Local News from KSQD
Independent Study Rule Changes Affect Local Families
When legislators make what seem like helpful changes to education law, there are often downstream effects. This summer, the state has been debating AB130, which would make alterations to the part of the education code called Independent Study (IS) as a reaction to...
Unheard Voices with Bella Bonner
On Friday July 30th, 2021 host Thairie Ritchie welcomed Bella Bonner (founder of Black Surf Club Santa Cruz and Member of Blended Bridge). Unheard Voices is a weekly program that aims to create dialogue and raise awareness in the community at large. Each show is...
Locals Lisa Swarz and Batya Kagan share their experiences protesting the Line 3 tar sands pipeline in Minnesota
Tribal nations, community and environmental groups in Minnesota have fought for six years to stop Canadian oil giant Enbridge Energy from building the massive Line 3 pipeline in Northern Minnesota, to take oil from Canada’s tar sands region to Superior, Wis. The...
Cotoni-Coast Dairies – a new National Monument on Santa Cruz’s north coast prepares to open
Cotoni-Coast Dairies is an area of 5,780 acres (9 sq miles) located on Santa Cruz County’s coast north of Davenport. It was designated a national monument in 2017, and is the largest unit in the California Coastal National Monument. Just last month, the Bureau of Land...
From Emaciated to Emancipated: The Story of a Skinny Mango
In this interview, we talk with minister and author, Ryan "Mango" Althaus about his new book about his struggles with an eating disorder. These struggles are often associated with young women, but his story shows anyone can suffer from eating disorders. His book, From...
Unheard Voices with Marissa Molina
On Friday July 23rd, 2021 host Thairie Ritchie welcomed Marissa Molina, a local activist and artist. They discussed her community work, along with current events and how they affect us all. Unheard Voices is a weekly program that aims to create dialogue and raise...
Cabrillo Festival Makes the Remote Personal
On Talk of the Bay, Ellen Primack, Executive Director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, joins host Suki Wessling to talk about the challenges of pandemic-era music programming and the amazing work that was done to bring together this year’s virtual...
What’s New at the SC Farmers Markets?
Santa Cruz County is lucky enough to have many thriving farmers markets from Aptos to Scotts Valley. I talked with Nesh Dhillon, farmers market manager for five of those markets, about what's new, what's fresh, and how over twenty years he has learned a lot about...
Behind the Mic: David Bean
On Monday, July 12, 2021 Christine Barrington goes Behind the Mic with David Bean, DJ for Thursday's New Squid In Town. KSQD is community radio---whether it’s music or talk, much of the programming streaming your way on 90.7 FM is created by community volunteers...
Sustainability Now! Sunday, July 11th, 5-6 PM: Give Me Land, Lots of Land in the Santa Clara Valley with Andrea Mackenzie of the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
Host Ronnie Lipschutz speaks with Andrea Mackenzie, General Manager of the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority. For more than 25 years, Ms. Mackenzie has worked in the fields of land use planning, conservation planning, public policy, and finance for open space...