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KPCR NEWS - 2026-09-08 · KPCR News

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  This is your KPCR News Update with Scott Pucker.
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  On Sunday, an Amazon Prime air cargo jet overran
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  its runway and crashed while landing at Miami
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  International Airport. Multiple vehicles were
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  struck on the ground before the jet came to a
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  halt. In addition to the deaths, there were at
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  least five injuries reported, including three
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  who are in critical condition. Santa Cruz Local
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  reports that for the past 18 months, the city
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  has increasingly cracked down on people living
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  on Coral Street, near non -profit Housing Matters
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  Homeless Services Shelter, and along the train
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  tracks nearby. Housing Matters ended its day
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  services earlier in 2026 in preparation for a
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  120 -unit permanent supportive housing project
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  called Harvey West Studios. The space near Coral
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  Street is reportedly being cleared to help foster
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  a safer environment for those who will soon be
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  living in the Harvey West Studios. According
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  to KAZU, California voters will decide this November
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  whether to impose a one -time 5 % tax on billionaires
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  who are California residents at the start of
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  2026. Proposition 40 would raise money intended
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  for health care, though some prominent politicians
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  oppose the effort, which, if passed, would also
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  retroactively tax billionaires. who had moved
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  out of the state within the past year. And Oregon
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  Public Broadcasting reports that the National
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  Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting
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  a warmer and wetter winter ahead. The so -called
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  Super El Nino may bring heavy winter rains, increasing
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  the chance for landslides, and lessening the
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  chance for snowpack in the Cascades. This was
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  your KPCR News Update with Scott Puckett. For
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  more info and music, visit kpcr .org.