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Millions of Americans with disabilities face barriers to getting married. Tying the knot can mean losing the federal benefits they rely on.

In late 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new program to dramatically speed up the state’s wildfire prevention work. But an investigation from CapRadio and The California Newsroom found the program hasn’t resulted in a single completed project.

A conversation with Marm Kilpatrick, who studies infectious diseases at UC Santa Cruz, about the Omicron variant, and the outlook of another year of the pandemic.

Pat Hathaway’s collection of thousands of photographs captures the photographic and visual history of early California, especially the Monterey area. It includes more than 80,000 original photographs and negatives, some dating back to the California Gold Rush.

An interview with Jill Diallo, founder of the Senegal Health Institute.

Scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute discovered a fossilized mammoth tusk deep within the Monterey Bay, suggesting that other fossils might exist in the deep ocean. Science Journalist Annie Roth reported on the discovery, and speaks to us about the expedition and threats facing the deep sea and its creatures.

The volcanic eruption in Tonga flooded Santa Cruz harbor, prompted surfers to evacuate at Pleasure Point, and created dangerous conditions at beaches and along the Central Coast.

A conversation with oceanographer Gary Griggs about the risk tsunamis pose to the Monterey Bay, and what do when the next one strikes.

This is Homecoming Week at Aptos High School, with activities including a parade, a dance, dress-up days, and a football game on Friday night versus Seaside. But this year’s celebrations are tempered as the school community still struggles to come to grips with the stabbing on campus Aug. 31 that left a 17-year-old student dead and two other students, aged 14 and 17, charged with his murder.

An important element in the nation’s cyber defense is located at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. The Center for Cyber Warfare conducts research and educates information warfare officers and military electrical and computer engineers to combat cyber attacks.