Local News from KSQD
Can you make it a week without driving?
When was the last time you ran your weekend errands without getting behind the wheel of a car? How about commuting to work? What about a trip to the beach? It’s not easy in our modern world to get around without a personal four-wheeler, but that hasn’t stopped Santa...
New Film ‘Stripped for Parts’ Explores the Demise of Local Journalism
Hedge funds and secretive investors are buying up local papers and stripping them for parts. These so-called vulture capitalists and their attack on journalism are the subject of a new film out on PBS, "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink by Rick...
Food Banks Struggle Amidst SNAP Cuts
CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank, Erica Padilla-Chavez is in the eye of the storm of hungry people seeking food in the wake of pending cuts to CalFresh/SNAP (EBT, food stamps). They are seeking 75 new volunteers to help with the influx of new clients suddenly in need...
Denise Allen & Ken Reichmann of Indivisible of Santa Cruz County
On October 28, 2025, George Cadman was joined on Talk of The Bay by Ken Reichman and Denise Allen of Indivisible Of Santa Cruz County to discuss the No Kings rally & march on Oct 18th, what's next, how members of ISCC are working to protect our community from ICE,...
Wholistic Visibility: Celebrating National Coming Out Day/Week with the Lionel Cantú Queer Center at UC Santa Cruz.
October is Queer and Trans History Month and Oct. 11-18 is National Coming Out Day/Week (NCOD). In this episode of Sunday Dinner DJ Dupsie speaks with delfin, Sam, and Becca from the Lionel Cantú Queer Center at UC Santa Cruz about what NCOD means to us, the victories...
Renters Rights from Salinas to New York
In this episode of Talk of the Bay, host Meilin Obinata speaks with two people experiencing different aspects of the rent crisis in the City Salinas: Sam Messenger, a person who received a visit on October 13, 2025 from the Monterey County District Attorney's Office...
October 28, 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: Facebook, Macbook batteries, a caller, Current events & scams, Chat GPT, AI only...
Pesticide use near schools and Santa Cruz County’s high rate of childhood cancer
Interviews with Adam Scow and Dr. Ann Lopez: Adam Bolaños Scow is a Public-Interest Advocate, Violinist, and Music Teacher. For over 15 years Adam has helped win environmental campaigns in the Monterey Bay region including the efforts to ban fracking in Santa...
October 21, 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: Learn what's going on in the lives of TEN CALLERS, wow! Email questions and more!
Doing Democracy in Santa Cruz at the No Kings Rally
From Suki Wessling: Reporting from the October 18 No Kings Rally in Downtown Santa Cruz today, I heard a clear message: What's happening in this country is not OK. People from all walks of life came together with a message of unity and hope. Although there was anger,...