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In this week's episode: environmental activist julia butterfly hill comes to Santa Cruz on Sunday, libraries across Monterey Bay celebrate National Library Week, the City of Marina rings in two decades of Earth Day festivities.

Legislators are criticizing the management of a state program that partnered with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to distribute books to kids. And, an art showcase at Carmel’s Sunset Center celebrates youth-led mental health research.

Los Angeles County declares housing insecurity a public health crisis. And, a vending machine that dispenses library books comes to Marin County.

The Friends of the Capitola Branch Library bookstore will close its doors on March 31, but the space will remain a bookstore under local the nonprofit Grey Bears. Plus, California voters polled slightly in favor of a proposed billionaires' net worth tax and more evenly split on a proposed voter ID requirement.

Watsonville’s Hope Village—a tiny home community for people living unsheltered on the Pajaro River levee—finally welcomes its first residents. And, Santa Cruz Public Libraries is hosting a screening this Saturday of the forthcoming documentary “The Inquisitor," which chronicles the legacy of Congresswoman Barbara Jordan.

Watsonville students created short films that will screen at UC Santa Cruz today. A Q&A discussion will follow the free event. And, local libraries are protesting censorship by celebrating Banned Books Week.

In today's newscast, opponents of the Trump administration's recent actions protested in many Central Coast communities on Saturday. And, it's National Library Week, but the state library says a big federal grant was just terminated.

Increased Narcan access is one of the latest efforts by local government to address growing opioid-related deaths in Monterey County.

As the internet changes the way we find and view information, museums and libraries around the country are being forced to change how they serve their…