Local News from KSQD
Students Share Personal Stories of Life During Covid
Two students share their hopes and fears as the summer wears on and Covid upends their college plans. This interview was produced and hosted by Cabrillo College intern, Melissa Martin.
Independence Day Call In Dream Show
We did an All Caller show this week: no guest! It was a dream extravaganza with 6 dreams shared by 4 dreamers as well as a call from dream-inspired musician Lola Jean. Ellen from Santa Cruz drove her car into a restaurant. Laura from Las Vegas received a bag of sharp...
Can Facebook Save Face?
In the midst of an advertiser boycott, Facebook is rolling out a new media literacy/voter education initiative in conjunction with the Poynter Institute's Mediawise program. Will it be enough to regain the trust of its users, who have been made wary by the presence of...
Meek and Marco: Skateboarding Then and Now
Skateboarding and Santa Cruz are often spoken in the same sentence. Since the 1970's Santa Cruz is not only recognized as a brand, but also for its rad skateboarders, surfers and punk rock music. This feature by Patrick Harte explores the contrasts in what it takes to...
State Parks Update
Public information office, Gabe McKenna from California State Parks Santa Cruz district gives an update on Covid, trail safety, illegal cannabis, and other issues effecting our parks.
Santa Cruz Rail and Trail Update
In this segment of Talk of the Bay, Rachel Anne Goodman talks with Sally Arnold, board chair of Friends of the Rail and Trail, a nonprofit advocating for public use of the recently acquired rail line in Santa Cruz County between Watsonville and Davenport. Their new...
Ride the Internal Waves of the Monterey Canyon
This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist we speak with Dr. Yui Takeshita, a scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Dr. Takeshita explains how he uses chemistry to better understand the ocean and shares an interesting story about internal waves in the...
Are you ready to foster or adopt a cat or dog?
On Talk of the Bay, Annette Hogue of Four Paws to Love joins host Suki Wessling to talk about our local pet adoption ecosystem. Four Paws finds loving families to foster, and then searches for each animal's "forever home." They consider caring for animals an important...
A Local Response to High Tech Policing
In this Talk of the Bay episode, we hear from Congressman Jimmy Panetta about a new policing bill he co-sponsored that would reign in some practices and equipment available to police. In the second half, we hear from Tracy Rosenberg, Executive Director of the Media...
Jean Brocklebank – Don’t Bury Our Library
Jean Brocklebank, representing Don't Bury The Library, shares her view of the Santa Cruz downtown library project. See Dontburythelibrary.weebly.com Jayson Architecture proposal