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North Monterey votes for safer routes to schools beginning April 27

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MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. (KION-TV) -- North Monterey County Schools will begin the voting process for safer routes to schools at the end of the month.

The Transportation Agency of Monterey County (TAMC) is partnering with North Monterey County schools to use $1 million in funding to create routes that would provide new routes for students who walk and bike to school.

This would help ease traffic and make drop-off zones safer with designated areas for students to enter that school to avoid traffic from incoming cars.

This is part of a participatory budgeting effort that begins on the Day of the Child on April 27 to May 10. Anyone from ages 12 and up can vote on their favorite projects either online or in specifically marked voting locations.

The winning projects will be revealed in June. Then, the projects will go to the Monterey County Board of Supervisors and TAMC Board of Directors for final approval.

Online voting begins on April 27. For those looking to vote in-person they can do so at the following locations:

  • Pajaro Middle School
    250 Salinas Rd, Pajaro
    7:30 am – 4:00 pm Monday-Friday
  • Casa de la Cultura
    225 Salinas Rd, Pajaro
    2:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Wednesday – Friday
  • Ohlone Elementary School
    21 Bay Farms Rd, Royal Oaks
    7:30 am – 3:00 pm, Monday-Friday
  • Hall Elementary School
    300 Sill Rd, Las Lomas
    7:00 am – 3:30 pm, Monday-Friday
  • Echo Valley School
    147 Echo Valley Rd, Royal Oaks
    7:00 am – 3:30 pm, Monday-Friday
  • Elkhorn Elementary
    2235 Elkhorn Rd, Castroville
    7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday
  • North Monterey County High School
    13990 Castroville Blvd, Castroville
    7:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
  • North Monterey County Middle School
    10301 Seymour St, Castroville
    8:00 am – 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday
  • Castroville Elementary
    11161 Merritt St, Castroville
    7:00 am – 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday
  • Castroville Library
    11160 Speegle St, Castroville
    11:00 am – 7:00 pm, Tuesday & Wednesday
    10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Thursday
    10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Friday and Saturday
  • Prunedale Elementary
    17719 Pesante Rd, Salinas
    7:30 am – 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday
  • Central Bay High
    17500 Pesante Rd, Salinas
    7:00 am – 3:30 pm, Monday-Friday
  • Prunedale Library
    17822 Moro Rd, Prunedale
    10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tuesday-Thursday
    10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Friday and Saturday
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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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