Jesse Kathan

Jesse Kathan is a staff reporter for Santa Cruz Local and a California Local News Fellow whose beat includes government, housing, health and the environment. Kathan has a master’s degree in science communication from UC Santa Cruz.

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Car zooming through a road with greenery in the background and a person walking

Community & Public Health

Years after fatal crash, a mother awaits change on Highway 9

Years after her son’s death on Highway 9, a mother still waits for safety upgrades as slow reforms begin to address a deadly road design in rural Santa Cruz County.

Disability and Accessibility

A woman wearing a backpack rides a bicycle in a designated bike lane beside a beige pickup truck at a traffic light intersection. Overhead signs indicate directions for Highway 1 North and South. Traffic is visible in multiple lanes, and there are businesses, including “Tiger Motors,” on the right side of the road. The weather is sunny with clear skies.

Community & Public Health

Map: Santa Cruz County’s most dangerous roads for cyclists and pedestrians

Over the past 12 years in Santa Cruz County, 86 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed and more than 3,000 have been injured, state records show.

Community Safety

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Jesse Kathan

Articles

Years after fatal crash, a mother awaits change on Highway 9

Map: Santa Cruz County’s most dangerous roads for cyclists and pedestrians