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KPCR NEWS 2026-09-09 · KPCR News

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  This is your KPCR News Update with Scott Puckett.
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  Canada has responded to a U .S. escalation in
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  a trade war with a tariff of about $20 billion
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  of imported goods from the United States. The
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  economic outcome will remain to be seen as the
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  two countries navigate their way through a series
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  of retaliatory tariffs. Traditionally, the U
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  .S. has been Canada's largest trading partner.
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  According to the San Jose Spotlight, a former
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  South San Jose elementary school, is being redeveloped
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  into housing. The glider elementary tract of
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  9 .8 acres will be transformed into a combination
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  of townhomes and single -family houses. The school
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  closed, among two others, in 2018 due to declining
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  enrollment. According to CalMatters, two bills
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  are awaiting signatures to become law to address
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  the long -standing issue of when it is safe for
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  residents to return to their homes after wildfires.
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  If signed, the bill would be the first in the
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  nation to address the safety measures of toxic
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  content left in homes after a wildfire. And Willamette
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  Weekly states that two years have passed since
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  a consultant firm was paid to recruit a hospital
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  chief for Oregon State Hospital. The superintendent
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  position also remains open, as temporary appointees
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  were replaced very soon after beginning. Reportedly,
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  the hospital has discontinued the use of the
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  outsourced consultant firm. That was your KPCR
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  News Update. I'm Scott Puckett. For more info
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