About $2 million in infrastructure upgrades will break ground in the coming weeks in the northern Monterey County community of Pajaro where a levee breached two years ago, prompting widespread evacuations and damage.

Monterey County officials on Wednesday released some details about the improvements in the area that was affected when the Pajaro River levee breached in March 2023, leading to flooding that left more than 200 homes either destroyed or seriously damaged.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.