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When you contribute $220 (or $18 per month), you can select a one year ad-free subscription to Babbel, the language-learning app as your thank-you gift.
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Nearly a decade ago, a massive blob of warm water formed off the U.S. West Coast, disrupting the ocean ecosystem. Among “the blob’s” many impacts, the region’s highly profitable crab fishery was forever changed. Scientists say extreme marine heatwaves will become more common due to climate change, leaving many in fishing communities, like those in the Monterey Bay region, struggling to adapt to the new uncertainty.
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Welcome to KAZU's weekly news roundup for 9/10/21. Here you'll find the top local stories of the week and a few national stories from NPR.
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California State University Monterey Bay students are back on campus after 17 months of remote learning. But the back-to-school excitement is tempered. Since move-in day, 11 individuals on campus have tested positive for COVID-19.
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Businesses across the Monterey Bay are suffering a critical shortage of workers in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospitality industry normally employs 26,000 people on the peninsula. But now, many restaurants, hotels and retail shops are struggling to operate, often lacking over a third of their pre-pandemic workforce.
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Click here to donate.Make a donation to KAZU in honor of California Public Radio Day (August 26, 2021) in any amount (or increase your existing sustaining…
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Tricia Webber thought she would have more time to prepare for her first election as Santa Cruz County Clerk and Registrar of Voters. After all, election…
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Welcome to KAZU's weekly news roundup for 8/13/21. Here you'll find the top local stories of the week and a few national stories from NPR.This week, state…
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Case rates of COVID-19 are rising in the Monterey Bay Area. The culprit? Stagnant vaccination rates, and the highly infectious Delta variant. As we enter…
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Before the pandemic, Car Week was a major event on the Monterey Peninsula. Now it’s back. Over the next two weeks, 85,000 visitors are expected to arrive,…
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A COVID-19 outbreak that was traced to a July 18 performance at the Felton Music Hall will almost certainly get worse, according to a top Santa Cruz…
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Welcome to KAZU's weekly news roundup for 7/23/21. Here you'll find the top local stories of the week and a few national stories from NPR.To mask or not…