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KPCR NEWS 2026-08-18 · KPCR News

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  This is your KPCR News Update with Scott Puckett.
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  Over the weekend, the Indonesian island of Flores
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  was struck by a powerful earthquake, killing
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  at least 68 people and injuring over 200. Thousands
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  of homes were damaged as Indonesia celebrated
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  its 81st Independence Day. Some 19 ,000 people
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  were forced into temporary shelters, according
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  to Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency.
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  The earthquake also damaged 122 health facilities,
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  252 schools, and 84 places of worship. The San
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  Jose Spotlight reports that a growing number
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  of recreational vehicles parked in local neighborhoods
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  have prompted Palo Alto officials to enact new
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  parking restrictions. Designated sections of
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  Embarcadero Road and Coyote Hill have been selected
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  for habitation. Additionally, Palo Alto's pilot
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  program would limit parking to a single side
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  of the street on 13 different segments, which
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  would change on a six -month basis. City staff
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  reported that about 73 % of Palo Alto's unhoused
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  individuals live in vehicles, far above the countrywide
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  figure of 53%. According to the Portland Mercury,
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  the city's largest homeless services provider
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  is facing allegations of misconduct. Urban Alchemy
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  is dealing with more than 150 serious complaints,
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  including staff drug use and sexual assault.
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  The provider had repeatedly been in contact with
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  a public relations firm to clean up their image,
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  but the allegations have persisted and even suggest
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  a complicity between the public relations firm
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  and the Portland city government to keep Urban
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  Alchemy's reputation in check. That was your
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  KPCR News Update. I'm Scott Puckett. For more
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