Amy Mayer
News DirectorAmy Mayer is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience in public radio. Before KAZU, she worked as an editor for the California Newsroom and at St. Louis Public Radio. For eight years, she covered agriculture as the Harvest Public Media reporter based at Iowa Public Radio. She's also worked at stations in Massachusetts and Alaska and has written for many newspapers, magazines and online news outlets.
contact: amy@kazu.org
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The weekly roundup includes a shelter opening in Salinas in anticipation of El Niño, a fin whale washed ashore at Cowell Beach, and a watchdog group alleging ICE agents pepper sprayed their volunteers. -
An inclement weather shelter is opening in anticipation of an aggressive El Niño winter. The Monterey District Attorney’s office identified five people on death row who could have their sentences commuted. -
The weekly roundup includes area election results, voter voices, free park passes and other local stories. -
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This week's new roundup looks at the run-off for Santa Cruz mayor, a farmworker health event is coming to Salinas, and how local officials are preparing for a wet winter. -
State funding will help a regional soccer complex unveil new fields, among other improvements. And, federal authorities charge 28 non-citizens in California for illegally registering to vote and voting.
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Across the Monterey Bay region, at least 10 “No Kings—Vote Early” events are scheduled tomorrow. And, the current Kelvin wave is dissipating, but future waves coupled with storms could cause flooding. -
In this week's round-up: the 69th Monterey Jazz Festival and the Worldwide Day of Play, two different decisions on Flock cameras, a Santa Cruz Mountain town could lose its post office permanently, and more. -
The Monterey County Government Center reopens after closing unexpectedly more than two weeks ago. And, a Santa Cruz Mountain town is facing permanent closure of its post office. -
In this week's news roundup, another fire starts at the Vistra battery facility in Moss Landing, invasive beetles kill trees in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a large donation to Big Basin, and more.
