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Two years after Pajaro flooded, efforts continue to protect the land and people from future disasters.
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Two years after Pajaro flooded, efforts continue to protect the land and people from future disasters.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Mar 11, 2025

Erik Chalhoub here, thinking back to two years ago today, March 11, 2023, when sections of the Pajaro River levee, under pressure from heavy p…

Neglected for decades, the Pajaro levee is finally holding attention of policymakers.
News

Neglected for decades, the Pajaro levee is finally holding attention of policymakers.

  • David Schmalz
  • Aug 31, 2023

On an overcast morning on Friday, Aug. 25, as jets of water from sprinklers rain down on the surrounding fields of lettuce, a gaggle of journa…

Residents are starting to seek legal recourse after the Pajaro River floods.
News

Residents are starting to seek legal recourse after the Pajaro River floods.

  • Rey Mashayekhi
  • Jul 13, 2023

In the wake of this winter’s devastating atmospheric rivers and resulting floods, residents in the hard-hit Pajaro Valley have set legal wheel…

A new agency formed to address flooding in the Pajaro Valley is already splintering.
News

A new agency formed to address flooding in the Pajaro Valley is already splintering.

  • David Schmalz
  • Jun 22, 2023

Just two years after its formation, the Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency is already at risk of splintering.

Congress authorized a restoration of the Pajaro River levee in 1966. More than half a century later, the work remains undone.
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Congress authorized a restoration of the Pajaro River levee in 1966. More than half a century later, the work remains undone.

  • David Schmalz
  • Mar 23, 2023

IN THE SUMMER OF 1926, HEAVY RAINS ACROSS THE MIDWEST SWELLED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO RECORD LEVELS, precipitating a catastrophe that would u…

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