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Billions of federal dollars will be going to transit districts nationwide.....including the Santa Cruz Metro. The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District will be getting 13.5 million dollars of the Coronavirus Response And Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. The emergency funding is designed to off-set the decline in ridership during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Santa Cruz Metro operates 102 buses on 26 fixed-routes.
Seven Monterey county residents have been charged with Unemployment Insurance Fraud. The 5 Monterey county jail inmates, plus 2 civilians, now face felony counts of: conspiracy; making fraudulent statements in unemployment insurance applications; and money laundering. A spokesperson for the Monterey County District Attorney’s office says the total fraud exceeds $40,000 dollars.
San Benito County has entered its second week of administering Phase 1B of the COVID vaccine.
Seven vaccine providers are currently helping the county administer the vaccine including Lucky and Safeway pharmacies. The county is hoping to add more providers.
Last week the county held its first max vaccination clinic and gave the COVID vaccine to more than a hundred people, aged 75 and older. The county hopes to hold another max vax clinic this Friday.
Santa Cruz County Supervisors have voted unanimously to declare a state of emergency after last week’s storms caused millions of dollars along the coast and in other areas.
The move means the county will be able to receive state and federal funds after those agencies make similar declarations.
Four areas sustained millions of dollars in damage during last week's atmospheric river event. They include Valencia School Road, White Road in Aptos, and Schulties Road in the Summit Area.
The Rio Del Mar Flats area also sustained the worst of the flooding.
Some Gonzales High School seniors are at risk of not graduating on-time this June.
School officials say nearly half of the students are not on track to graduate. That is about 108 students out of 228 total. In the fall semester 423 D's and 1080 F's were awarded to students as a final grade.
Superintendent Yvette M. Irving told the recent board meeting that “The emphasis once again Ds and Fs in the core areas Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies, need to be repeated by a student to get a passing grade” necessary for college.
The school has been “disproportionately impacted by the pandemic." Officials there are looking for ways to help students achieve more and graduate this summer or in the fall.