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Barbara Shuler, Intermezzo: Classical seasons are almost here
Music lovers, the classical seasons begin soon, so it’s time to give your calendars sparkling options for the concerts of 2023-2024. Here are programs of two of our longest running presenters: Monterey Symphony and Carmel Music Society. Ogren’s ‘Music and Landscape’ Majestic landscapes of our Central Coast give their names to programs of the Monterey Symphony’s…
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Music For Abolition
Terri Lyne Carrington is a jazz drummer, educator and author who grounds her projects in feminism, spiritual liberation and the movement to abolish prisons and police. Her latest album New Standards – Volume 1 received the 2023 Grammy for Best Instrumental Jazz Album and is a companion to Carrington’s book New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets…
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MPA 321: The class at CSUMB teaching students about jazz
A class at CSU Monterey Bay teaches students about the historical impact of jazz by focusing on the Monterey Jazz Festival
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One-Time Homelessness Funding Ending
In June 2021, Senator John Laird secured $14 million in homeless funding for the City of Santa Cruz. $4.6 million in pandemic relief supplemented the city’s efforts to curb homelessness. As of June 2023, $12.6 million of that one-time funding has been spent to stand up shelters and provide services to the city’s 1,028 unhoused…
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NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid
Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid.
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New AI Policy, Cup Fee Falters
Santa Cruz County on Tuesday became the first jurisdiction in the region—and one of the first in the state—to adopt a policy of how to use artificial intelligence (AI), and how to address issues that might arise such as data accuracy, privacy and cybersecurity. The supervisors in June directed staff to create a set of…
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As more patients email doctors, health systems start charging fees
Harris Meyer | (TNS) KFF Health News Meg Bakewell, who has cancer and cancer-related heart disease, sometimes emails her primary care physician, oncologist, and cardiologist asking them for medical advice when she experiences urgent symptoms such as pain or shortness of breath. But she was a little surprised when, for the first time, she got…
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California lawmakers to hold hearings on homeowners insurance crisis
California lawmakers are slated to hold a series of hearings this fall as the state attempts to avoid a collapse of its homeowners insurance market.
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Game of the week: Monterey, Palma square off in Gabilan Division opener
MONTEREY – When Alex Besaw woke up Sunday morning, the Monterey head football coach began visualizing himself back in meetings with the Palma coaching staff. Two years earlier, that’s exactly where Besaw was, alongside Chieftains’ head coach Jeff Carnazzo and his staff, preparing for the next opponent. “I was trying to visualize what’s going through…
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Interactive Map: FEMA breaks down chance of natural disaster by area in California
The agency in charge of the country’s emergency responses now has a map that helps break down the risk of natural disasters by community.
