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Spain's military sends reinforcements to the country's northwest coast to help clean up oil from the sunken tanker Prestige. Despite assurances by the Spanish government that the oil would freeze in the hull, a research sub confirms the oil is streaming out. Hear Jerome Socolovsky.

In part two of our series on the "Megatransect", an attempt by wildlife biologist Mike Fay to walk from the center of Africa to its eastern coast, Fay describes his journey through the Congo Basin. The region is filled with dense jungles and swaps. And it harbors some of the deadliest diseases known to man. Through his recorded field diary, Fay relates the difficulty his team faced as it trekked through a part of the world no human has seen in more than a century. (8:49

Host Bob Edwards talks to Dr. Karl Erb, Director of the Office of Polar Programs at the National Science Foundation in Washington. They discuss the daring airlift of a sick American doctor, who was working at a research station at the South Pole. A small plane carried Dr. Ronald Shemenski across Antarctica to a British research center near the coast of the continent. After resting overnight, the crew will take Dr. Shemenski to Chile today where he'll be treated for gall stones.

President Bush reveals what he said were new details of a failed al Qaeda plot in 2002 to crash a plane into the tallest building on the West Coast. The president also said that global cooperation has significantly weakened the terrorist network since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

North of Alaska, the deepest part of the Arctic Ocean goes more than a mile down and is locked in ice. An international team of scientists is probing this so-called Hidden Ocean, from a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker. NPR's Richard Harris sends an audio postcard from the expedition.

West Coast admirers of the late president view his flag-draped casket at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library near Los Angeles. After a funeral in Washington, D.C., later this week, the 40th president will be buried at a memorial site at the library. Hear NPR's Madeleine Brand.

The Grand Princess Cruise which has been circling off the California coast after 21 people aboard tested positive for the new coronavirus, is expected to dock at the Port of Oakland later this afternoon. Mayor Libby Schaaf assured Oakland residents that everything will be done to protect their safety once the ship docks.

Mendocino Coast Fishing Industry In a Slump In our first story reporting from Mendocino County, we find that the county’s longstanding fishing industry is waning. Reporter: Sheri Quinn Survey Finds Economic Hardship Among Disneyland Employees Disneyland employees routinely face threats of homelessness, according to a survey released this week. The survey, titled “Working for the … Continue reading The California Report →

On this episode of North Coast Update, Susan Andrews reports that True North Organizing Network and the Klamath Local Organizing Committee brought…

Amtrak Cascades and Coast Starlight services are suspended between Portland and Seattle until 10 p.m. Sunday.