EVACUATION CENTERS HAVE BEEN, AND ARE BEING, SET UP IN BOTH SANTA CRUZ AND MONTEREY COUNTIES FOR PEOPLE FLEEING FROM THE AUGUST LIGHTNING COMPLEX FIRES, AS WELL AS THE RIVER, CARMEL, AND DOLAN FIRES.
IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY :
THE SANTA CRUZ CIVIC AUDITORIUM IS AVAILABLE NOW, WHILE THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SET UP BY THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE CAN PARK TRUCKS AND RV’s IN A NUMBER OF PARKING LOTS AROUND THE COUNTY INCLUDING THE K-MART PARKING LOT IN SCOTTS VALLEY AND THE HOLY CROSS CHURCH PARKING LOT ON HIGH STREET IN SANTA CRUZ. FOR FOLKS CLOSER TO PESCADERO, THERE IS AN EVACUATION CENTER SET UP THERE TOO.
IN MONTEREY COUNTY:
THERE ARE EVACUATION CENTERS AT THE CARMEL VALLEY LIBRARY AT 65 WEST CARMEL VALLEY ROAD, AND IN SALINAS AT TORO PARK SCHOOL WHICH IS LOCATED AT 22-THOUSAND 500 PORTOLA DRIVE IN SALINAS.
