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SC CO - No Debris Flow (EVAC ORDER UPGRADED TO WARNING) 01-28-21 11:23 S.S.

Cal-Fire  has  reported  that  no  major debris  flows  have  been  reported  in  the  San Lorenzo  Valley  so  far,  so  the  Evacuation Orders  in  Santa  Cruz  county  have  been  downgraded  to  Evacuation  Warnings.    County  officials  say  that  due  to  the  fact  that  more  rain  is  expected  this  weekend,   they  are  asking  that  people  stay  away  from  the  danger  zones  if  they  can,  or  (if  they  go  home)  stay  vigilant,  and  ready  to  evacuate  again  at  a  moment’s  notice.

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PVUSD Superintendent Gone 01-28-21 10:57 S.S.

Last  night,  the  board  of  trustees  for  the  Pajaro  Valley  Unified  School  District  voted  4 – 3  to  fire  the  district’s  Superintendent.    The  decision  was  made  in  a  closed  session,  and trustees  Jennifer  HolmMaria  Orozco  and  Kim De  Serpa  opposed  that  vote.    No  reason  for  the  firing  of  Michelle  Rodriguez  was  given,  and  the  teachers  union  is  now  working  to  find  that  out. 

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Debris Flow Salinas 01-28-21 08:40 S.S.

20-25  homes  were  damaged  by  mudflows  from  the  River  Fire  burn  scar,  including some  where  the  mud  went  inside  the  homes.    They  are  on  the  800  to  13-hundred  blocks  of  river  road.   After shifting south toward Big Sur and the Dolan Fire burn scar, yesterday morning, the atmospheric river moved back north toward the Monterey Peninsula and Salinas in the early afternoon. First responders patrolled the River Road area to check on residents who stayed behind, and assist those impacted by the mudflows. As of Wednesday afternoon, the S.P.C.A. of Monterey County was caring for 41 evacuated pets, including nine dogs, 14 cats, 17 horses and 1 donkey.

Another system is expected to move into the area Saturday but the forecast calls for most of the rain to fall north of the Monterey Bay.

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Highway 1 - still closed 01-28-21 06:06 S.S.

The  44  miles  of  Highway  1  from just  south  of  Deetjen’s  Big  Sur  Inn  to  Ragged  Point  will  remain  closed  until  at  least  tomorrow,  because  that’s  when  Cal-Trans  plans  to  re-assess  the  coastal  road.  There  are currently  several  areas  of  moderate  damage,  rockfall, and mudflows  on Highway 1 in  that  44-mile stretch.

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Scattered Power Outages 01-28-21 05:46 S.S.

There  are  many  scattered  power  outages  in  the  Tri-county  area.....with  the  largest  impacting  about 160  P.G. & E.  customers  in  the  area  between  Freedom  Boulevard  and  San  Andreas  Road....(east  and  west  of  Highway  1).

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