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KPCR NEWS 2026-09-01 · KPCR News

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  This is your KPCR News Update with Scott Puckett.
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  On Monday, the price of oil rose amid a falling
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  stock price again after the United States launched
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  its first military action against Iran since
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  July. Nearly every sector of the stock market
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  lost, with the benchmark S &P 500 in the red.
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  The war with Iran has remained a central focus
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  for Wall Street. Over the weekend, U .S. forces
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  struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait
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  of Hormuz, while the United Arab Emirates intercepted
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  an Iranian drone on Monday. The recent round
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  of strikes has been linked to stock market volatility.
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  Santa Cruz County Public Schools are back in
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  session and are offering free mental health programs
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  to students. However, according to Lookout Santa
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  Cruz, the programs are not funded by traditional
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  methods through the state of California, but
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  rather by reimbursements through insurance companies.
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  The challenge faced by the public schools is
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  reluctance on the parts of families to divulge
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  their insurance information, though the superintendent
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  assures that sharing this information will not
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  cost the families any out -of -pocket expenses
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  and will not change their child's coverage under
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  their insurance. If provided, school districts
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  can be reimbursed up to 40 % of the costs, the
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  remainder to be covered by a general fund or
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  grants. In Portland -area school news, Cascadia
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  Tech Academy in Vancouver, Washington, is teaching
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  students about the maritime industry. The goal
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  of the maritime program is to give high schoolers
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  a clear path from graduation to well -paying
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  trade jobs in commercial shipping, port logistics,
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  and offshore energy. At a time when less than
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  a third of college graduates are securing work
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  related to their degrees, many maritime jobs
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  will continue to be in high demand, according
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  to the International Chamber of Shipping. That
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  was your KPCR News Update. I'm Scott Puckett.
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