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KPCR NEWS 2026-08-31 · KPCR News

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  This is your KPCR News Update with Scott Puckett.
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  Authorities in Nepal are warning of a fresh round
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  of floods for the districts near the Bodakoshi
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  River. Nepal has already seen more than 800 casualties
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  from last week's historic floods, which have
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  also left more than 3 ,000 people missing in
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  Nepal and neighboring Tibet. The homes and businesses
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  that have been left intact after the flooding
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  are still without electricity. and residents
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  are forced to navigate a mess of downed power
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  lines and devastated buildings. They are also
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  receiving near -constant flood warnings to their
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  phones, and seeking higher ground has become
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  a daily, if not nightly, challenge. The San Jose
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  Spotlight is reporting that plans for a new detention
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  center are being pushed forward after years of
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  delays. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
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  unanimously voted to proceed with a multi -step
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  plan to overhaul and modernize Main Jail North
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  and Elmwood Correctional Facility. There are
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  eight phases to the plan, with the first three
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  phases slated for completion by 2034. There are
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  plans for a new building to be attached to the
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  main jail, and the old mail bed facility at Elmwood
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  will be demolished. According to the Portland
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  Mercury, a group of faith leaders and a mental
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  health alliance are calling for the release of
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  a full investigation regarding the local police
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  response to riots in 2020. They are protesting
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  a lack of transparency regarding a settlement
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  between the U .S. Department of Justice, in the
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  city of Portland. The groups are also calling
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  on the city to release all documents related
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  to the 2020 protest response. That was your KPCR
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  News Update. I'm Scott Puckett. For more info
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  and music, go to kpcr .org.