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Through new Monterey County programs, residents can receive money to compensate for food spoilage, property losses and damages and housing assistance. Both store-front and home-based businesses are eligible for recovery grants.
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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.
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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.
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Residents of Planada and Pajaro want state aid to help alleviate debt incurred from rebuilding after January floods. Local officials want some money to go elsewhere.
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When powerful winter storms overwhelmed Pajaro’s aging levee system in March, it forced thousands to evacuate their homes. Six months later, many still struggle to return.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom in March said state relief would soon help flood victims who don’t qualify for federal emergency relief. The state has yet to name nonprofits that will dole out the aid.
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Some Pajaro flood victims will not qualify for the long-awaited federal reimbursement programs through FEMA. But local charities are filling the gap.
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Pajaro residents were able to return home on Thursday. It's the first glimpse residents are getting of their homes nearly two weeks after they flooded.
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The timeline for residents’ return home is still uncertain, causing frustration for flood victims on both sides of the Pajaro river bridge — the ones who evacuated, and the ones who stayed behind.