Study on San Ardo Earthquakes 12.14.2020 0700 4 JS

 A study that was recently announced found that earthquakes around the San Ardo oil field are tied to wastewater injection.

The study is led by a professor of seismology at the University of Memphis and another professor of geophysics at Virginia Tech. The two examined over 40 years of wastewater injection data and nearly 2,000 earthquakes.

What they discovered was San Ardo earthquakes would occur near wastewater wells and the rate of earthquake activity relates to the rates of wastewater injection.

The delay in correlating the two events consists of 13 to 17 months between the wastewater injection rate and earthquake activities. 

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SBC Judge Retiring 12.14.2020 0630 3 JS

The Superior Court of San Benito County has announced that Presiding Judge Steven R. Sanders will retire early next year.

He spent 20 years on the bench, and some of his career highlights include serving as the Juvenile Dependency Court Judge for over 14 years, creating a library literacy program for the children of felony probationers, establishing collaborative courts such as drug court, behavioral health court, and parental responsibility court, otherwise known as truancy court.

Judge Sanders will retire on January 15th, ending over 34 years of his career in public service.

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Highway 101 Delays 12.14.2020 0615 2 JS

Caltrans will be closing a lane on Highway 101 now through Friday.

The lane closure affects the northbound direction of Highway 101 starting at Boronda Road in Salinas up to the San Benito County line and takes place from 9 AM to 2 PM.

The lane closure is due to a sweeping operation, and delays of up to 10 minutes can be expected as a result of this sweeping operation and lane closure.

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Debris Flow Contact Form Due 12.14.2020 0545 1 JS

Officials with the county of Santa Cruz are requesting that residents within zones marked for potential debris flow fill out an emergency contact form online by this Wednesday.

The form includes questions about what a resident might need to do in the event of an evacuation, identifying roads to escape, and additional information on what to do if a mandatory evacuation was announced.

The mudslide emergency contact form can be found here:

https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/5136ae74128143559bd5cfab25c1ad1a

Find out if you’re in an evacuation zone by visiting here:

http://community.zonehaven.com

Sign up for CodeRed (emergency) alerts by visiting http://scr911.org

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