Doug McKnight
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Candidates for Santa Cruz Mayor on how they'd address housing development, UCSC student films highlight stories of wrongful convictions, invasive insects on fruit trees, and more in this week's local news roundup.
KAZU Green Room
Dylan Music
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Grammy-winning slack-key guitarist and singer George Kahumoku, Jr. has been making music for years. He's also a sculptor, farmer, and preserver ofHawaiian culture and heritage. He's lived most of his life in Hawaii, but he moved to Watsonville about a year ago. Now, he'll be performing at a Hawaiian cultural event taking place at the Chaminade Resort & Spa in Santa Cruz this weekend.
- I Cantori di Carmel brings "Carmina Burana" to the Great Outdoors of the Central Coast
- Bedrooms frozen in time: Carmel filmmaker discusses Oscar-winning documentary
- WATCH: Local art students celebrate their work on display at Salinas Valley Health
- Japanese American women artists are at the heart of "Pictures of Belonging."
- The Watsonville Film Festival focuses on art as resistance
The Latest From NPR
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A study finds that an mRNA vaccine is highly effective at preventing recurrence of this dangerous skin cancer, when used in combination with Keytruda, an immunotherapy drug. -
American aircraft fired on a number of Iranian sites over the weekend, including Qeeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. And, Trump's anti-weaponization fund faces scrutiny in Congress and the courts. -
The outbreak remains focused in Congo's eastern Ituri province. Congo has reported over 1,000 suspected cases with the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine. -
Baby calves rely on it to build up their immune systems and gut. And now marketers are promoting it for humans. Here's what scientists say. -
"At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an EV?" NPR listener Guadalupe Higuera of Phoenix asked this question and worked with Climate Desk reporter Jeff Brady to answer it. -
The EEOC is seeking to overturn rules created decades ago to tackle discrimination in employment. The Trump administration says those rules have led to more discrimination —against white people. -
Israel expands Lebanon offensive as U.S.-Iran peace talks stall, Congress returns to D.C. with long to-do list, rulings create more obstacles for Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Financial Times reporter Abigail Hauslohner about the funding of President Trump's Board of Peace to oversee Gaza's reconstruction.
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After a large-scale Russian missile strike hit downtown Kyiv, the owners of a coffee shop that opened just hours earlier were already serving coffee again and planning to rebuild.
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A huge crowd of supporters gathered peacefully near the Eiffel Tower on Sunday to celebrate Paris Saint-Germain's victory, which was marred by violent clashes overnight that led police to detain hundreds of people.
