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KPCR NEWS 2026-09-14 · KPCR News

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  This is your KPCR News Update with Scott Puckett.
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  The 20th annual BRICS Summit met this weekend
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  for the purpose of aligning members on economic
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  and political stability. Founding members Brazil,
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  Russia, India, and China have expanded to include
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  11 members of the organization. They are seeking
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  greater global representation for developing
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  countries and to steer them away from Western
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  -backed financial systems. This past meeting
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  was hosted in India. and the leaders released
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  a joint statement regarding concern over violence
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  in the Middle East and Sudan. According to Santa
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  Cruz Local, a lawsuit brought against the city
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  of Watsonville, which was previously won by a
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  local pilots association, is now under scrutiny
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  from business leaders looking to establish developments
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  in areas that are within the safety zones. The
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  Watsonville Pilots Association argues that the
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  airport must comply with California's Airport
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  Land Use Planning Handbook, as Santa Cruz County
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  is the only one in the state without an airport
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  oversight committee. Local developers argue that
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  they have filed permits legally for new construction,
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  only to be threatened with lawsuits by the Pilots
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  Association. And in Portland, Oregon Public Broadcasting
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  reports that for the next four weeks, all southbound
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  lands of Interstate 5 between I -405 and I -84
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  will be closed. The two -mile section of highway
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  is closed for crews to make overdue repairs.
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  to include replacing decades -old concrete and
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  retrofitting the bridge so it will be able to
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  withstand earthquakes. Construction is projected
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  to conclude on time, as much of the work is able
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  to be performed in the rain. 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.