

They walked through Feuerhaken’s long driveway, across a vegetable garden, through a small gate and into Heim’s backyard. They used it to get food in Soquel Village. When they went to see the washed-out road themselves, they learned about Heim and Feuerhaken’s bridge. Christianson and Pastor get their water from a well, unlike many nearby who lost water access. They know other people might not have it as good as them. Lompico Road in Felton was closed after a power pole fell across the road, the county reported via Twitter at 7:41 a.m. East Zayante Road was closed north of Mount Hermon Road due to a downed tree, the California Highway Patrol reported, and a half-mile stretch of Highway 9 south of Ben Lomond remains closed after a New Year’s Eve slide.

Highways 129 and 152 were closed east of Watsonville by flooding and/or mudslides, cutting off access to U.S. North Main Street in Soquel was far from the only road closure in Santa Cruz County as of early Friday as yet another atmospheric river swept through the region overnight.

Residents talked to each other about their surprise at the damaged road and shared updates about the bridge access using Heim and Feuerhaken’s backyards. Some people had to cancel plans, missed a day of school or couldn’t get to work.ĭozens of residents walked and biked down to the creek to watch workers dump and organize boulders into the creek. A post shared by Supervisor Manu Koenig in the neighborhood also reported losing power and gas.
