Santiago’s four years at Watsonville High School have been nothing short of eventful. She got an early taste of college, both ...

In January 2023, floods tore through the town ... One study by the University of California, Merced found that more than 80% of Planada’s roughly 4,000 residents suffered financial losses ...

Flood-ravaged California towns still await majority of promised $40 million in state aid as new storms loom. (CalMatters/CatchLight Local/Larry Valenzuela) Nearly two ...

California set aside $20 million each for the communities to rebuild. Nearly two years later, four-fifths of that aid has not yet been distributed to flood victims of Planada in Merced County, and ...

For example, a UC Merced study following the January 2023 flood of Planada, California, found that 83% of residents experienced economic losses. Many fell behind on rent, mortgage and car payments, ...

Cars sitting in floodwaters on January 11, 2023, in Planada, California. The state has been hit by flooding again. Cars sitting in floodwaters on January 11, 2023, in Planada, California.

Alicia Rodriguez visits with Saul Calderon as they discuss an upcoming workshop that will help residents of Planada apply for their piece of $20 million that the State of California funded to help ...

Homes and cars in the small community of Planada in Merced County, California, are surrounded by water after the town experienced flooding in a recent atmospheric river storm. The stories of residents ...

January 13, 2024 - SACRAMENTO, CA — Assemblywoman Esmeralda Soria (D-Fresno), issued the following statement on the approved 2023 Winter Storm Flood Relief Plan for the City of Planada.

Just east of Merced, the community of Planada also was flooded ... we’ll be in really good shape.” The floods, McBride said, taught officials how to work with the California Governor’s Office of ...