Heath Johnston
Welcome to KAZU s weekly news roundup for 2/5/21. Here you ll find the top local stories of the week and a few select national stories from NPR.
Tuesday was Groundhog Day and the little rascal predicts six more weeks of winter. Winter storms hammered our area last week and despite recent sunny skies the fallout from the storm persists. A southern section of Highway 1 along the Big Sur coast washed out and it’s unclear how long it will take to fix it. KAZU’s Erika Mahoney looked into the impact of closure on the Big Sur community.
Now that the rain has stopped and clean up is underway, KAZU’s Michelle Loxton looked into this question did last week’s storm cause the damage that was expected? She spoke with local natural disaster predictors, as she’s calling them, and their answers varied. For one expert what they thought might happen did happen. For another it was almost like his county was spared. Hear/read that story here: A Post Rainstorm Analysis: D
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An estimated 165,000 of the California s farmworkers and their families are indigenous Mexicans. For many of these women, even basic necessities like sanitary pads or tampons are often unaffordable or inaccessible. (Shutterstock)
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA The harsh conditions California s farmworkers normally face have been exacerbated this year by the triple whammy of the coronavirus pandemic, wildfires and rising temperatures.
In Santa Cruz County, a grassroots effort is aimed at addressing one important, but often overlooked, consequence of this hardship: the toll it exacts on the reproductive health of indigenous women who work in agriculture.
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An estimated 165,000 of the California s farmworkers and their families are indigenous Mexicans, and for many of these women, even basic necessities like sanitary pads or tampons are often unaffordable or inaccessible.