The predicted storm was settling in over Santa Cruz County on Sunday morning, bringing with it increasingly high winds that threatened to take down trees and power lines across the county. And with rainfall totals inching up, the National Weather Service posted a flood warning for the San Lorenzo River.
As of 8 a.m., Santa Cruz County’s SAFER (Situational Awareness for Emergency Response) dashboard reported no flooding on the San Lorenzo, nor on the Pajaro River in South County or on Soquel or Corralitos Creeks.
The county urges residents to sign up for local emergency alerts at CruzAware, and you can check here for the latest news on county-maintained roads.
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The devastating fires of 2020 are now giving way to memoirs, and one of the most vivid comes from Santa Cruz native Manjula Martin. Her new book, “The Last Fire Season,” reflects on the 2020 fires with natural history and personal experience, with insights on language, Indigenous land practices and the enduring power of gardening. Read more from Wallace Baine ahead of Martin’s appearance this week at Bookshop Santa Cruz.
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Lookout columnist Claudia Sternbach couldn’t sleep the night before her husband Michael’s cancer diagnosis. How do doctors, she wonders, prepare themselves to tell us hard things? The couple learned a few months ago that Michael has cancer, just as he was set to retire. She has been chronicling the emotional journey. Read her latest here.
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