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Long-awaited water
A new Monterey County policy combined with more available water on the Peninsula will help several building projects proceed.
Planner Sarah Wikle, with Housing and Community Development, says Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and the county are working together to get water allocated to people.
" HCD staff had folks who were waiting for water and we went through that approval list and incorporated those still waiting for water as part of the policy," she said.
The first four projects getting water include two single family homes and two subdivisions. The next priority will be planned new housing.
More information about how to request a water allocation is coming to the Housing and Community Development website.
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District is one of KAZU’s many supporters.
Teens and explicit online content
Forty-four percent of teens have seen AI-generated sexual content, and a quarter of those teens say they’ve seen content of themselves or of their peers.
That’s according to a new report out this week from Common Sense Media, which is based in San Francisco.
The report finds that teens are not just seeing explicit AI content, they're making it.
"AI has made a severe form of sexual harassment easy enough for almost any kid with a phone to carry out," said Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media.
Emma Le is an advocate with the Center for Gender Equitable AI. She says these images have devastating impacts on girls’ mental health, and can drive them off social media.
"Girls are withdrawing from the public eye and that's gonna have huge consequences in the future for women's rights, women's empowerment," Le said.
Steyer encourages parents to talk to their kids more about the content they're seeing online.
That reporting from our partner, KQED.
