Monterey Bay Today

Monterey Bay Today

Monterey Bay Today from KAZU is your daily local news update for Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties. Our local newscasts are supplemented with feature stories, interviews, and occasional in-studio performances from local musicians. For more, visit us at www.kazu.org.

Episodes

Marina police shooting, Santa Cruz MLK Day march, CalFresh farmers market benefits could change

January 20, 2026 • 1 min
An officer-involved shooting in Marina. A Martin Luther King Jr. Day march in Santa Cruz contends with a national background of civil rights regression. And, a state program that doubles CalFresh dollars spent at farmers markets may be at risk.
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Monterey Bay This Week: Vistra battery fire anniversary, anti-ICE protests, Highway 1 reopens and more

January 19, 2026 • 12 mins
In this episode of Monterey Bay This Week, stories about the one year anniversary of the Vistra battery fire, anti-ICE protests in the region, Highway 1 reopening through Big Sur, and more
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Watsonville ICU will remain open through hospital struggles, mushroom poisonings continue

January 16, 2026 • 1 min
The CEO of Watsonville Community Hospital assures the public that the intensive care unit will remain open despite financial challenges. Plus, death cap mushroom poisonings continue.
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Highway 1 through Big Sur reopens, Sandoval censured, Santa Cruz ends license plate-reader contract

January 15, 2026 • 1 min
Highway 1 through Big Sur reopened Wednesday after a three year closure. Salinas City Council member Andrew Sandoval has been censured. And, Santa Cruz City Council will end its contract with a license plate-reading company.
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Santa Cruz seniors oppose housing development, new state website to block data brokers

January 14, 2026 • 1 min
Some seniors in Santa Cruz are opposing a proposed housing development. And, Californians can use a new state website to block hundreds of data brokers.
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Sandoval faces Salinas City Council censure resolution, Attorney General Rob Bonta passes on run for governor

January 13, 2026 • 1 min
Andrew Sandoval cites his support of renter protection laws as the impetus behind the Salinas City Council's move to consider a resolution that includes censuring his social media behavior. And, California Attorney General says he will not run for governor this year.
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Monterey Bay This Week: art bolstering activism, latest battery fire sampling report, opinions on educational AI and more

January 10, 2026 • 14 mins
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.
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Monterey County joins Santa Cruz in opposing offshore drilling plans, while local groups host "people's hearing"

January 9, 2026 • 1 min
Monterey County joins Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties in opposing the Trump Administration's plans for offshore drilling and mining. Plus, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and other local groups host a "people's hearing" about the drilling plans on Friday, January 9, at 6pm at the Portola Hotel in Monterey.
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New sampling report on Moss Landing battery fire, Trump wants to block childcare funding

January 8, 2026 • 1 min
The latest sampling report on the Vistra battery fire in Moss Landing last January. And, the Trump administration is trying to halt billions of dollars in childcare funding for California and other Democrat-led states.
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CSUMB agriculture researchers appeal grant termination, Rep. Doug LaMalfa dies at 65

January 7, 2026 • 1 min
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.
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State re-ups request for rebuilding funds on anniversary of LA fires, a state senator wants Trump impeached after Venezuela "invasion"

January 6, 2026 • 1 min
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office repeats their ask for supplemental federal funding a year after winter wildfires killed over 30 people and obliterated thousands of structures in Los Angeles. And, state Sen. Scott Wiener calls for President Donald Trump's impeachment after Nicolas Maduro's capture.
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Central Coast residents protest strikes in Venezuela and recent ICE activity

January 5, 2026 • 2 mins
Groups along the Central Coast protest the Trump Administration's actions in Venezuela. Plus, local leaders and activists gather outside the Santa Maria ICE Facility on Friday.
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Monterey Bay This Week: CSUMB holiday gift drive, UC Santa Cruz ends archive program and more

December 27, 2025 • 6 mins
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.
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Automatic admission to CSU campuses, new state law incentivizes housing near public transit

December 24, 2025 • 1 min
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.
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Search suspended for missing swimmer, new California law bans AI chatbots from impersonating clinicians

December 23, 2025 • 1 min
Multiple agencies have suspended their search for a swimmer who went missing at Lover’s Point Beach in Pacific Grove on Sunday. And, a new California law will make it illegal for AI chatbots to misrepresent themselves as licensed clinicians.
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UCSC Community Archiving Program to end in early 2026

December 22, 2025 • 1 min
A UC Santa Cruz program dedicated to preserving community history is ending just three years after its debut.
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Monterey Bay This Week: CHOMP nurses allege union-busting, Christmas in the Adobes, local TV news and more

December 20, 2025 • 11 mins
In this episode of Monterey Bay This Week, stories from around the region include an ongoing investigation into an officer-involved shooting in Soledad, a story about local TV news, a Christmas walking tour in Monterey, and more.
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Santa Cruz requests public input on transportation plans, state auditor finds misused funds

December 19, 2025 • 2 mins
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission requests public input on the regional transportation plan, which gets updated every four years. Plus, a state auditor's report finds wasted or misused funds in several agencies.
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Officer-involved shooting in Soledad, migrant children stuck in federal shelters

December 17, 2025 • 1 min
The Monterey County District Attorney's office is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Soledad. And, migrant children are stuck alone in federal shelters across the country even when relatives have been cleared to take them.
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CHOMP nurses demand fair union election, Covered California sees new signups decline

December 16, 2025 • 1 min
Nurses at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula say they want a fair union election. And, Covered California officials say early data shows a decline in new signups compared to last year.
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