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DNA brings the 11th Santa Cruz Comedy Festival to a venue near you!
What's funny in Santa Cruz? Pretty much everything when it comes to the comedians who gather here for the 11th annual Santa Cruz Comedy Festival October 1-5. The Festival draws comics from around the country to entertain us at 17 different venues, many of them free....
Course Focuses on Immigrant Stories
A course through CSUMB under the banner of the OSHER Center is bringing in local stories of immigrants and their descendants. The guests and teachers of the course are former president of Chabot College, Celia Barbarena, PhD and former Dean at CSUMB, Chris Hasegawa,...
Save Our Shores’ New Director Talks Trash (Pickup)
Katie Thompson is the new Executive Director of Save Our Shores, the organization which runs the annual Coast Cleanup among other great ocean conservation programs.
Scott Gale shares stories about artists Jo Mora, Donald Teague, and Harry Timmins, and the new exhibit at Monterey’s Stanton Center
Scott Gale is on the board of the Monterey History & Art Association. He is the curator of the Jo Mora: Cartographer exhibit, which is currently on display at The Stanton Center on Custom House Plaza in Monterey. For several months, Scott has been...
John Hunt plays key role in bringing $71 million in climate adaptation grants to the Monterey Bay area
John Hunt is a collaborator at the California Marine Sanctuary Foundation and a research toxicologist at the University of California, Davis. For over 20 years he co-directed the Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory at Granite Canyon on the Big Sur Coast, doing...
Charging ahead: Inside Santa Cruz County’s e-bike surge – Talk of the Bay
It seems all manner of e-bikes are popping up across Santa Cruz County more and more—on trails, in streets, outside schools and grocery stores. Sometimes, the e-bikes are even carrying two passengers at a time as they zip down the roadway. The electrified two-wheelers...
Storytelling Magic by NextStage Seniors in Santa Cruz
NextStage is a theater and music project for seniors over 50. It includes the latest production, Storytelling: Encounters with Magic. In this episode, we hear from five of the sixteen participants who wrote personal narratives and who will perform them on Saturday the...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, September 1st, 2024: Protect San Benito County!
Protect San Benito County! with Andy Hsia-Coron, Chris Wilmers, Seth Adams and Valentine Lopez San Benito County is one of the unsung jewels of the Central California Coast. Most people know of Gilroy, San Juan Bautista and the Pinnacles, but there is much, much...
What Will Kamala Harris Do on Israel-Palestine? with Stephen Zunes
Ami Chen Mills speaks with author Stephen Zunes about the history of the region: Israel-Palestine. After many highly emotional interviews on the Israel-Gaza war and ongoing massacres, this podcast is a factual and deep dive into the regional context of the current...
How California Works: Building Democracy in the Golden State – PART 1
“How California Works: Building Democracy in the Golden State” “Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT) PART 1 Covers the following: Editor's Note: Why "Citizen" is a Verb Foreword: Truth vs. Cynicism (written by Fred Keeley, Mayor of Santa Cruz)...