SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is caring for five baby screech owls after their tree was cut down. Plus, a new report highlights challenges Latino and Indigenous farmworkers face in the Salinas Valley.
KAZU Green Room
The Watsonville Film Festival opens tonight at Green Valley Cinemas. This year's theme is "art as resistance."
- Singer-songwriter Lila Downs brings her world-changing music to Santa Cruz
- Tig Notaro has no time to waste
- Meet the KAZU on-air hosts!
- Local rock trio Yeobo's debut album blends world music and electric songwriting
- Salinas musician Flaco El Jandro enters original song "Cobarde" in NPR's Tiny Desk Contest
The Latest From NPR
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The U.S. Central Command confirmed that at least four of six crew members on the KC-135 aircraft were dead, after the refueling plane went down in western Iraq on Thursday.
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Meanwhile, if you've been paying attention to medicine, basketball and the British Parliament, you'll get at least three questions right this week.
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At the Winter Paralympics, athletes with prosthetics often modify them to fit their bodies more precisely. That has led to some competitors starting their own businesses to help fellow amputees.
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A year ago, eggs were scarce and prices were sky-high. But avian flu took a much smaller toll on America's egg-laying chickens this winter than last, and egg prices have tumbled 42%.
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President Trump has touted apprenticeships as part of his promise of a golden era for American workers. But are his administration's investments enough?
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When Medicaid began sharing personal data with federal immigration authorities last year, it upended decades of explicit promises to patients. Now, even eligible immigrants fear getting the health coverage.
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Mobile homes have long been zoned out of cities and suburbs. But with updated designs and a housing shortage, they're increasingly being welcomed as more-affordable starter homes.
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Latinos helped Texas Democrats set the new record for a primary, but the state has been a white whale for the party for decades.
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Israel launches strikes in Beirut, FBI investigating two unrelated attacks in Michigan and Virginia, Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to ban large investors from buying up single-family homes.
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Transportation Security Administration officers have worked without pay since Feb. 14 due to the partial government shutdown. Morning Edition visited three airports to experience the security scene.