Elena Neale-Sacks
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KAZU News
San Benito County adopts a temporary moratorium on battery energy storage facilities. And, the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran has increased nitrogen fertilizer costs as the spring planting season gets underway—are more conservation-minded farms insulated? Plus, Cal State Monterey Bay president Vanya Quiñones is stepping down.
KAZU Green Room
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Watsonville Film Festival
The Watsonville Film Festival opens tonight at Green Valley Cinemas. This year's theme is "art as resistance."
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