Local News from KSQD
Coastal Cleanup Comes to Town
The annual coastal cleanup is Saturday, September 20th from 9 AM to noon. Sign up to help clean a beach or river near you. We talk with Katie Thompson, Director of Save Our Shores about the trash situation in our coastal area. Sign up online here:...
September 16, 2025: Computer Man! Your Tech Questions Answered
Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com Scams of the week! Topics covered: META's AI Glasses and facial recognition: what scams are coming?, VPNs, Email...
MCT’s Addams Family Musical
Community theater has always been a special place in the local theater scene. Mountain Community Theater is planning an extravaganza musical based on the tv show and cartoon of the 1960s, the Addams Family. Join Morticia, Gomez, Wednesday and Pugsley for a gothic romp...
Lookout’s Chris Neely on 9-11 and Local News
Lo0kout Santa Cruz reporter Chris Neely was 11 on 9-11, 2001 and living in a suburb of New Jersey where the majority of parents commuted in to Manhattan. His teacher was sobbing, half a dozen of his classmates were called out of class not to return, and the principal...
Jean Pirano, The Hard Left(ist) Comes to Surf City
Jean Pirano (84) is a quiet, but consistent activist, a “slack-tivist,” as she says with a big smile. Pirano came to Santa Cruz in the late-1960’s, worked for the Grey Bears managing their warehouse, and became a card-carrying member of the Santa Cruz Communist...
September 9, 2025: Computer Man! Your Tech Questions Answered
Don’t stress about your tech, call the Computer Man on KSQD between 6-7pm PT each Tuesday: 831-900-5773 Write to Luigi@PleasurePointComputers.com Scams of the week! Topics covered: Scary tech coming out, Blocking Facebook, ChatGPT, Upgrade Windows 11 for $30, Email...
Karen with a K: A Musical Temper Tantrum featuring Strange Bedfellows
Monday on Talk of the Bay we meet Laura February Strange and members of the cast of “Karen with a K: A musical temper tantrum." If you haven’t had the chance to experience this local garage-rock musical it’s coming around once more at the Kummbwa Jazz Center in...
A Hunger Strike to End Pesticides Near Watsonville Schools
This show broadcasted live on Labor Day of 2025, the first day of Omar Dieguez's 30-day hunger strike to end the spraying of pesticides near Watsonville area schools. MOT host Ami Chen Mills and Dieguez are joined by Providencia Martinez Alaniz, who also...
Assemblymember Pellerin Advocates for Suicide Awareness
When Gail Pellerin lost her husband to suicide, she knew she needed to learn more about the causes and prevention as part of her healing process. Now, she is advocating for awareness through a resolution declaring September Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. In...
UC Researchers and Public Service Workers Unionize
7,200 UC Research and Public Service Professionals Vote Yes to Form a Union They are the latest group of professional staff to join the UAW organizing movement Berkeley/Los Angeles, CA - Today, votes were tallied in a union election for 7,200 Research and Public...