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KPCR-NEWS-2026-07-28 · KPCR News

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  This is your KPCR News Update with Scott Puckett.
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  In national news, Reuters reports that a weekend
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  food festival in Seattle erupted into violence,
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  leaving at least three people dead and four wounded.
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  Preliminary investigations are pointing to three
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  suspects that are believed to have been shooting
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  at each other in the crowd near the iconic Space
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  Needle. One suspect, aged 15 years, is in custody.
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  Another reportedly died at the scene, while police
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  are investigating the location of the third suspect.
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  Lookout Santa Cruz reports that the Capitola
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  City Council is moving forward with a plan of
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  improvements for Bay Avenue. This location has
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  been spotlighted for danger to pedestrians and
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  cyclists. The council presented findings from
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  an outside engineering and design firm that has
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  shown 42 collisions over the past 12 years involving
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  vehicles and pedestrians or bicycles. According
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  to CalMatters, a bill that would let abuse victims
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  use trauma as legal defense for violent crime,
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  is facing its fourth year to pass legislation.
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  If passed, the bill would allow victims of trafficking
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  or intimate partner abuse to cite their own trauma
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  as defense in cases of violent crimes against
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  their aggressors. The Willamette Week reports
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  that early indications of a ballot requesting
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  more police officers will fall short of the required
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  signatures to be placed on the November ballot.
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  Backers of the measures speculate political bias
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  in the signature counting process. That was your
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  KPCR News Update. I'm Scott Puckett. For more
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