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Monterey Bay This Week: CSUMB holiday gift drive, UC Santa Cruz ends archive program and more

KAZU | By Ngozi Cole,
Elena Neale-Sacks, Alison Erisman
Published December 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM PST
Shopping bags including one from Target and one with Hello Kitty are on a shelf with a Bluey toy. The lower shelf holds a Squishmallow, a package of toilet paper and another Target bag.
Alison Erisman
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KAZU
Bags of donated toys and household items line the shelves at the CSUMB gift drive, awaiting wrapping and pickup.

Highlights from this week’s news roundup:

  • A multi-agency search has been suspended for a missing swimmer who was last seen on Sunday at Lover's Point Beach in Pacific Grove.
  • For the fourth year, Cal State Monterey Bay has coordinated a gift drive to provide toys and household items to students who are parents.
  • UCSC Community Archiving Program to end in early 2026.
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Ngozi Cole
Before joining KAZU, Ngozi covered health, business and economy stories for WYSO in southwest Ohio and The Ohio Newsroom. She’s also worked as a freelance reporter for Reveal, The New Humanitarian and other outlets.
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Elena Neale-Sacks
Elena is an Emmy award-winning researcher, reporter, and producer. Before joining KAZU, they worked as a podcast producer at The Oregonian. Their reporting and research has been featured on NPR, KQED, Netflix, Reveal, CalMatters, and more. Elena is an alum of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and UC Santa Cruz. You can reach them at elena@kazu.org.
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Alison Erisman
Alison Erisman is a CSUMB student intern at KAZU.
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