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Skilled trade workers plan to strike at CSU campuses, Salinas healthcare workers wait for their first union contract, Monarch butterfly population continues to decline, and more in this week's local news roundup.
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Local instrumental rock trio Yeobo release debut album "Keeping Score" on Valentine's Day
- Salinas musician Flaco El Jandro enters original song "Cobarde" in NPR's Tiny Desk Contest
- WATCH: Actor Nick Offerman brings woodworking and bookish mirth to Monterey
- Comedian Samantha Bee Finds the Funny in Menopause
- Actor William Shatner brings classic Star Trek film to Monterey
- NPR Journalist and cabaret singer Ari Shapiro brings songs and stories to Santa Cruz
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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham talks about Trump's impact on democracy. Meacham's latest book is a collection of speeches, letters and other original texts from 1619 to the present.
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U.S. Team Pursuit speed skaters will top speeds of 30 mph by pushing themselves around the track mere inches from each other. -
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. -
The latest nutrition guidelines urge Americans to avoid highly-processed food. But, when it comes to carbs, many people don't know which ones are ultra-processed. Here's an easy way to find out. -
Israel will begin a contentious land regulation process in a large part of the occupied West Bank, which could result in Israel gaining control over wide swaths of the area for future development. -
An Islamist party has become Bangladesh's main opposition for the first time in the country's history, challenging the old dynastic political system despite persistent concerns among critics about the party's policies on women. -
Lawmakers no closer to a deal as partial government shutdown continues, officials to meet for more talks as Ukraine war nears 4th anniversary, what is it about Olympics that gives athletes "the yips"?
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Illinois is one of five Democrat-led states fighting the Trump administration's freeze on child care funding. Child care providers in the state say they will be forced to close if funding is halted.
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As the war in Ukraine nears its fourth anniversary, officials from Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. will meet in Geneva Tuesday for another round of talks aimed at ending the war.
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NPR's Leila Fadel asks Kurt Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, for his takeaways following this year's Munich Security Conference.
