Local News from KSQD
Kyndal Edwards Walk Across America Stops in Santa Cruz
Kyndal Edwards is a 30-something man walking across America to raise awareness about mental health and addiction. Past his 4,000 mile, he was on his way to the Mexican border when I caught up with him to hear how the journey was going.
Low-Impact Camping Ordinance Raises Questions in Fire Zone
The Low Impact Camping Ordinance drafted by the Santa Cruz County Planning Commission took some rural residents by surprise. On one hand, people are already renting out camping sites on their private properties, sometimes with negative impacts on neighbors, sometimes...
Who is Ami Chen Mills, Anyway?
The tables are turned (!) in this program, in which Moment-of-Truth team member Meilin Obinata interviews our regular host Ami Chen Mills about why she started this program at KSQD, and her background in activism, journalism and a spiritual psychology called “Three...
California’s Insurance Crisis: Interview with Deputy Insurance Commissioner Michael Soller
In part II of "Have you Been Canceled?", a look at California's homeowner's insurance crisis, Rachel Anne Goodman talks with Deputy Insurance Commissioner and spokesperson for Commissioner Ricardo Lara, Michael Soller. She asks him about the proposed fixes coming from...
Alan Ritch – Mail Carrier
Alan Ritch introduces us to his mail carrier.
Espressivo: A Small Intense Orchestra
Host Mathilde Rand is in conversation with Michel Singher and Fred DeJarlais. The topic of discussion is Espressivo: the work, the joys and creativity of this Bay Area intense orchestra.
California’s Insurance Crisis Hits Homeowners Hard
In this program, State Senator John Laird and Executive Director of Consumer Watchdog, Carmen Balber discuss California's homeowner's insurance crisis and whether Commissioner Ricardo Lara's proposed fixes will actually help the flight of insurance companies from the...
The TRUE story of Santa Cruz Rail & Trail
This KSQD radio series of 4 episodes explores the real story with the real people who made the Santa Cruz County rail & trail project happen. With just a germ of an idea, County employees, elected officials, nonprofits, and volunteers slogged through years of opposition by an extreme minority of landowners to keep the project on the rails (so to speak!). Supported by housing equity advocates, environmentalists, cycling enthusiasts, and commuters alike, the project has been continually stalled and threatened by the actions of a select few.
Martin Rizzo-Martinez unfolds the history of the Native people who sustained and survived Mission Santa Cruz
Martin Rizzo-Martinez is a historian and a producer of film, podcast, and other media content. After completing his PhD at UC Santa Cruz in 2016, he became a UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow to work with Dr. Cliff Trafzer at UC Riverside. Following his...
Lawsuit against Aptos Highway 1 Expansion
While the Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission celebrates the groundbreaking of the Highway 1 auxiliary lane, bus on shoulder, and Mar Vista bike and pedestrian overcrossing, a lawsuit has been filed by the Sierra Club and The Campaign for Sustainable...