Highlights from this week's news roundup:
- Laverne McLeod co-leads a workshop with Grammy-nominated singer and composer Melanie DeMore at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur.
- For the first time in 15 years, Big Basin Redwoods State Park is expanding after the purchase of 153 acres from the nonprofit Sempervirens Fund.
- Ongoing organizing efforts from the California Nurses Association include creating a single-payer healthcare system and calling on Congress to defund the expansion of federal immigration enforcement.
Plus other stories from the week.
