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    Where to spot stellar wildflowers along the Central Coast

    Birds are chirping, creeks are flowing and wildflower buds are beginning to pop up and down the Central Coast. A landscape architect who understands the complicated and delicate nature of creating public memorials offers advice to Montecito.

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    By Larry Perel • Mar 15, 2019 • 30m Listen

    Birds are chirping, creeks are flowing and wildflower buds are beginning to pop up and down the Central Coast. A landscape architect who understands the complicated and delicate nature of creating public memorials offers advice to Montecito. And neuroscientists from UC Santa Barbara have developed a new theory that helps explain why some people drink too much.

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:00

      Where to spot stellar wildflowers along the Central Coast

      Birds are chirping, creeks are flowing and wildflower buds are beginning to pop up and down the Central Coast.

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      12 min
    2. 11:47

      The debate over a Montecito memorial

      As crews begin installing metal nets in the canyons above Montecito to prevent a future debris flow, the community is still trying to decide how to remember the last one, which killed 23 people last year.

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      8 min
    3. 20:02

      Drink too much? Your brain brakes may be failing

      A team of researchers at UC Santa Barbara is trying to figure out what makes some people overdrink.

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      10 min
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      Larry Perel

      Host, All Things Considered

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      Kathryn Barnes

      Producer, Reporter

      NewsCentral Coast

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:0012 min

      Where to spot stellar wildflowers along the Central Coast

    2. 11:478 min

      The debate over a Montecito memorial

    3. 20:0210 min

      Drink too much? Your brain brakes may be failing

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