Scott Cohn
Reporter/HostA nationally recognized journalist, Scott Cohn has been based on the Central Coast since 2014. He joined KAZU as a reporter and fill-in host in 2019 after several years volunteering during station membership drives.
In a career spanning more than 40 years, Scott has traveled to all 50 states, and reported from more than a dozen countries. He has earned multiple industry honors including two Edward R. Murrow Awards and three national Emmy nominations. His work for KAZU is a return to his journalism roots. Scott began his career as a reporter and host for Wisconsin Public Radio.
A native of Chicago and a proud California transplant, Scott holds a degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin, where he currently serves on the Board of Visitors for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. In 2005, the University honored him with its annual award for Distinguished Service to Journalism.
Contact him at scohn@kazu.org.
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Construction has officially begun on a $600 million dollar project to rebuild the troubled Pajaro River levee system, nearly 60 years after Congress first identified the need. -
It may still be August, but winter is again looming large in Pajaro, where construction crews are at work shoring up the battered levee. -
Weather permitting, authorities will close Highway 1 between the Park Ave. and Bay/Porter exits near Capitola from 7:00 p.m. Saturday until 7:00 p.m. Sunday. The construction is a milestone in a years-long, $270 million reconstruction of the freeway in Santa Cruz County. -
A $200 million proposal to further speed up reconstruction of the troubled Pajaro River levee did not make it into a Congressional budget deal. -
On March 5, Santa Cruz voters will decide whether to pass Measure M, which would require a referendum on any development project that exceeds the city's existing height limits, and raise the requirements for affordable units in new developments from 20% to 25%. -
The latest round of winter weather spared the Pajaro River levee system, which failed so disastrously last year. That has left officials hopeful that they can keep the 75-year-old system intact for just a little bit longer, with construction on a new, stronger system set to begin this year. -
After a few summery days, winter returns with a vengeance and torrential rain in the Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties. Officials are warning about possible floods, power outages and strong winds. -
Hundreds of residents are suing the State of California, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, and a host of other government agencies for negligence in at least four cases filed since December. -
Santa Cruz City Council voted in favor of a more generic resolution than was favored by the majority of attendees, after a raucous public comment session that lasted well into the early hours of Wednesday morning. -
Local leaders signed an agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers to clear the way for construction. But the project is still expected to take up to a decade.
