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During his first few days as county supervisor, Felipe Hernandez said he vividly remembers shoveling and making sandbags for residents to help protect their homes from flooding. 

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Tania Ortiz joins Lookout Santa Cruz as the California Local News Fellow to cover South County. Tania earned her master’s degree in journalism in December 2023 from Syracuse University, where she was...