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Heavy equipment and big steel are part of a new bridge project on Valencia Road in Aptos.

Pajaro Valley Unified School District teachers on Monday will begin a “work-to-rule” action, in which workers do only the work required under their contract.

Workers at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds are currently installing two large tanks for a system designed to provide water when it is otherwise unavailable.

Nearly 50 percent of California’s 3.2 million students met or exceeded English Language Arts standards on state tests from the past academic year, numbers nearly identical to those from 2016 results.

Stream restoration efforts along the coast of Central California are unevenly distributed, with activity more likely to occur in areas that are more highly populated and dominated by residents who are “whiter, wealthier and more educated,” according to an analysis by researchers at UC Santa Cruz.

As the New Year rushed in on Monday, so did the tides.

New fencing, topped with barbed wire and razor wire — a bold “stay out” statement — has been installed this week at the edge of a bridge over Watsonville Slough on Harkins Slough Road behind Ramsay Park.

The Niners’ offensive line ranked 11th in run blocking this season, according to Football Outsiders. They were the worst run blocking unit in the NFL — that is not an embellishment — in 2016 and ‘15. The year they went to the Super Bowl? They were ranked first.

For the past 33 years, the Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency has aimed to solve water usage issues in the Pajaro Valley and neighboring regions.