Free hot meals will be available at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds over the next week for Monterey County residents evacuated from Pajaro and other areas following heavy rain earlier this month.
Meals will be distributed daily at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., March 25 through March 31.
The drive-thru hot meal distribution site will be near the entrance of the fairgrounds on the left side of the parking lot.
The site is being run by a partnership of Monterey County, state agencies, and the Red Cross.
About 445 people were staying at the fairgrounds shelter when Pajaro residents were told they could re-enter the community on Thursday for