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KPCR NEWS 2026-10-21 · KPCR News

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  This is Pirate Cat Radio News with Scott Puckett.
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  Crowds continue to protest throughout Europe,
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  citing discontent with the state of schools,
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  public services, and housing costs. Rioting has
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  turned violent in France, Italy, and Albania,
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  whereas tent camps have emerged in Spain and
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  Portugal to protest unaffordable housing. Reports
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  mostly show that young people are behind the
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  protests, even though some right -wing groups
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  have blamed immigrants. France has seen the highest
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  rate of protests, with hundreds injured. and
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  incidents of looting have been reported in major
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  cities. Santa Cruz Local is reporting that in
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  an effort to shore up local programs that were
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  discontinued at a federal level, voters will
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  decide on a temporary special tax. Measure E
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  would increase sales tax within Santa Cruz County
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  by 0 .5%, with groceries and prescription medicine
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  being exempt. Those that have raised concern
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  over the measure have stated that it is a general
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  tax, and there is no binding agreement that the
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  revenue would directly fund safety net services.
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  According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, new
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  information has emerged regarding last week's
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  deadly shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in
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  Bend. Initial reports showed that the shooter
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  attacked a special needs classroom housing three
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  adults and four children. New information indicates
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  that there were one more of each in the specially
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  targeted room, and the adult and the extra student
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  were able to escape unharmed. The shooter had
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  once been a special needs student at the same
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  school in addition to three others in the area.
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  This has been Pirate Cat Radio News, now broadcasting
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  from an actual volcano, KPCRLP Los Gatos, KMRTLP
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  and KVBELP in Portland, and everywhere else around
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  My name is Scott Puckett.