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KPCR NEWS 2026-09-07 · KPCR News

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  This is your KPCR News Update with Scott Puckett.
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  In the U .S., the presidential administration
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  has requested a new appeal to the Supreme Court,
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  blocking mail ballots. Previously, federal judges
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  have stopped requests for restrictions on mail
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  ballots three times prior to the midterm elections,
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  and some ballot forms have already been mailed
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  out in certain states. This is the third request
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  on the part of the campaign to restrict mail
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  -in ballots. although this method is used by
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  nearly one -third of US voters. According to
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  Lookout Santa Cruz, the former principal of Pajaro
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  Middle School has been reinstated as an assistant
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  director of multilingual programs, despite being
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  previously removed as the principal of the same
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  school. The district removed Nicole Killian from
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  the role of principal after a report of failing
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  to keep students and staff safe. District officials
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  hope to hire a permanent principal during the
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  next board meeting in October. In San Jose, the
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  fourth annual Lowrider Day Festival concluded
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  over the weekend in downtown. This marks the
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  anniversary of the City Council's decision to
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  repeal a decades -old ban on cruising. In addition
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  to the custom cars, food and music were brought
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  to celebrate East San Jose's Chicano culture.
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  And the Portland Mercury reports that a local
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  25 -year -old man has begun a 30 -month sentence
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  in federal prison for assaulting an ICE officer
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  in 2025. The charges stem from an interaction
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  in which Jacob hoops through a rock at an ICE
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  officer that required medical treatment. That
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  was your KPCR News Update. I'm Scott Puckett.
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