Local News from KSQD
Employee-Owned Businesses
Maria Cadenas from Santa Cruz Community Ventures and Ross Newport from Community Printers discuss many aspects of employee owned business. A surprise encounter about an important issue.
Ali Talkin’ Trash
Ali Eppy is talking trash.
Fracking the Central Coast?
Rachel Anne Goodman hosts a conversation about what might happen if the president gets his way and opens up large tracts of public land to oil drilling and fracking. Our guests will be Dan Haifley, former director of O'Neill Sea Odyssey, and one of the early opponents...
Elkhorn Slough Part 1
You can hike in. You can kayak in and respectfully experience the amazing natural diversity from the much beloved sea otters to the strange Fat Innkeeper Worm, also known as the Penis Fish. A conversation with Reserve Manager Dave Feliz, who explains the...
Octopuses Have Personality?
This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist we chat with UCSC graduate candidate Kelley Voss about her work on octopuses.
Karen Schamberg tells about Lucy
Karen Schamberg gives us a glimpse in the life of her mother Lucy in a 3-part series. In this first piece she remembers her mom’s efforts in recycling even before there was a term for it.
Library Outreach
Jen Hooker and Jeanne O'Grady discuss the Santa Cruz Public Libraries' outreach programs
Sloughin’ it
Elkhorn slough is an amazing place to view wildlife along the central coast. On this week's Santa Cruz Naturalist, UCSC graduate candidate, Kat Beheshti invites listeners on a tour of the estuary. Some of her research focuses on how crabs interact with the salt marsh...
Idea Fab Labs Santa Cruz
Meet Jordan Layman, Founder of Idea Fab Labs Santa Cruz, and maker John Shemanski. Idea Fab Labs is where Art marries Technology and creators of diverse backgrounds mingle and inspire. Monthly subscriptions give access to 3D Printers, Laser Cutters,...
What bugs you? I bet something does!
Bad News: Aphids attack new growth on a variety of vegetables and ornamental plants such as roses. They are all females and are born pregnant. They can have as many as 100 babies each. It only takes 10 days for them to mature and become new mothers. Good News: Just...