Santa Cruz wharf reopens, Salinas hospital sees rare mushroom poisoning

By Amy Mayer,

Published January 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM PST

Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley holds a microphone and talks to a crowd gathered outside on the wharf. — Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley addresses the crowd at the reopening ceremony of the wharf.

In today's newscast, a report from the reopening of the municipal wharf in Santa Cruz and a Salinas doctor talks about patients who came in looking jaundiced after eating mushrooms.

Amy Mayer

Amy 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.

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Erin Malsbury

Erin is an award-winning journalist and photographer. She's written for local and national outlets, including the Smithsonian and Science Magazine. She has a master's degree in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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