Episodes

  • Seaside mural celebrates community, Santa Cruz increases e-bike incentives

    Seaside mural celebrates community, Santa Cruz increases e-bike incentives
    Jul 1 2026
    A new mural at Lupita’s Bakery in Seaside is honoring the founding family’s roots while celebrating the community they’ve built over the past nine years. And, Santa Cruz wants more people to bike to work. Now, it’s offering bigger incentives for e-bikes.
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    2 mins
  • Monterey Bay This Week: new mural, housing recommendations, a protest at Dominican Hospital, and more

    Monterey Bay This Week: new mural, housing recommendations, a protest at Dominican Hospital, and more
    Jul 4 2026
    The Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury makes housing recommendations, a new mural celebrates community in Seaside, employees protest at Dominican Hospital, and more.
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    7 mins
  • Summer blood shortage, state Republicans seek federal help with health care tax

    Summer blood shortage, state Republicans seek federal help with health care tax
    Jul 7 2026
    Blood banks are facing a shortage of type O, with supplies dropping to a two-year low. And, Republican lawmakers say a new tax hike on private health insurers will drive up costs for Californians.
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    2 mins
  • Monterey Bay This Week: local Japanese festival, crop report, call boxes removed, snowy plover recovery and more

    Monterey Bay This Week: local Japanese festival, crop report, call boxes removed, snowy plover recovery and more
    Jul 11 2026
    Our round-up of the week's news includes a preview of tomorrow's Obon Festival, the Monterey County crop report, an update on the western snowy plover's recovery, and more.
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    10 mins
  • Dominican Hospital picket, historical park passes, new camping reservation rules

    Dominican Hospital picket, historical park passes, new camping reservation rules
    Jul 8 2026
    Nurses and other staff at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz are protesting proposed layoffs. California State Parks is offering free downloads of their annual Historian Passport and new penalties for no-shows at California state parks are now in effect.
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    4 mins
  • Emergency call boxes go away, Altadena rebuilding bill

    Emergency call boxes go away, Altadena rebuilding bill
    Jul 8 2026
    The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission is currently removing all county emergency call boxes. And, a state senator wants to protect Altadena from real estate speculators while residents rebuild, but her bill also raises concerns.
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    2 mins
  • Women's survey in Monterey County, California avocado growers push for trade changes

    Women's survey in Monterey County, California avocado growers push for trade changes
    Jul 9 2026
    Monterey County’s annual survey of women is underway. And, California's avocado industry is pushing policies to protect growers as part of future negotiations over North American trade.
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    2 mins
  • Local Japanese Obon festival, snowy plover count shows signs of progress

    Local Japanese Obon festival, snowy plover count shows signs of progress
    Jul 10 2026
    Scientists and volunteers along the entire West Coast recently completed the annual population count of western snowy plovers. And, the Monterey Peninsula Buddhist Temple is hosting their 77th annual Obon Festival this weekend.
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    2 mins