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EV charging stations in Santa Cruz receive $14.3 million in funding

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By Sergio Berrueta

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Published January 15, 2025 1:55 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KION-TV) -- More than $14 million will be distributed to the City of Santa Cruz to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.

U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) announced on Wednesday that the money will come from the Federal Highway Administration under the U.S. Department of Transportation.

It's part of a larger project known as the Monterey Bay Region Equitable EV Charging Projects that would see EV charging ports across the state's 18th and 19th Districts. This includes cities across Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties.

"Even when there is partisan talk questioning the climate crisis, we vow to continue following sound science and supporting the allocation of federal resources for sustainable projects that boost our local economies," U.S. Representatives Lofgren and Panetta said in a joint statement in a release.

The funding itself comes from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program.

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Sergio Berrueta

Sergio Berrueta has been in the news for quite awhile going from studying print media to entering the realm of broadcast.

Originally from Bell Gardens, California, in Southeast Los Angeles. Berrueta started his professional news career in Eureka as a newscast producer for North Coast News (now The Northstate’s News) at KAEF ABC 23 in 2022. He pivoted a year later in 2022 going from behind-the-scenes to in front of the camera as a multimedia journalist for Redwood News Channel 3 (KIEM/KVIQ) also in Eureka.

Berrueta studied journalism at Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt) earning his Bachelor’s Degree. Berrueta was a staff writer, page editor, social media manager and editor-in-chief of the university’s El Lenador, the only bilingual publication in all of Humboldt County.

Before moving to the North Coast, Berrueta had earned his Associate’s Degree at East Los Angeles College in 2019 after beginning his educational journey in 2012. He also was on staff for the ELAC’s publication, ELAC Campus News, having been a staff writer, page editor, and online editor.

Outside of news experience, Berrueta has also been in education as an AmeriCorps tutor in East Hollywood from 2017 to 2019 and served in a government role as a National Hometown Fellow for Lead for America with the City of Arcata in 2021.

When not focusing on news, Berrueta is an avid amateur cinephile having written about films in free time. He also writes poetry, attempting to get through a backlog of video games, enjoys visiting new places along the California Coast, and trying to keep up with the latest music and podcasts.

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