobs Housing State of California

State May Downsize Program for First-Time Homebuyers

03/21/2023
Gov. Newsom wants to spend $300 million the first year. But falling home prices and rising mortgage rates are complicating the launch.

From Monterey Herald...

Environment Water

Monterey Superbloom Emerges From Storms

03/19/2023
Monterey County is bursting with blooms as wildflowers put on their best show all throughout the region following relentless storms.

From CalMatters...

Health Seniors State of California

CalPERS Settles for $800 Million Over Misleading Claims on Long-Term Care Insurance

03/19/2023
Retired California government workers will get tens of thousands of dollars if they give up their long-term care insurance.

From CalMatters...

Economy & Jobs Transportation

Ruling Opens Door to Gig Driver Unionization

03/19/2023
A court ruling that upheld much of a 2020 gig-worker initiative also struck down a part that labor advocates say could lead to legislation for driver unionization.

From CalMatters...

Education

Marion Joseph’s Crusade Is Paying Off

03/18/2023
Marion Joseph died last year, but her years-long battle to improve the reading skills of California youngsters through phonics instruction lives on.

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