Local News from KSQD
Stay or Flee? Who Pays for Sea Level Rise?
As sea levels rise due to climate change, city planners and oceanographers are often called upon to make suggestions as to how to cope with advancing erosion. The big questions are who will pay for it and how long insurance companies will keep insuring these homes in...
Goats Reduce Fire Risk at UCSC
McKenzie Prillaman went to UCSC and has this story: Narrator: California’s wildfire season grows worse every year, forcing landowners and institutions to come up with creative ways to prevent fires. At UC Santa Cruz, they’re trying a new approach… goats. ...
Housing Development and Small Units in Santa Cruz
Lira Filippini, Candace Brown and Gillian Greensite join host Mathilde Rand in a conversation about small unit proposals in Santa Cruz. They make sense of the alphabet soup related to housing: SRO, SOU, FDU and RHNA and discuss the impacts of each of them.
Behind the Mic with Bill and Noreen of Jazz Tracks
On Talk of the Bay Christine Barrington goes Behind the Mic with Noreen Nolan and Bill Van Bloom, co-hosts of Jazz Tracks every 2nd Thursday of the month. The Behind the Mic series at KSQD reveals and celebrates the community behind our community radio station. Noreen...
Behind the Mic with Scott Garfield
On Talk of the Bay Christine Barrington interviewed Scott Garfield for her Behind the Mic series revealing and celebrating the fascinating community behind our community radio station K-Squid 90.7 FM. Scott Garfield hosts the late night musical adventure known as...
Behind the Mic: Christopher Smith of Classical Tune-Up
On Talk of the Bay, December 20, 2021 Christine Barrington went Behind the Mic with Christopher Smith, DJ for Sunday morning’s Classical Tune Up. KSQD is community radio---whether it’s music or talk, much of the programming streaming your way on 90.7 FM is created by...
Squid on the Street: How are Rising Gas Prices Changing Things for You?
Cabrillo student Steven Rodrigues asked people how rising gas prices were influencing their driving habits. Here's what they had to say.
Behind the Mic: Bruce Larson of Don’t Fence Me In
On Talk of the Bay May 2, 2022, Christine Barrington goes Behind the Mic with Bruce Larson, KSQD DJ and co-host of Tuesday's Don't Fence Me In. Local Radio, it turns out, is not just a humdrum affair. It has featured strange people saying odd, perceptive, and...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, May 1st: Let’s Go Ride our Bikes! with Matt Miller
Let's Go Ride our Bikes! with Matt Miller On Sustainability Now! Sunday, April 17th, 5-6 PM on KSQD 90.7 FM and KSQD.org Join Sustainability Now! hosts Brooke Wright and Ronnie Lipschutz for a conversation with Ecology Action's Matt Miller about bicycles, Bike Month,...
El Salvador to Santa Cruz -Finding Welcome
The Santa Cruz Welcoming Network was our featured guest on Talk of the Bay this week. In this program I spoke to: Elizabeth (not her real name) Elizabeth and her two teenage sons are from El Salvador. They came here in great trauma. They witnessed the murder of...