
Local News from KSQD

Local Reporters Review 2023, Look Ahead
Five local reporters convened in KSQD to review the top stories and discuss the year ahead in the news. They are Stephen Baxter and Kara Meyberg Guzman of Santa Cruz Local, Dan Schmalz of Monterey County Weekly, and Wallace Baine of Lookout Santa Cruz. We hear about...

John Mulry, Future Urbanist, expounds on the potential for positive transformation of the urban landscape, and the chief obstacles
John Mulry is a local community builder, founder of the Future Urbanist Club, a local chapter of the national non-profit StrongTowns, a creative strategist by trade, and a devotee of trickster gods. He originally began his college education training to be an...

Sustainability Now! Sunday, January 7th: What is in Your Water? Nitrate Pollution on California’s Central Coast, with Chelsea Tu of Monterey Waterkeeper
What is in Your Water? Nitrate Pollution on the California Central Coast with Chelsea Tu of Monterey Waterkeeper Sustainability now! Sunday, January 7th, 2024, 5-6 PM Monterey Waterkeeper is part of a coalition of organizations seeking to reduce nitrate pollution in...

Bahia Brunelle – Invincible Summer
Bahia Brunelle taps into her invincible summer.

The Life-Changing Magic of Unionizing: A Deep Dive with the National President of Trader Joe’s United, Jamie Edwards
Happy New Year's Day! For this show, Moment of Truth with Ami Chen Mills, we're joined this time with guest host, Meilin Obinata. We’re discussing the life-changing magic of union organizing with the national president of Trader Joe’s United, Jamie Edwards. We’re...

Rodrigo Camarena of Justicia Lab sheds light on the biggest property crime in America: Wage Theft
As Director at Justicia Lab and Immigration Advocates Network, Rodrigo Camarena has more than five years of experience in leading and managing nonprofit legal tech initiatives that aim to transform immigrant justice through collaboration, creativity, and...
What A Week Excerpt: Remembering Rowland Rebele
This excerpt is from What a Week! December 9, 2023 and features Brad Kava, Editor at The Good Times. Erik Nelson and Tony Russomanno talk with Brad about Geoffrey Dunn's excellent feature "Rebele with a Cause."

“ReImagining Jesus” with Father Nathan Monk and Mike Maeshiro, Plus: local Israeli-Gaza ceasefire resolution at Santa Cruz City Council
Just in time for the holidays! A Deep Dive into Christian Evangelicalism and the Russian Orthodox Church with two former adherents to these faiths, who now champion LGBTQ+ rights and humanity, along with the true character and message of the figure, Jesus Christ. But...

Karen Ehrlich – Rain
Maybe this year Karen Ehrlich got more than she wished for.

DNA’s New Year’s Eve Eve Special Benefitting Scotts Valley Performing Arts Center: Featuring Comedians MYQ Kaplan and Emily Van Dyke
Amazing comedy is coming to town! We are giving away 2 pairs of tickets on Monday's Talk of the Bay. Join us! 2023 is ending and as we look back over a year that started with national disaster level storms and ended with another war, it’s probably a good time to...