The Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History has a new specimen on display. A fossilized bone from a giant creature never before found along the Central Coast. The fossil is at least 11,000 years old and was discovered by some very early career scientists.
Reporter: Jerimiah Oetting, KAZU 

California is home to the western drywood termite. Fumigation is the most common method to kill this pest. That’s when a home is wrapped in a brightly colored tent and pumped full of the pesticide, SO2F2. But the chemical is a far more potent greenhouse gas than previously known.
Reporter: Kevin Stark, KQED
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As pro-Palestinian student movements persist on college campuses up and down the state, the movement at UC Berkeley has drawn cross-generational support.
Reporter: Laura Fitzgerald 

The Cal Poly Humboldt campus remains closed, even after the arrests of 30 Pro-Palestinian protesters, who took over two university buildings last week. But the student-run radio station is still up and running, thanks to some quick thinking.
Reporter: Keith Mizuguchi, The California Report
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College Protests Draw Cross-Generational Support

Hundreds of law enforcement officers descended on the UCLA campus on Wednesday night, eventually breaking up a large Pro-Palestinian encampment. Dozens of people were taken into custody.
Guests: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report and Sergio Olmos, Investigative Reporter, CalMatters

While we've been reporting this week about some of the chaotic scenes at UCLA, USC and Cal Poly Humboldt, for the most part, protests on campuses across the state have been peaceful. That includes at UC Santa Cruz, where hundreds of students and faculty gathered on Wednesday,
Reporter: Erin Malsbury, KAZU
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Pro-Palestinian Encampment Cleared At UCLA

A large group of counter-protesters tried to tear down barricades that had been surrounding a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA on Tuesday night. That led to several fights breaking out.

The FAIR plan is known as California's home insurance of last resort. But the plan is now the only option for many homeowners, especially in rural communities.
Reporter: Scott Rodd, KPBS
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Violence Breaks Out At UCLA Encampment

Protests over the war in Gaza have increased at college campuses across the state. Encampments have now been set up at Sacramento State, San Francisco State, UC Irvine and UC Riverside, along with Occidental College, a liberal arts school in Los Angeles. Student journalists have been covering the events as they unfold on campus.
Guests: Dezmond Remington, Reporter, The Lumberjack, Catherine Hamilton, Editor, The Daily Bruin, Aarya Mukherjee, Reporter, The Daily Californian 

Members of congress have launched an investigation into a San Diego County-based credit union. This after a KPBS investigation revealed the credit union collects millions of dollars in overdraft fees from young marines every year. 
Reporter: Scott Rodd, KPBS

A federal program that has helped millions of Californians afford internet expires on Tuesday. The end of the Affordable Connectivity Program will affect a wide swath of Californians.
Reporter: Khari Johnson, CalMatters 
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College Protests From the Eyes Of Student Journalists

As the climate crisis changes California’s landscape, the ecosystems in state parks are threatened. At one point, the people in charge of those parks were just preserving the land. But now they’re trying to save the land from climate-driven collapse.
Reporter: Caleigh Wells, KCRW 

Worker advocates are applauding a new federal rule that will make millions more people eligible for overtime pay. But in California, those protections are already stronger.
Reporter: Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED  
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Young Scientists Make Huge Discovery In Santa Cruz County

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