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
The Latest From NPR
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Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.
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Some of these power couples span multiple sports, while others compete in the same discipline — or even on the same team.
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Little Women (2019), Blade Runner (1982) and more favorites from NPR staff.
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People gathered on rooftops to enjoy flying kites for the first time in years, celebrating the spring festival of Basant. The activity had been banned due to injuries and deaths during past celebrations.
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An NPR listener says they've become increasingly concerned by their friends' marriage and feels a sense of duty to fix their relationship problems. Can they tell them what they really think?
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is advancing a $50 billion plan to modernize rural health care.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi faced pointed questions on Capitol Hill, and lawmakers continued to press the Justice Department about its decision to redact certain information.
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ChatGPT sent screenwriter Micky Small down a fantastical rabbit hole. Now, she's finding her way out.
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The secretary of state said that the United States wants to reinvigorate its relationships with European partners, but he said that those allies needed to give more.
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The sprawling agency saw its baseline funding expire after lawmakers left town for a week-long recess, but without a deal to rein in the conduct of federal immigration officers.