Our round-up of the week's news includes a preview of tomorrow's Obon Festival, the Monterey County crop report, an update on the western snowy plover's recovery, and more.
KAZU Green Room
The Carmel Bach Festival's artistic director Grete Pedersen explores the "Nature of Sound" in KAZU's Green Room.
- New Canon Theatre reimagines "Romeo and Juliet" in the turbulent 1960s
- Watsonville musician George Kahumoku, Jr. brings Hawaiian music and culture to Santa Cruz.
- I Cantori di Carmel brings "Carmina Burana" to the Great Outdoors of the Central Coast
- Bedrooms frozen in time: Carmel filmmaker discusses Oscar-winning documentary
- WATCH: Local art students celebrate their work on display at Salinas Valley Health
The Latest From NPR
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The U.S. and Iran exchanged fire over the weekend amid tensions over the Strait of Hormuz. And, Congress returns from recess facing tight deadlines.
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A mix of grief and outrage was on display over the weekend at a vigil for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was fatally shot in Houston by ICE agents.
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These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a dime.
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Prisoners are allowed to file complaints about mistreatment — but doing so often comes with retaliation. That's according to an investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project.
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After four decades as a founding member of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea goes solo with a stellar jazz band.
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Jonah Neal, 25, was struck by a Homeland Security Investigations agent in May. There have been at least four deadly shootings related to the task force.
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Dr. Zeke Emanuel, a renowned U.S. health policy physician, takes on the wellness industry with a back-to-basics approach to optimizing good health.
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Social media can make a song go viral — even push it up the pop charts — seemingly overnight. Perhaps it's not surprising that some influencers are being paid to promote music without disclosing it.
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For some electric vehicle batteries, it costs more to recycle them than they're worth. That creates all kinds of problems, which a new Colorado law aims to solve.
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The U.S. strikes Iran for a third weekend as Iran retaliates by hitting Gulf nations, Sen. Lindsey Graham died Saturday at the age of 71, Congress returns from recess this week.