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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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London 2012: The Summer Olympics
2:21 am
Wed June 13, 2012

Fencing's Father-Son Duo Hones An Olympic Dream

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Alexander Massialas (left) lands a touch on Britain's Keith Cook during last year's Fencing International Invitation in London.
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U.S. fencer Alexander Massialas pauses during practice with his father and coach, Greg Massialas.
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Originally published on Wed June 13, 2012 5:17 pm

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Local
2:34 pm
Thu June 7, 2012

Open Primary Leads to Familiar Faces in Congressional Race

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Tuesday’s primary was the first test of California’s new top two vote getter law.  In the race for the Congressional seat that represents the Monterey Bay Area, the new system produced a familiar outcome. 

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Local
12:19 pm
Fri May 25, 2012

Water Fee Fight

A stack of yard signs sits in Kevin Stone's office at the Monterey County Association of Realtors.
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About a year ago a monthly fee disappeared from water bills on the Monterey Peninsula.  Now an effort to try and collect that money again is under fire.

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Around the Nation
12:17 am
Mon May 14, 2012

Santa Cruz Surfers Make Coastline A Reserve

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A surfer rides a wave at Steamer Lane, with the Santa Cruz Wharf in the background. A long swath of Santa Cruz's coast has been designated a World Surfing Reserve.
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Originally published on Mon May 14, 2012 3:44 am

You may think of surfers as slackers. But in Santa Cruz, Calif., they're city council members and business owners. And they're also conservationists — who just got their piece of the central California coast named a World Surfing Reserve.

Long before surf music topped the charts and long before surfers had crazy nicknames, surfers have been riding the waves in Santa Cruz.

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Local
5:24 pm
Fri May 11, 2012

Saving California's Native Oyster

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Kerstin Wasson points to an oyster on a reef made of clam shells.
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About halfway between Santa Cruz and Monterey is Elkhorn Slough.  This estuary, with its meandering waterways and abundant wildlife, is a destination for kayakers, bird watchers and researchers. About a third of the slough is a National Estuarine Research Reserve.  “So you’re seeing a little sample of the classic estuarine habitat types here.  We are standing on a salt marsh beneath our feet.  You see channels with permanently standing water and creeks.

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