Pajaro River levee breach forces thousands from homes; more counties join disaster list

Roughly 16,000 residents along the Pajaro River in Monterey County remained under orders to evacuate or shelter in place on Monday in the wake of a weekend levee breach that inundated thousands of acres of homes and farmland, county officials said.

The breach that formed late Friday near the community of Pajaro had grown to at least 400 feet wide as of 11:30 a.m. Monday, according to an update released by the county.