Local News from KSQD
Housing of Violent Sexual Predator Opposed by Locals
This is the letter that County Supervisor Ryan Coonerty sent to Bonny Doon residents, alerting them to plans to place Michael Cheek, who stalked and raped a woman at gunpoint, in a local residence in Bonny Doon on Wild Iris Lane off Empire Grade. In this interview...
Unheard Voices with Juan Dominguez
On Friday, August 27th at 3pm, host Thairie Ritchie welcomed local community organizer Juan Dominguez, they looked at recent news involving all of us, and especially related to people of color. Among the topics: -recent census results and population trends...
Caring for Refugees
Every day, children and families cross our southern border and request asylum as they flee countries with violence, political instability and poverty. How do people of faith respond to this crisis along the border and in our local communities? In this program, we meet...
Brent Adams and the Warming Center Program
On August 19, 2021 host Janet Quinn interviews Brent Adams, Program Director of the Warming Center and Footbridge services. This is a volunteer-based, community funded program that provides dignity-creating services such as showers, laundry and storage among other...
Youth Action Network gives young Santa Cruzans a voice
In the past, adults thought that if they just told teens what to do, teens would make better decisions. It didn't work. Now, adults who work with teens are flipping the model. Instead of talking, they're listening. Instead of acting without input, they're waiting to...
Steve Pleich – Budget and Taxation
Steve Pleich talks about budget and taxation.
Holistic women’s health grows in Santa Cruz
On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling interviews Dana Ramsey, a nurse-midwife and holistic women's health practitioner, about women's health and fertility in Santa Cruz and beyond. Indicators of women's health in the United States show that we are well below the...
Danny Sheehan and Sara Nelson of The Romero Institute – centering survival around justice
Sara Nelson is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Romero Institute and former National Executive Director and co-founder of the Christic Institute. Daniel Sheehan is President and co-founder of the Romero Institute and former President and co-founder of the...
The Power of Place with Linda Mastrangelo
I celebrate my first in-person episode of the Dream Journal with my dear friend Linda Mastrangelo. Linda was also one of my first guests from June of 2019 when this show was just a baby, and her first show was the first ever that I released as a podcast. Today in a...
Unheard Voices with Elisha Christopher
On Friday, August 6 at 3pm, the Revered Elisha Christopher from the Center for Spiritual Living in Santa Cruz spoke with Ami Chen about his childhood, growing up gay in a conservative Baptist community in Southern California, and his personal struggles with mental...