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(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

The school buses arrived in quick succession, looping past the entrance of the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds and a parking lot packed with cars before stopping near Harvest Building, a low-slung yellow structure usually used for fundraisers.Araceli Telles stood waiting near the gate for her daughters to arrive at the sprawling complex.

Jessica Sanchez felt awful about the catastrophic flooding that displaced hundreds of people in this Monterey County farm town.She felt worse when she heard families were sleeping in their cars because some of the shelters had reached capacity and they couldn't afford hotels."I have two daughters and I can't imagine having to sleep in a car when it's cold and raining outside," said Sanchez, 34.

All eyes will be on Monterey County on Thursday and Friday as officials warn that a new storm could cut off the Monterey Peninsula due to flooding.The Salinas River was expected to rise past flood stage at the town of Spreckels on Thursday afternoon and peak Friday evening, said Jeremy Arrich, manager of the Division of Flood Management with the California Department of Water Resources.

A new report finds that the vast majority of criminal cases end in a plea bargain.The American Bar Association says the practice puts efficiency over fairness and leads to innocent people being coerced to plead guilty.boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images In any given year, 98% of criminal cases in the federal courts end with a plea bargain a practice that prizes efficiency over fairness and innocence, according to a new report from the American Bar Association.

President Biden toured Capitola Village and Seacliff State Park in Santa Cruz County on Thursday.Both of the areas were two of the hardest hit by the recent winter storms.New Bill Calls For Revenue Sharing For College Sports In California
A new bill would give California college athletes more protections and require Division I schools to share revenue with athletes whose market value exceeds the amount of their scholarships.

San Jose scored nearly $20 million in state funds to transform a motel downtown into homeless housing, as Gov. Gavin Newsom awarded his last Homekey grants of 2022.The $19.9 million will allow the city to purchase the 72-room Pacific Motor Inn on South Second Street.For now, the motel will serve as temporary housing for homeless residents.

SANTA CRUZ  For years a growing chorus of research has suggested that pulse oximeters, the clip-on blood oxygen measurement tool made ubiquitous by the COVID-19 pandemic, can produce inaccurate readings in darker-skinned patients.But experts say that until recently, little was known about the specific adverse clinical outcomes this potential bias could produce.

Flood warnings were in effect for wide swaths of Northern California as new storms threatened flooding in some regions.Areas of concern
Particular areas of concern are the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz County and the Salinas River in Monterey County, the North Bay, Merced County, parts of San Mateo County and Mendocino County.

$1B in a one-time boost in funding made it possible to approve 93 new high-scoring projects.The CTC plans to request a larger allocation for the ATP in future state budgets.I Street Bridge Deck Conversion Project in West Sacramento.Image courtesy CTC
The California Transportation Commission this week approved staff recommendations for two categories of the current cycle of Active Transportation Program funding: Statewide and Small Urban and Rural.