Coverage of the storms that hit Santa Cruz County in January 2023 and the cleanup and recovery efforts that have followed.
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Editorial: Yes, Santa Cruzans are resilient, but this next recovery is fraught with challenges and questions. They begin...
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Across Santa Cruz County, community groups are coming together to raise money and launch volunteer efforts to help...
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Storm Recovery Updates
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The power went out in Felton during storms that hit the community around 1 a.m. on Jan. 8. Pacific Gas & Electric crews...
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The storms leave many challenges and questions for Santa Cruz County in their wake. Who will pay for the repairs to...
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The city has finished emergency repairs to West Cliff Drive and the San Lorenzo River levee. As design plans for final...
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Across Santa Cruz County, storm damage cost estimates have reached $76 million. The board of supervisors will discuss...
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Caltrans says crews are working to clear mudslides and repair storm damage to Highway 9 in the Ben Lomond area and...
Santa Cruz Storm Coverage
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Evan Morrison’s four-month-old Santa Cruz Free Guide, which has been running the Safe RV Parking program at the Armory,...
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West Cliff Drive took the brunt of the damage within the City of Santa Cruz, which means that it will be the main focus...
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“First thing is to do your best to dry out your property and stabilize it. Be safe, and recognize that most people are...
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No, Abe Lincoln never got to fulfill his wish to visit Santa Cruz, but Benjamin Harrison and Teddy Roosevelt, marveling...
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“The federal government is not leaving its responsibility until it’s all fixed, it’s done,” President Joe Biden told a...
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Lookout wants to hear stories about Santa Cruz County residents helping each other during the storm siege that began New...
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A series of atmospheric river storms that dropped record-breaking rain and unleashed chaos across California will end...
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California’s Central Valley is at risk of catastrophic flooding. A new state plan calls for spending as much as $30...
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Editorial: As the governor and the president visit storm-torn California, where they visit is a meaningful act. Beyond...
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As wave after wave of storms took aim at the Central Coast, local farmers markets remained open for business.
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As the skies begin to clear and a relentless series of atmospheric rivers finally start to move out of California,...
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Amid repeated storms and sea level rise, new research shines light on another flood risk that has remained hidden for...
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Storm Central keeps you updated as we watch, wait and assess. Check back here as Lookout correspondents reach out across...
Mid-County Storm Coverage
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Are you really from Santa Cruz County if you don’t have at least one Pizza My Heart tee? The chain’s latest is part of...
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With more than 100 employees unable to return to work due to prolonged restaurant closures, chefs from Reef Dog Deli,...
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The president, notorious for his love of ice cream, did indeed sample a Santa Cruz favorite, and his team also chowed...
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Almost a football field and a half long, the Cement Ship marked a place and time of high enjoyment, until zapped by the...
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After a series of punishing winter storms and a violent tidal surge dramatically damaged the Capitola Village restaurant...
Biden to visit Watsonville, Capitola, Seacliff State Beach in tour of Santa Cruz County storm damage
Biden to visit Watsonville, Capitola, Seacliff State Beach in tour of Santa Cruz County storm damage
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White House officials said President Joe Biden and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell...
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Before he was state Sen. John Laird, he was the County of Santa Cruz’s John Laird, and before that, he was Santa Cruz...
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Dry weather is in front of us, as the last few drops fall from the skies the next couple of days. In the San Lorenzo...
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Another moderate storm moved into California Sunday evening, but meteorologists also say there’s good news on the...
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It’s hard to visit Capitola Village and not come under its spell — and that makes it even harder for anyone who’s felt...
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FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell and members of her staff visited parts of Rio Del Mar and Capitola, and were set to...
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Several local organizations are providing info sessions on filing storm damage claims Thursday and Friday while at the...
South County Storm Coverage
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Those who live in the lowest-lying areas adjacent to the Pajaro River’s tributaries knew that flooding was a...
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The Pajaro River, which had neared flood stage amid the ongoing wave of storms, measured at under 26 feet in Watsonville...
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Santa Cruz County and its four cities sustained more than $36 million in damages to public infrastructure in storms that...
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After what is expected to be a brief reprieve from the rain for much of Thursday, another atmospheric river is set to...
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The Pajaro Valley Unified School District will open most of its schools Wednesday after closing many campuses because of...
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The County of Santa Cruz said late Tuesday that it would carry out emergency repairs to the Pajaro River levee system,...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom was set to tour storm-damaged parts of Capitola Village on Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile, the Santa...
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Much of Santa Cruz County fared better than worse-case scenarios, but road blockages, lots of localized flooding have...
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All Pajaro Valley Unified School District schools are set to be closed Tuesday, impacting more than 18,000 students....
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More heavy rain is set to hit the low-lying areas of Santa Cruz County this week. In Watsonville, memories are still...
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With flash flood warnings in effect, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District announced that classes were canceled...
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Santa Cruz Mountains Storm Coverage
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Daniel DeLong lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where packing a chainsaw is often just part of mountain life. His young...
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Just days after a first New Year’s Eve storm rendered Lompico resident Benjamin Short’s home uninhabitable, his...
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Rep. Jimmy Panetta received an eye-opening visual Friday of the damage incurred by the San Lorenzo Valley following the...
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Since a series of storms began on New Year’s Eve, Californians have taken to social media to share images of sinkholes...
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California’s power grid is typically tested during wildfire season or intense heat waves, but a winter storm system has...
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The people of Felton Grove, a neighborhood along the San Lorenzo River in Felton, have seen two floods hit their...
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Roads and highways across Santa Cruz County and the broader region have been shut down by landslides, sinkholes,...
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The unrelenting deluge battering the Santa Cruz Mountains left hundreds in Boulder Creek without power for days....
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We asked readers to share their photos from the storms that battered Santa Cruz County in early 2023, and the cleanup...
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As of Thursday, Rio del Mar and the mouth of Pajaro River have flooded, strong high tide swells have wrecked the...
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