Krista Almanzan
Krista joined KAZU in 2007. She is an award winning journalist with more than a decade of broadcast experience. Her stories have won regional Edward R. Murrow Awards and honors from the Northern California Radio and Television News Directors Association. Prior to working at KAZU, Krista reported in Sacramento for Capital Public Radio and at television stations in Iowa. Like KAZU listeners, Krista appreciates the in-depth, long form stories that are unique to public radio. She's pleased to continue that tradition in the Monterey Bay Area.
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In California, where marijuana is legal under state law, veterans are advocating for its use to treat service-related disorders such as PTSD and chronic pain.
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The Pentagon is pushing Congress to help it save $2 billion a year by shutting down more bases. Rather than waiting for the ax, military communities are finding ways to stay relevant. -
The Pentagon wants to close military bases to save money. Communities like one in Monterey, Calif., are already preparing to be sure they're not on the next closure list.
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This year the U.S. military spent $1.4 billion to run nearly 240 stores that provide discount groceries to troops. Next year, the Department of Defense wants to cut $200 million from the subsidy. -
A wildfire along California's Central Coast, south of San Francisco, has destroyed dozens of homes. Hundreds of families have been evacuated. To keep the fire from consuming anymore homes, crews are trying to guide the fire into a national forest.
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Unmanned aerial vehicles can sound like a swarm of bees with a relentless buzzing noise. Now, drones can act like one as dozens are programmed to soar and work together. -
A unique group of college students from California's Salinas Valley — many the children of farmworkers and immigrants — is working toward careers in major tech companies. -
Immigrants from Mexico don't always speak Spanish. Instead they speak indigenous languages. That's created huge communications problems, but a hospital in Salinas has found a solution.
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Conversion these days at the state's Spanish missions isn't only about religion; it's also about seismic retrofitting. That's because the missions — which date to the late 1700s, when Spain's king sent Franciscan missionaries to convert natives to Christianity — would not withstand a major earthquake. -
You may think of surfers as slackers. But in Santa Cruz, Calif., they're city council members and business owners. And they're also conservationists — who just got their piece of the central California coast named a World Surfing Reserve.
