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KPCR NEWS 2026-09-29 · KPCR News

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  This is your KPCR News Update with Scott Puckett.
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  The Pacific Cyclone Polo has now become a major
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  hurricane. It is expected to land in Mexico's
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  Guerrero State and stay until Thursday. Rainfall
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  is expected to exceed 5 inches. In recent years,
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  Mexico's Pacific coast has seen an increase in
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  hurricane landfalls. Farther out in the ocean,
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  Tropical Storm Nolo is expected to become a hurricane
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  by Thursday night. Currently, it is churning
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  roughly 300 miles south of Hawaii and is expected
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  to approach the state's largest island by Friday.
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  CalMatters reports that a new law signed on Sunday
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  will tighten building rules for sites that store
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  explosive chemicals. The law came into effect
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  after an incident in Orange County in May of
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  this year, which forced thousands of residents
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  to temporarily evacuate. The original law did
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  not have rules against the release of the specific
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  chemical that was at the center of the accidental
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  release. Experts say that had the chemical exploded,
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  it might have been the greatest catastrophe in
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  California within the last several decades. And
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  in Oregon, the Willamette Week states that an
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  investigation into Oregon Health and Science
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  University showed that the former CEO was fired
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  only after three months on the job. A lengthy
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  report showed that Turek Soloway engaged in hostile
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  and unprofessional conduct, according to multiple
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  senior leaders and a frontline clinical traveler.
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  The investigation, however, did not substantiate
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  claims that Soloway had breached confidentiality
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  when talking to a travel worker about a sensitive
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  legal matter. That was your KPCR News Update.
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  I'm Scott Puckett. For more info and music, go
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  to kpcr .org.