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    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.

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    By Jonathan Bastian • Aug 30, 2019 • 29m Listen

    Hope Refuge helps underage sex trafficking survivors transition to a new life of freedom. And a San Luis Obispo Assemblyman hopes to keep California’s last nuclear power plant running with his proposal to reclassify nuclear power as renewable energy.

    Laura Capps will challenge Das Williams in the upcoming County Supervisor election with a family-values campaign just as the first recreational cannabis store opens in Santa Barbara.

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:00

      Hope Refuge offers therapeutic shelter for child sex trafficking survivors

      Earlier this year, 22 people were arrested in Santa Barbara County in a statewide effort to crack down on sex trafficking.

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      12 min
    2. 12:06

      Will reclassifying nuclear energy keep Diablo Canyon open?

      35th District Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham proposed a state constitutional amendment to reclassify nuclear power as renewable energy. This could keep California’s last nuclear power station open and running.

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      8 min
    3. 20:04

      This week in the 805: Capps challenges Williams for County Supervisor

      Jerry Roberts of Newsmakers and Joshua Molina of Noozhawk talk about some of the biggest local stories of the week, including: how Laura Capps will challenge Das Williams for the County Supervisor seat this election, how two city…

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      9 min
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      Jonathan Bastian

      Host, Life Examined

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      Carolina Starin

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    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:0012 min

      Hope Refuge offers therapeutic shelter for child sex trafficking survivors

    2. 12:068 min

      Will reclassifying nuclear energy keep Diablo Canyon open?

    3. 20:049 min

      This week in the 805: Capps challenges Williams for County Supervisor

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