Monterey County Local News: Resilience


All Local Resilience News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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06/28/2023
Image for display with article titled Pacific Grove Task Force Picks Consultant to Guide It Toward More Equity

The mission of the Pacific Grove Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force is to make the small town a more welcoming place for underrepresented groups.

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06/26/2023
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Hot temperatures kill employees every year and climate change is making work more deadly.

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06/11/2023
Image for display with article titled A local anti-racism course teaches participants how to identify and process the emotional impacts of American racism.

“In some ways,” the American memoirist Mary Karr writes in her popular book on craft, The Art of Memoir, “writing a memoir is knocking yourself out with your own fist, if it’s done right.” That is: Writing a good, honest…

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05/25/2023
California regulators say the state is unlikely to run short of electricity this summer, thanks to new power sources and a wet winter that filled reservoirs to restart hydroelectric power plants shuttered during the drought.

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05/11/2023
Image for display with article titled New Cameras Monitor Arroyo Seco Landslide

Monterey County, Cal Fire and state geologists are watching a landslide in Arroyo Seco west of Greenfield that was discovered last month.

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05/10/2023
Two key stretches of Highway 1 along the Big Sur coast are expected to reopen to traffic by mid-July, according to Caltrans.

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05/04/2023
Living in Pajaro, California, means living at the whims of the effects of climate change on both life and property. On March 11, the Pajaro River breached the town levee, flooding the town. It's been seven weeks since the levee breach.

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04/26/2023
Image for display with article titled Supervisors compromise on $728,000 aid package for low-income residents impacted by floods.

After weeks of discussion over what a financial assistance package for flood-stricken Monterey County households should look like, the Board of Supervisors approved a $728,000 disaster relief program for low-income residents who were displaced by flooding or live in flood…

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04/24/2023
Image for display with article titled Supervisors Appear Close to Agreement on Flood Victim Aid

The Monterey County Board of Supervisors seems to concur that flood-stricken communities are in dire need of aid. While there is agreement, debate remains what that aid should look like.

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04/21/2023
Image for display with article titled Monterey County Storm Relief Fund Exceeds Million-Dollar Mark

Community Foundation for Monterey County created the Monterey County Storm Relief Fund on Jan. 10. Through April 21, it has awarded 43 grants totaling $1,071,455.

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04/19/2023
Image for display with article titled Small Growers Frustrated at Slow-Moving Government Aid

“The USDA keeps saying they have emergency loans, but they’re going to come when—in August, September?” Javier Zamora asks. “We’ll be lucky to stay in business.”

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04/19/2023
Image for display with article titled Local Nonprofits: First on the Scene in Pajaro, and There to Stay

More than a dozen organizations and collectives provided $1.5 million in aid

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04/16/2023
During heavy storms, sediment and brush impediments have a damming effect. Water will flow along the path of least resistance, and when the channel is clogged, that path becomes cropland.

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04/12/2023
Image for display with article titled FEMA is finally on the ground near Pajaro -- but questions remain over the rollout of flood aid.

On Thursday, April 6, Karen Marcos keeps a watchful eye on her young daughter on the steps of the Watsonville Veterans Memorial Building while her husband is inside, seeking relief from the floods that have upended their lives.

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04/10/2023
Image for display with article titled Floodplain Restoration Projects Hold Promise

Big Sur Land Trust’s Carmel River Floodplain Restoration and Environmental Enhancement project plans to help protect the lower Carmel Valley from flooding.

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04/06/2023
Schools in flood-prone areas, in some cases protected by aging levees, face possible floods similar to those that have already swept through schools in Alameda, Merced and Monterey counties this year, FEMA data shows.

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03/30/2023
Debris removal is in full swing in Pájaro and adjacent areas but many residents still have questions about how the process works and who is organizing and coordinating the effort.

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03/29/2023
Image for display with article titled Pajaro Residents Return Home to Face an Uphill Battle

As cleanup continues in the community of Pajaro, the town looks anything but clean. Streets are full of mountains of trash, with broken furniture, refrigerators and toys covered in mud.

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03/29/2023
For most Californians, the sight of aircraft spewing neon pink liquid over flaming trees and brush has become a hallmark of aggressive wildfire suppression campaigns. But some forest advocates say the substance does more harm than good. A federal lawsuit could reshape how the U.S. Forest Service battles wildfires throughout the western United States.

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03/28/2023
Image for display with article titled Newsom Requests Federal Disaster Declaration for Monterey County

The governor sought federal assistance for Monterey County and other California communities impacted by recent storms by requesting a presidential major disaster declaration from the Biden Administration.