Local News from KSQD
The Rail and Trail in Watsonville and Beyond
Watsonville stands adjacent to the epicenter of rail connectivity for the county of Santa Cruz. In this final episode exploring the future of the Rail and Trail along the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line, Christine Barrington wraps up her 5-week series by visiting the city...
A Long Road to Tao: A Thought-Provoking and Uplifting Film Inspired by a True Story
“A Long Road to Tao: A Thought-Provoking and Uplifting Film Inspired by a True Story” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) This interview will take you on a journey into the recesses of your soul and will explore the ontological question: What...
Santa Cruz County Election Overview
Political reporter for Lookout Santa Cruz, Chris Neely takes us through the California and Santa Cruz races as we near the March 5th election.
Gitta Ryle: Holocaust Survivor
Gitta Ryle was 7 when her mother sent her and her 10-year-old sister Renee from their home in Vienna, Austria to France to be hidden from the Nazis. What followed was seven years of separation and fear, always hiding and hoping not to be caught and killed. Her father...
Friends of the Rail and Trail
This is the fourth episode in a series on the Rail and Trail. If there ever comes a day when you can step out of your car and onto a platform in Santa Cruz County, history may very well credit the advocacy group Friends of the Rail and Trail for keeping the flame...
Janis O’Driscoll and Rowan Rammer – Aptos Library
Janis and Rowan share stories about the new Aptos Library, the continuing programs and new activities. Learn how the public was involved in the design. Teens gave their input to their space and the creation of new activities. Celebrate how the Aptos library is...
Slug Stories: Personal Narratives from UCSC Students
In this episode, we hear three heartfelt stories of struggle and healing from freshmen at UCSC. Each fall quarter, UCSC students write and perform personal "Slug" stories in front of an audience of peers and faculty as part of John R. Lewis College's Social Justice...
Voices of Monterey Bay’s Claudia Melendez Talks Local Journalism
Award-winning journalist Claudia Melendez Salinas has been writing in-depth articles about people at the margins who do not traditionally get covered by local or national daily papers. Voices of Monterey Bay is a passion project of local journalists Julie Reynolds,...
Local author Craig James packs dual hits with a provocative book on religion and a political thriller
Craig James started his professional career as a Cabrillo College dropout at the age of seventeen. Four years as a sailing instructor, boatbuilder, machinist, and carpenter taught him the value of craftsmanship and what it means to have real responsibilities....
Thom Zajac reveals the fun and foibles of the longest-running (and original) all-comic newspaper, Santa Cruz Comic News
Thom Zajac began publishing the Santa Cruz Comic News in September of 1984. Now in its 40th year, each issue of the Comic News features well over 100 cartoons from the nation’s leading political cartoonists. The Comic News is the longest running cartoon...