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Faith Leaders on the Climate Crisis, Climate Fest
On Sunday 11:30 at Resurrection Church, 7600 Soquel Drive in Aptos, faith and political leaders will share ideas and activities to inspire action on climate change. Speakers include Rabbi Shifra Weiss-Penzia, Deacon Patrick Conway, Senator John Laird, Zen leader,...
Santa Cruz Naturalist: Wildlife at Fort Ord Reserve (Part 1)
In this episode, Nikka chats with Joe Miller, Director of Fort Ord Natural Reserve, about the incredible wildlife that inhabits the unique landscape of the reserve. To learn more about ways to get involved with the reserve, check out part two of our talk next week and...
Open Studios: Past, present, and future!
On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling welcomes Ann Osterman, outgoing producer of Santa Cruz County's acclaimed Open Studios Art Tour, collage artist Bree Karpavage, past artist and incoming producer, and painter Jason Cohen, first time presenter in the art tour....
DNA brings the 11th Santa Cruz Comedy Festival to a venue near you!
What's funny in Santa Cruz? Pretty much everything when it comes to the comedians who gather here for the 11th annual Santa Cruz Comedy Festival October 1-5. The Festival draws comics from around the country to entertain us at 17 different venues, many of them free....
Course Focuses on Immigrant Stories
A course through CSUMB under the banner of the OSHER Center is bringing in local stories of immigrants and their descendants. The guests and teachers of the course are former president of Chabot College, Celia Barbarena, PhD and former Dean at CSUMB, Chris Hasegawa,...
Save Our Shores’ New Director Talks Trash (Pickup)
Katie Thompson is the new Executive Director of Save Our Shores, the organization which runs the annual Coast Cleanup among other great ocean conservation programs.
Scott Gale shares stories about artists Jo Mora, Donald Teague, and Harry Timmins, and the new exhibit at Monterey’s Stanton Center
Scott Gale is on the board of the Monterey History & Art Association. He is the curator of the Jo Mora: Cartographer exhibit, which is currently on display at The Stanton Center on Custom House Plaza in Monterey. For several months, Scott has been...
John Hunt plays key role in bringing $71 million in climate adaptation grants to the Monterey Bay area
John Hunt is a collaborator at the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation and a research toxicologist at the University of California, Davis. For over 20 years he co-directed the Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory at Granite Canyon on the Big Sur Coast, doing...
Charging ahead: Inside Santa Cruz County’s e-bike surge – Talk of the Bay
It seems all manner of e-bikes are popping up across Santa Cruz County more and more—on trails, in streets, outside schools and grocery stores. Sometimes, the e-bikes are even carrying two passengers at a time as they zip down the roadway. The electrified two-wheelers...
Storytelling Magic by NextStage Seniors in Santa Cruz
NextStage is a theater and music project for seniors over 50. It includes the latest production, Storytelling: Encounters with Magic. In this episode, we hear from five of the sixteen participants who wrote personal narratives and who will perform them on Saturday the...