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The Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate program enters its second year. And, UCSC and CSUMB campuses joined a national day of action to support higher education in response to proposed budget cuts.

Cal State Monterey Bay union faculty members wore red and rallied ahead of the university’s budget town hall on Tuesday in an effort to make the administration aware of their opposition to proposed budget cuts.

In today's newscast, Congressman Jimmy Panetta heard from current and recently terminated federal workers yesterday about the uncertainty they're facing from the Trump administration. And some Cal State Monterey Bay faculty are unhappy with the university's proposed budget cuts.CSUMB holds the broadcast license for 90.3 KAZU.

In today's newscast, workers at Watsonville Community Hospital will vote on a new contract, and Chipotle gives Cal State Monterey Bay $500,000 toward construction of a greenhouse complex for research and teaching.

In today's newscast, Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties have launched a community survey to collect information about residents' experiences during and after the fire at the Vistra Corp. battery plant in Moss Landing. The survey is available in English and Spanish. And, campus and local law enforcement responded to a bomb threat on the Cal State Monterey Bay campus that prompted the evacuation of the library and some residence halls.

In today's newscast: several Monterey County hospitals are speaking out about their commitment to treating all patients regardless of immigration status. The third TEDx event at CSUMB presents stories about waves. And a conversation with the makers of The Long Valley, a short documentary that recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

El proyecto, financiado con una beca del Departamento de Agricultura de los EE.UU, se centra en la reducción de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero de los cultivos especializados del Valle de Salinas.

The USDA grant-funded project is focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from specialty crops in the Salinas Valley.

Cal State Monterey Bay students are on board the boat that carried author John Steinbeck and his friend Ed Ricketts, a biologist, to the Sea of Cortez thanks to the Western Flyer Foundation. It deploys the Western Flyer to blend science and art, stir curiosity, and introduce students to ocean science.

Local students will compete in NASA's Space2Pitch business accelerator this week.