County Puts Out “Do Not Travel” Warning

The Santa Cruz County Office of Response, Recovery & Resilience has issued the following Press Release:

Snow, ice, falling trees and downed wires are severely impacting roads throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Residents are being asked to cancel all travel except in cases of emergency. Public safety and road crews are significantly strained and rescues or other assistance may not be possible should travelers become stuck, trapped or otherwise need assistance.

The National Weather Service expects cold weather to persist through the weekend. Libraries and other public facilities may be used to warm up, use public internet services or charge personal devices if residents are being impacted by outages. Please call ahead to confirm hours as some locations may be impacted by inclement weather. For a list of branch libraries, please visit https://www.santacruzpl.org/branches/.

The Santa Cruz County Emergency Operations Center is activated to monitor storm activity, coordinate support to agencies responding to the storm and help meet community needs.

• To track local power outages, visit www.pge.com/outages.
• For local road impacts, visit www.sccroadclosure.org.
• For State highway impacts, visit www.quickmap.dot.ca.gov.

In addition, the CHP has reported a road closure on SR-152 at Pole Line Rd. Avoid the area & use SR-129 as an alternate route. Also avoid Soquel San Jose Rd. due to multiple reports of traffic hazards. Check our pinned tweet for road conditions in Santa Cruz County.

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