Krista Almanzan

News Director & All Things Considered Host

Krista joined KAZU in 2007.  She is an award winning journalist with more than a decade of broadcast experience.  Her stories have won regional Edward R. Murrow Awards and honors from the Northern California Radio and Television News Directors Association.  Prior to working at KAZU, Krista reported in Sacramento for Capital Public Radio and at television stations in Iowa.  Like KAZU listeners, Krista appreciates the in-depth, long form stories that are unique to public radio. She's pleased to continue that tradition in the Monterey Bay Area.

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Local
6:00 am
Thu August 30, 2012

CV Man's Invention Helps People Get Their Smiles Back

A Carmel Valley man’s invention has created a new opportunity to help people at charitable dental clinics across the nation.

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Local
3:43 pm
Thu August 9, 2012

Sequestration: Local Disaster or Highly Unlikely?

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gives a speech at the Monterey Conference Center.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned of drastic cuts to the military when he returned to the Monterey Peninsula this week, and he criticized Congress for failing to act.

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Local
5:38 pm
Thu August 2, 2012

Exploring the Blue Serengeti -- There's An App For That

Stanford Marine Biologist Barbara Block won a Rolex Award for Enterprise, one of only five in the world this year. It honors those who take on major challenges.  Block’s challenge is getting you to connect with the ocean.

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Local
3:42 pm
Thu July 26, 2012

Machine Grows Local Bookstore by 8-Million Titles

Rare book seekers and aspiring authors have a new resource.  Santa Cruz is now home to a print on demand book machine, one of only four in the state. 

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Music Interviews
1:38 pm
Wed July 25, 2012

The Practical Side Of The Great American Jam Band

Originally published on Wed July 25, 2012 4:29 pm

The Grateful Dead's eponymous live album started it all for Nicholas Meriwether.

It was 1985. He was studying history at Princeton and got hooked by psychedelic jams like "Wharf Rat." After his first concert, he knew: "I will spend the rest of my life thinking and studying this."

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