Politics

In today's newscast, California is making it easier to build homes, but harder to address homelessness. Plus, Santa Cruz City Schools will continue offering free meals in the upcoming school year, as well as hands-on food systems education.

In today's newscast, KAZU's former News Director shares excerpts of her new podcast, Senseless, which deals with gun violence and the pain of losing her father to a mass shooting. Plus, California Sen. Alex Padilla and Rep. Jimmy Panetta have condemned President Donald Trump's decision to bomb Iran without first seeking congressional approval.

The decision to take down a climate security website at NPS signals faculty’s broader self-censorship of climate research and scholarship.

In today's newscast, federal funds to support broadband services continue to dwindle. And, an update on an attack at a fertility clinic in Southern California.

President-elect Trump's promised deportations are calling attention to how byzantine the U.S. immigration system is. People on all sides are figuring out how to navigate it.

The Aromas-San Juan school board changed the way its members were elected in 2022. That decision made it harder to find candidates for this election.

Salinas Mayor Kimbley Craig is not running for re-election. Three men are competing to take her place: a former mayor, the president of Salinas’ chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens, and a current Monterey County planning commissioner.

San Franciscans paid their respects starting early Wednesday morning to honor the late U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who died last week at age 90.

UPDATED Dec. 22, 1:30 p.m. Governor Gavin Newsom selected California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ Senate…

A three-term incumbent faces a political newcomer in the race to represent California’s 29th Assembly district. That covers most of the Monterey Bay area.…