Por: Los Angeles Times Nation March 13, 2023
Officials had known for decades that the Pajaro River levee that failed this weekend — flooding an entire migrant town and trapping scores of residents — was vulnerable but never prioritized repairs in part because they believed it did not make financial sense to protect the low-income area, interviews and records show. It was pretty much recognized by the early '60s that the levees were probably not adequate for the water that that... + full article
Los Angeles Times USA Nation August 31, 2023
As Californians brace for the possibility of yet another wet winter — thanks to a looming El Niño — anxiety is growing in the Central Coast towns of Pajaro and Watsonville, where epic storms caused extensive flood damage earlier this year. On Tuesday, California Assembly... + más
Storm breaches California river’s levee, thousands evacuate | Portland Press Herald
Storm breaches NorCal river's levee; thousands forced to evacuate | ABC7
Los Angeles Times USA Nation March 30, 2023
It took a major disaster and the prolonged displacement of hundreds of farmworkers, but the small Monterey County community of Pajaro is finally getting the help and attention of federal, state and local lawmakers its residents have sought for decades. On Tuesday, California... + más
Storm breaches California river's levee, thousands evacuate | Associated Press
Los Angeles Times USA Nation March 24, 2023
The school buses arrived in quick succession, looping past the entrance of the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds and a parking lot packed with cars before stopping near Harvest Building, a low-slung yellow structure usually used for fundraisers. Araceli Telles stood waiting near the... + más
ABC7 USA Nation March 12, 2023
WATSONVILLE, Calif. -- A Northern California agricultural community famous for its strawberry crop was forced to evacuate early Saturday after the Pajaro River's levee was breached by flooding from a new atmospheric river that pummeled the state.Across the Central... + más
Construction to begin on first mile of long-awaited West Shore Lake Pontchartrain levee | The Advocate
Associated Press USA Politics March 12, 2023
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California agricultural community famous for its strawberry crop was forced to evacuate early Saturday after the Pajaro River’s levee was breached by flooding from a new atmospheric river that pummeled the state.Across the Central... + más
Los Angeles Times USA Nation March 11, 2023
A levee failure on the Pajaro River in Monterey County overnight triggered massive flooding and prompted hundreds of evacuations and dozens of water rescues as the latest atmospheric river storm pummeled large swaths of California. The levee — three miles upstream from the... + más
California's Pajaro River breaches overnight, residents urged to evacuate | ABC News
Portland Press Herald USA World March 11, 2023
WATSONVILLE, Calif. — A Northern California agricultural community famous for its strawberry crop was forced to evacuate early Saturday after the Pajaro River’s levee was breached by flooding from a new atmospheric river that pummeled the state. Across the Central Coast’s... + más
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