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In this episode of Monterey Bay This Week, stories about an extended ban on red abalone harvesting, resisting Trump administration efforts to cancel research grants and move forward with offshore drilling and mining, and more.

After a federal grant was cancelled last year, Cal State Monterey Bay agriculture researchers will appear before a judge this week to appeal that decision. Plus, Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa has died at 65. He represented rural northeastern California.

This school year, all California State University students were given access to an educational version of ChatGPT, a strategic step towards advancing artificial intelligence into higher education. At Cal State Monterey Bay, that decision is already being tested through grant-funded research that examines how artificial intelligence changes teaching, ethics, and career preparation.

In this week's episode of Monterey Bay This Week, Cal State Monterey Bay hosts it's fourth annual gift drive for student-parents, a UC Santa Cruz program dedicated to preserving community history is ending just three years after its debut, and more local news.

A new year means new laws set to take effect in California. One measure will grant certain high school seniors automatic admission to many California State University campuses. Another will make it easier to build mid-rise apartments near public transportation.

For the fourth year, Cal State Monterey Bay has coordinated a gift drive to provide toys and household items to students who are parents.

SPCA Monterey County hosted a Black Friday pet adoption event, CSUMB layoffs averted, and more in this week's local news roundup.

The University Corporation at Monterey Bay, an auxiliary of Cal State Monterey Bay, has rescinded layoff notices sent during the federal government shutdown. And, the Trump administration has sued California over laws that let undocumented college students access in-state tuition and financial aid.

The 11th annual International Spinach Conference makes its return to the United States on the Cal State Monterey Bay campus. And, Governor Gavin Newsom warns funding for food assistance programs could soon run out due to the federal government shutdown.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded its first construction contract for the $599 million Pajaro River levee and floodwall project. And, the Trump administration has launched its latest anti-semitism investigation—this time, across the entire Cal State University system.