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The 805

The stories shaping California's Central Coast, hosted by Jonathan Bastian.

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The history of diving around the Channel Islands

The history of diving around the Channel Islands

Santa Barbara is having a vigil tonight for the 34 people who died in the Conception diving boat fire. We look at the hi... Read more

6 Sep 2019

29mins

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A bucolic new rehab center for local child sex trafficking victims

A bucolic new rehab center for local child sex trafficking victims

Hope Refuge helps underage sex trafficking survivors transition to a new life of freedom. And a San Luis Obispo Assembly... Read more

30 Aug 2019

29mins

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To save the whales, scientists bring new ears to the ocean

To save the whales, scientists bring new ears to the ocean

Scientists hope to reduce whale fatalities from ship collisions. A new sound technology will detect when the endangered ... Read more

23 Aug 2019

29mins

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Author T.C. Boyle on “The Relive Box and Other Stories”

Author T.C. Boyle on “The Relive Box and Other Stories”

Santa Barbara author T.C. Boyle explores how technology affects our lives in his short story The Relive Box. In Testimo... Read more

16 Aug 2019

29mins

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Pacific Standard magazine suddenly shuts down

Pacific Standard magazine suddenly shuts down

Pacific Standard employees took to social media to express their shock and anxieties over the magazine’s abrupt end. As ... Read more

9 Aug 2019

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Amid fire season, power outages could threaten Diablo Canyon

Amid fire season, power outages could threaten Diablo Canyon

The last standing nuclear power plant in California may face safety issues if there's an electrical power outage during ... Read more

2 Aug 2019

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Life on Ventura County’s biggest little farm

Life on Ventura County’s biggest little farm

A couple’s regenerative farming practices in Moorpark inspires the popular documentary “The Biggest Little Farm.” Santa ... Read more

26 Jul 2019

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Blooms to Buds: A legacy flower farm turns to cannabis cultivation

Blooms to Buds: A legacy flower farm turns to cannabis cultivation

The youngest of a 15-generation family farm in Carpinteria leaves the family history of growing fruit and flowers to emb... Read more

19 Jul 2019

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Kids avoid free summer meal programs fearing ICE raids

Kids avoid free summer meal programs fearing ICE raids

Kids’ free summer food programs are seeing low attendance following fears of increased ICE raids. California regulators ... Read more

12 Jul 2019

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A state grant expands juvenile probation programs

A state grant expands juvenile probation programs

Santa Barbara County uses a state grant to boost programs aimed to keep minors out of prison. An iconic Santa Barbara ar... Read more

28 Jun 2019

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