San Benito County Local Resilience News Articles and Digest

Business, Economy & Jobs Resilience State of California

350,000 Californians Are on the FAIR Plan, the Last Resort for Fire Insurance. Now What?

01/22/2024
As the FAIR Plan writes more fire-insurance policies, homeowners complain about poor service, rising costs and threats of getting kicked off.

From Los Angeles Times...

Public Safety Resilience

The 1994 Northridge Quake Was a Shock. Here’s Why the Next One Won’t Be

01/16/2024
Our understanding and preparedness have come a long way since Southern California’s magnitude 6.7 earthquake in 1994. We’re still learning from that destructive temblor.

From Edible Monterey Bay...

Agriculture, Food & Gardening Resilience

Lessons of Resilience and Hope at McHenry Vineyard

01/10/2024
Like the redwoods that survived the devastating CZU fire of 2020, the McHenry family is resilient. That fateful August conflagration ruined a promising crop at Beauregard Vineyards.

From EdSource...

Education Families & Children Resilience

California Community College Students Helping Peers

01/03/2024
Two-thirds of community college students in California admit to struggling to meet basic needs. The California Community Colleges’ Student Ambassador Program has empowered more than 50 students to act as resource guides to help them.

From Monterey Herald...

Public Safety Health Resilience

Smoke Exposure From Controlled Burns Is Raising Concerns

12/26/2023
Prescribed burns, used to limit destructive wildfires, are growing in frequency at California State Parks. But as the smoke drifts into residential areas, it’s easy to see why many Californians are concerned about the health impacts.

From San Joaquin Valley Sun...

Water Resilience

Bureau of Reclamation Names New Leader for California Region

12/21/2023
The Bureau of Reclamation, which manages federal water such as the Central Valley Project, has a new regional director for the California-Great Basin Region.

From Escalon Times...

Public Safety Resilience State of California

Coordinated Effort Aims to Secure Aircraft for CalFire

12/19/2023
An effort spearheaded by the Newsom administration and congressional leaders resulted in Congress authorizing and accelerating the transfer of seven C-130 aircraft from the U.S. Coast Guard to CalFire, expanding California’s firefighting fleet.

From YubaNet...

Sustainability Resilience

2023 Shatters Records

11/29/2023
2023 has broken climate records, accompanied by extreme weather which has left a trail of devastation, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

From CalMatters...

Business, Economy & Jobs Resilience Community Service & Support Government

Flooded California Towns Got Millions in Aid. But Residents, State at Odds Over How to Spend it

11/16/2023
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.

From Sacramento Bee...

Water Resilience

‘Super El Niño’ is Heading for California This Winter

11/13/2023
Much of California could get hit by extreme weather conditions this winter. A major storm is due to hit Northern California this week.

From Sacramento Bee...

Sustainability Resilience

Tree Climbers Are Helping Replant California’s Forests

11/09/2023
More than 1.5 million acres of forest have been burned or scarred in California. Climbers go high in trees to grab pine cones that could help in reforestation.

California Local Pin Marker From California Local...

Environment Resilience

Despite Promises, Homeowners Still Face Fire Insurance Crisis

11/08/2023
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Denials and non-renewals of homeowner fire policies have continued to climb.

From YubaNet...

Environment Resilience

Scientists Find Two Ways That Hurricanes Intensify

10/26/2023
Forecasters have struggled to understand why tropical storms sometimes blow up into major hurricanes. Scientists have shed some light on this forecasting challenge.

From SanBenitocom...

Public Safety Resilience County of San Benito

San Benito County Launches New Alert System

10/11/2023

San Benito County and the Santa Cruz Regional 911 system this week announced the launch of SBCAlert, an automated alert and warning system.

From Gilroy Dispatch...

Public Safety Resilience

PG&E Helicopters Patrol for Trees That Pose Wildfire Risk

10/10/2023
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The utility company is conducting aerial patrols in Santa Clara, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties, looking to detect dead or dying trees that could pose a wildfire risk.

From SanBenitocom...

Public Safety Resilience State of California

Cal Fire Training Program Aims to Increase Defensible Space Efforts

09/26/2023
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A statewide program will allow qualified applicants to support Cal Fire in its defensible space and home hardening assessment and education efforts.

From The Mercury News...

Public Safety Resilience Government

California Tops FEMA’s New List of Areas Vulnerable to Weather Disasters

09/19/2023
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has identified nearly 500 “zones” that are ill-prepared to tolerate flooding, earthquakes, heat waves, wildfires, landslides and other natural hazards. California topped all states with 51 total zones, followed by 35 in Texas and 32 in Florida.

From The Mercury News...

Resilience

Bay Area Scientist Claims He ‘Left Out the Full Truth’ to Get Climate Change Wildfire Study Published

09/08/2023
A new study that found human-caused climate warming has increased the frequency of fast-spreading California wildfires has come into question from the unlikeliest of critics—its own lead author.

From CapPublicRadio...

Public Safety Resilience

Hotter Climate Means a Never-Ending Fire Season for the National Guard

08/26/2023
After California lost over 4 million acres to fire in 2020, the state funded Task Force Rattlesnake, with National Guardsmen to assist Cal Fire.

From Benito Link...

Resilience United States

SBA Announces Changes to Its Disaster Lending Program

08/16/2023
The U.S. Small Business Administration has finalized a rule to increase support to disaster survivors and small businesses needing relief following a federally declared disaster. The rule becomes effective for all disasters declared on or after July 31, 2023.

San Benito County Local News: Resilience