AS CARS VROOM ALONG PORTER DRIVE HEADING TOWARD EITHER WATSONVILLE OR SALINAS, IT LOOKS LIKE AN EVERYDAY SCENE IN PAJARO; far from the images of water that rushed into the
It has been almost a year since students at Pajaro Middle School have had to take classes at Lakeview Middle School due to extensive flooding at their home campus following the breach of the Pajaro River levee last March.
From the start, 2023 was definitely a wetter year than usual in Santa Cruz County. On New Year's Day, Watsonville was inundated with flooding near Corralitos Creek, and atmospheric rivers throughout the region hit Santa Cruz and Capitola hard, prompting a visit by President Joe Biden.