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In this week's roundup of local news: the Timber Fire grows in Big Sur, leaders address immigration enforcement concerns, Monterey Car Week makes charitable donations, and more.
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The historic Western Flyer that novelist John Steinbeck and marine biologist Ed Ricketts took to the Sea of Cortez in 1940 is docked at the Moss Landing waterfront for its next chapter, bringing art, science and community together. It's a feature of Seas the Summer from the Western Flyer Foundation.
- 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
- After federal cuts to SNAP, Santa Cruz food bank CEO says "we can't lose sight of hope"
The Latest From NPR
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Landowners and activists worry about impact to the environment around SpaceX's complex. -
Ukraine launched one of its largest aerial attacks of the war on Russia, killing at least six people. How are Russians feeling as the war grinds on?
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Nina Krushcheva, professor of international affairs at the New School, about the current geopolitical climate in Russia.
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At least five people have died as a result of severe storms and flooding across Indiana, authorities say.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author and presidential historian Garrett Graff about President Trump's plans for an expanded bunker beneath the White House.
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USS Washington to relieve USS Lincoln after concerns about conditions, Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks on Russia, a look at where talks stand regarding the future of Gaza.
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President Trump explained the decision by saying South Korea had declined to help with the "denuclearization" of Iran and he cited his good relationship with North Korea's leader. -
Some parts of Indiana received more than 11 inches of rainfall over three days, beginning Aug. 11, causing record floods. Several suburbs of Indianapolis also underwater. -
Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, held a rare meeting with Hamas leadership Sunday in Egypt, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. -
The left-handed MLB pitcher was 31 years old when he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow in 1974, an injury that had been a death knell for pitchers' careers up to that point.
