Santa Cruz County Local News: Resilience

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The future of the Affordable Connectivity Program, a federal program that provides internet access to low-income families, is in limbo. Unless Congress steps in to fund it, over 23 million households will be cut off from the program by April of this year.

KBCZ’s broadcast reach at the moment on 89.3 FM is to all of the San Lorenzo Valley including Lompico, Scotts Valley, Paradise Park, and parts of Santa Cruz.

As climate change and atmospheric rivers bring flooding, wind storms, and power outages to the Central Coast, Monterey County must prepare for an ongoing shift in its communities.

Nearly one year ago, flood waters from the Pajaro River inundated Pajaro Middle School, closing the school. Now, work will restore the school by August.

Storms pummeled Santa Cruz County in late December, prompting a county supervisor’s suggestion to consider “managed retreat” at oft-battered locations.

Zayante Fire Department is fighting to keep a financial fire from getting out of control and will soon face a new threat—consolidation.

County officials estimate that the waves, which wreaked havoc all along the coast, caused more than $4 million in damage.