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Two Local Iranian Women Speak About Protests in Iran
As protests continue in Iran despite a brutal government crackdown, two local women speak about their hopes and fears for their home country. Elnaz Sarbar Boczek is an Iranian American women’s rights activist. She grew up in Iran and left Iran for the US when she was...
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Steve Pleich – Downtown
Steve Pleich talks about downtown Santa Cruz. Photo courtesy Marcelo Leito
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Alan Ritch – More Holes
Alan Ritch observes the retreat of West Cliff in Santa Cruz
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Zach Friend on Storm Recovery
County Supervisor Zach Friend represents a portion of Santa Cruz County that was hammered by repeated storms, damaging dozens of businesses and hundreds of homes. What is the path to recovery for these people now that the tv cameras have left the scene? Zach traveled...
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Foundational Women of Wine
Growing and making a great life “The nurturing instinct of women brings a new perspective and quality to the wine industry. Our attention to detail, patience and emotional stamina coincide well with the painstaking winemaking process. Women are creators and their...
![Sustainability Now! Sunday, February 5th, 5-6 PM: What’s a CAP? And what does it do? With Rachel Kippen](https://ksqd.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/W.-Sacto-CAP-2-1080x466.jpg)
Sustainability Now! Sunday, February 5th, 5-6 PM: What’s a CAP? And what does it do? With Rachel Kippen
What’s a CAP? And what does it do? With Rachel Kippen On Sustainability Now! Sunday, February 5th, 5-6 PM on KSQD 90.7 FM and KSQD.org Join host Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Rachel Kippen about city and county “climate action plans.” A CAP lays out a...
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Ann McKenzie – Segment 9 Trees
Ann McKenzie shares her concern about cutting trees.
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Our Community Reads
Gale Farthing, Denise Ward, and host discuss Our Community Reads, a program of the Friends of the Aptos Library, in which the communityselects a book and comes together for a series of related events. These events are presented inassociation with 4 other Friends of...
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Accrediting the San Lorenzo Levee With Environmental Skillfulness
Christine Barrington interviews local river stewards about the San Lorenzo River Levee, which is undergoing a stringent accreditation process that requires vegetation removal and ground squirrel population reduction. Environmental groups are concerned that the...
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The Good Greenhouse
Steven E. Popp describes the benefits of growing plants under glass and explores the commercial greenhouses we see in the local landscape and also the small ones in backyards.