Storm Damage On Santa Cruz Road So Severe It May Be Closed Entirely

CBS San Francisco

January 18, 2023

Communities up and down the coast in Santa Cruz County are scrambling to assess the damage from recent storms and draft repair plans ahead of President Biden's scheduled visit to the central coast Thursday.

"This is the worst. I've seen land lost, boulders put in. But we really haven't seen this much damage," says Santa Cruz resident Laura Burnett during her daily walk along West Cliff Drive.

Burnett who's lived in the area for 15 years says she awestruck by the large chunk the ocean has clawed out of West Cliff. But she's also questioning the wisdom of making costly repairs to an area that will forever be at the mercy of Mother Nature.

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