UC Santa Cruz

New air sensors around Pajaro Valley and Castroville will help alert schools and community members to harmful air quality. And, Santa Cruz city high schools have a new cell phone policy. Also, Gioia Cheese Co. burrata gets recalled.

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz found that sunflower sea stars could help kelp forests recover by scaring away sea urchins. And, United States Rep. Jimmy Panetta called for congressional oversight in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities.

A collaboration between UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz will bring more medical students to the Central Coast. And, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren pushes a bill offering some undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship.

UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences opens its "Weather and the Whale" exhibit. And, after noticing fewer Canadians coming to town, See Monterey seeks visitors from Asia, the United Kingdom and other parts of the world.

In today's newscast, a researcher from Cal State Monterey Bay scrambles after a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant she was awarded was cancelled. And, two unions went on strike at UC Santa Cruz yesterday after the UC declared a system-wide hiring freeze.

In today's newscast, a University of California union group is observing May Day by organizing strikes across UC campuses, laboratories, and medical centers. And, Santa Cruz County supervisors face potential budget cuts to the health care services agency after peeking at the proposed budget for the next fiscal year.

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.

In today's newscast, UC international students sue to block visa revocations, and some Moss Landing business owners say they are still struggling after a January fire.

KAZU’s Elena Neale-Sacks spoke with Steve McKay to make sense of this moment and what it means for the Monterey Bay area.

In today's newscast, thousands of professional and technical workers went on strike yesterday at UC campuses across the state including UC Santa Cruz. Plus, the director of the UCSC Center for Labor and Community discusses the importance of labor power at this political moment.