In this week's local news roundup: evacuation orders downgraded to warning in parts of a Timber Fire zone, a meeting between President Donald Trump and two local families, and CSUMB has a new interim president.
KAZU Green Room
Stephanie Wittels Wachs, author, podcast host and CEO, stopped by KAZU to talk about her new book Last Day: How to Stop Losing Our Loved Ones to the Opioid Crisis.
- Docked in Moss Landing, the Western Flyer wants you to 'Seas the Summer'
- Santa Cruz author Nina Simon explores sibling relationships in "My Sister is Going to Kill Me"
- Comedian Maria Bamford brings uncomfortable comedy to Golden State Theatre
- “Reading by the Sea” celebrates family and nature on the Monterey Peninsula
- The Catalyst, facing an uncertain future, reopens its historic Atrium stage in Santa Cruz
The Latest From NPR
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President Trump will be the first president to oversee an IndyCar race in Washington, D.C. — the next in the country's 250th birthday celebrations.
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Around the country, people are vandalizing Flock cameras. The surge in this type of activity underscores the widespread resistance to this police surveillance technology.
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The Supreme Court will allow construction on President Trump's controversial White House ballroom to continue. The administration says the renovations are needed for national security.
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The ruling comes after months of back-and-forth between the Trump administration and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Three queer Black friends embark on a road trip in search of a fourth whom they haven't seen in some time. Dreams in Nightmares is a sweetly bickersome comedy-drama about friendship and freedom.
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Joyce Beatty, a Democratic representative from Ohio, asked a federal judge to stop the Kennedy Center trustees from putting President Trump's name up in three places at the arts complex.
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The Iranian regime has dismissed President Trump's threats to crush Iran economically, saying that years of U.S. sanctions have failed.
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President Trump has declared economic warfare on Iran in an effort to pressure the country back into negotiations. And, the Supreme Court is set to decide on the future of Trump's ballroom.
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The FBI says it used a sting operation as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to bomb the New York State Capitol building in Albany.
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Why is the car race in this part of D.C.? Will it be streaming? Who's paying for it? Here's what to know before the Freedom 250 Grand Prix hits the National Mall this weekend.