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KPCR-NEWS-2026-08-10 · KPCR News

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  This is your KPCR News Update with Scott Puckett.
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  In the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara,
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  the army has rescued 33 people that had been
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  abducted earlier. Nigerian officials have not
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  named a particular group behind the kidnapping,
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  but did label them as a terrorist organization.
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  Despite the rescue, violence remains a threat
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  in the area. Zamfara State has seen at least
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  32 killings in separate attacks in the month
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  of June alone. President Bola Tinubu has pledged
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  to resolve the violence in Africa's most populous
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  country. In local politics, Lookout Santa Cruz
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  reports that voters in four of the council's
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  seven districts may recognize some names appearing
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  on ballots this November. However, there will
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  be some newcomers to the contested council seats.
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  Whomever wins District 5 will also become mayor
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  in 2027, based upon Watsonville's rotating mayor
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  system. Each calendar year, a new mayor is rotated
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  in order of council district. According to Oregon
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  Public Broadcasting, the Lloyd Center, the shopping
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  mall that opened in Portland's Central East Side
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  in 1960, closed to the public on Saturday, August
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  8th. The center had gone through various transformations
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  over the years and recently had seen a resurgence
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  in local shops renting out the more affordable
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  spaces within the Lloyd Center. It was also home
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  to Portland's only year -round ice rink. Despite
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  local preservation efforts, the building is set
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  to be demolished to make way for a mixed -use
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  housing development. That was your KPCR News
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  Update. I'm Scott Puckett. For more info and
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  music, go to kpcr .org. Bye.