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KPCR-NEWS-2026-08-27 · KPCR News

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  This is your KPCR News Update with Scott Puckett.
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  The U .S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln
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  will make a stop in Thailand after its record
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  -setting deployment in the Middle East, Thai
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  officials reported on Wednesday. The aircraft
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  carrier has been at sea for an uninterrupted
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  period exceeding 250 days. Concerns had been
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  made for both the mental health of the sailors
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  as well as shortages of supplies. The timber
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  fire has grown to over 16 ,000 acres and has
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  27 % containment in Monterey County as of Tuesday
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  evening, according to Cal Fire. Active flames
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  continue moving through steep, remote wilderness
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  areas on the northern and eastern sides of the
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  fire, where access for ground crews remains limited.
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  The latest acreage is an increase of over 3 ,000
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  acres from the originally reported 12 ,000 acres
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  earlier this week. In food safety news... Federal
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  health officials are tracking several major food
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  recalls and outbreaks. Nearly 11 ,000 cyclospora
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  illnesses are now linked to recalled iceberg
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  lettuce, with 454 hospitalizations and two deaths.
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  A salmonella outbreak tied to recalled jalapenos
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  has sickened 431 people in 32 states, while recalled
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  alfalfa sprout brands, Calco, and Everything
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  Sprouts have been linked to 55 E. coli and salmonella
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  illnesses. Public screen -wise, frozen blueberries
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  and mixed berries also remain under recall over
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  E. coli concerns, and Grand Central Bakery has
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  called some potato sourdough bread sold in the
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  Seattle and Tacoma area after a pallet nail was
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  discovered in a loaf. Officials are urging consumers
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  to check refrigerators and freezers for recalled
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  products. That was your KPCR News Update. I'm
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  Scott Puckett. For more info and music, go to
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  kpcr .org.