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UC Lecturers May Strike
In this interview, we hear from Vice-President of UC-AFT, the union representing all UC lecturers, about stalled contract negotiations and frustrations over bargaining practices that may lead to a system-wide strike next week. Find out why the over 6,000 lecturers are...
Campaign for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture
Dr. Ann Lopez, founder of the Center for Farmworker Families, is no stranger to the effects of pesticides. In her work with migrant farmworker families, she sees children with high cancer rates and other serious health problems. A new initiative, the Campaign for...
United Against Hate Week takes off in Santa Cruz
Dr. Marcelle E. DuPraw (“Marci”) is a facilitator and mediator specializing in cross-cultural environmental challenges, landscape-scale collaboration, and collaborative capacity-building. She holds a PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, as well as a Bachelor’s in...
Responding to a Generation in Crisis
Rates of depression and suicide in youth have skyrocketed since the pandemic. A new program seeks to break the stigma of seeking help for youth suffering from depression and anxiety and other mental conditions. The idea is to intervene early before things get to the...
Update on Placement of SVP in SC County
As the deadline nears for Judge Syda Cogliati to decide whether to place a violent sexual predator in the community of Bonny Doon, residents are sounding the alarm about unscrupulous practices on behalf of the private company in charge of finding housing for Michael...
Behind the Mic: Luigi Oppido
On Talk of the Bay, Monday, November 1, 2020, host Christine Barrington goes Behind the Mic with Luigi Oppido, host of Tuesday's Computer Man show. KSQD is community radio---whether it’s music or talk, much of the programming streaming your way on 90.7 FM is created...
Unheard Voices with Oscar Paz
On Friday, October 3oth at 3pm, host Gloria Nieto welcomed Oscar Paz, Education Coordinator for Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Each show is hosted by a member of our diverse collective of people from backgrounds under-represented in the media and in...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, October 31st: Oil and Water Don’t Mix! with Fred Keeley
Join hosts Ronnie Lipschutz and Brooke Wright for a conversation with Fred Keeley, a well-known political person about town and across the Monterey Bay Region. He has a long and distinguished career in community service. In the 1980s and 1990s, Keeley served two...
Youth Climate March Organizers
Youth have perhaps the strongest case for why congress and world leaders and local city councilmembers should act quickly on addressing climate change: They stand to bear the brunt of what's to come if the world does not reduce its carbon output. I spoke with two...
UCSC’s College Ten Named For John R. Lewis
In this segment of Talk of the Bay, I talk with Flora Lu, Provost of College Ten (Now Lewis College) and Sarah Woodside Bury about the renaming of the college and Lewis' legacy. From UCSC's press release: UC Santa Cruz advances commitment to social justice with...