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FirstPersonSingular: Chris Krohn – Mamdani Moment
Chris Krohn describes a Mamdani Moment.
November 18, 2025: Computer Man! Your Tech Questions Answered
Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com Scams of the week! Topics covered: KSQD Website Updates, Local updates and internet outages, Flock license plate cameras,...
Making work, work: SSAP-UAW is back on The Sunday Dinner!
The Student Services and Advising Professionals Union (SSAP-UAW one of the newest labor unions in the University of California system) is back, as promised, to dish more about their professional journeys, our relationship to the concept of “work”, and the need for...
Landscape Designers: In The Garden
Steven E. Popp, Martin Quigley, and Joe Truskot provide detailed advice on working with landscape architects, designers, and maintenance workers. Cost-saving advice on how to interview, select, contract, and establish a long-term relationship to achieve your Garden of...
Gina Castaneda – Aztecas Youth Soccer Program
Join Exploring Monterey Bay host Mathilde Rand in conversation with Gina Castaneda, Deputy Probation Officer and the head coach of the Aztecas Youth Soccer Program. Educators know that students who are hungry have difficulties learning. Gina experienced this first...
FirstPersonSingular: Bahia Brunelle – Majestic Monarch
Bahia Brunelle shares what she learned about monarchs and takes the next step.
Coming Attraction: Mythbusting the Rail and Trail Project of Santa Cruz County
Are you confused and irritated by conflicting information about the future passenger rail in Santa Cruz County? Or maybe you have no idea what is going on? KSQD is here to help, with a show on Monday, November 17, at 5PM. On Talk of the Bay, with host Meilin Obinata,...
California’s Insurance Crisis, Part III
Rachel Anne Goodman interviews Deputy Insurance Commissioner, Michael Soller about the crisis in home insurance in fire-prone areas, including Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties. A recent New York Times article revealed some alarming details about the way the new...
Oh, San Francisco, Where Art Thou?
Intrepid citizen journalists and campaign finance researchers have been tracking the rise of the tech-billionaire version of everyone’s favorite city by the Bay. With the election of new Mayor Daniel Lurie (heir to the Levi Strauss fortune) and the narrow defeat of...
FirstPersonSingular: Unhae Langis – Quilt
Unhae Langis turns to quilting in her activist life. The quilts will be exhibited some time next year at the Resource Center for Non-Violence, 612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz. They can also be viewed online at Quilt Project: Babies Who Never Made It to Their First...