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KPCR NEWS 2026-10-23 · KPCR News

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  This is Pirate Cat Radio News with Scott Puckett.
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  On Thursday, seven oil tankers caught fire or
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  were damaged in the Strait of Hormuz. Some had
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  been hit by Iran -backed weaponry, while others
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  had struck naval mines. October has thus far
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  seen the highest number of reported attacks on
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  commercial shipping since March of this year.
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  Experts suggest that the attacks are aligned
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  with the upcoming elections in Israel, and midterm
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  elections in the United States. For their own
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  protection, oil tanker operators that have been
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  willing to risk the voyage through the Strait
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  have been sailing at night with their location
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  services and cell phones turned off to avoid
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  detection. The San Jose Spotlight reports that
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  after 27 years, a San Jose urban garden is facing
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  imminent eviction. Plants in Seoul, California
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  at 76 Ray Street has been ordered to vacate its
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  property following a real estate sale. An organization
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  has been put together to help make a counteroffer
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  or to help the garden relocate. after being given
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  only 20 days' notice to leave. The less than
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  half -acre property includes a structure at the
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  back of the garden and a house at 80 Ray Street,
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  which would also cost tens of thousands of dollars
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  to renew. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting,
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  officials from the Clackamas County Sheriff's
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  Office have identified the victims in a recent
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  triple homicide. The suspect, Edward Villa, is
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  believed to have shot and killed his girlfriend,
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  along with her 15 -year -old son and the girlfriend's
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  mother. The U .S. Marshal is located via at a
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  hotel in Hammond, Oregon, but the suspect had
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  already committed suicide before he could be
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  taken into custody. This has been Pirate Cat
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  Radio News, now broadcasting from an actual volcano.
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  Salem, KVRNFM Brightwood, and KVBELP Portland,
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  Oregon, and everywhere else around the planet
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  at kpcr .org. and in the KPCR app. My name is
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  Scott Puckett.