Is there a special Senior in your life for whom you seek a special gift? Ruth Martin, of Ruth Martin Home Care has just the list to choose from. Give a listen.

Kent Madsen, Ruth Cruddas and George Bunch discuss their work with Santa Cruz Al Salvador (santacruzalsalvador.org) building relations between the Guillermo Ungo and El Pilar communities in El Salvador and churches in the Santa Cruz area. Learn from the plight of these communities and how support with scholarships, building wells and leadership development creates a […]

Why do Monarchs come to Santa Cruz? Will they keep coming? Martha Nitzberg gives us hope and shares fascinating facts about Monarch life cycle and migration.  

Magdalena Zschokke and Rebecca Bogdon join host Mathilde Rand to discuss their observations and experience at the Mexican-US border.

Elie Mabanza, Brandon Sick, and Renato Annicchiarico play the music of Elie Mabanza, originally from the Congo. Mathilde Rand interterviews and Pierre Yamleowo interterprets  for this multi-talented musician and his work for Tools for Africa and other organizations in the Congo.

In the summer of 2008, LizAnne Jensen and her husband  scrambled to evacuate their home ahead of the raging Martin Fire.  LizAnne found herself running from room to room uncertain what to grab. Luckily their home was spared, and LizAnne vowed never again to be caught unprepared. The result is a practical lifesaving  brochure setting […]

Tory del Favro, Partnership Specialist US Census Bureau, and Diana Cowen, Communications Manager Santa Cruz Public Libraries, and host Mathilde Rand discuss many aspects of the 2020 Census, coming up on April 1, 2020.

Did you know that many homes destroyed by wildfire are set alight from the inside?  by something that can precede the flames by as much as a mile or more?!    

Jimmy Kelly and Jane Meredith Daugherty join host Mathilde Rand in a discussion about the life of letter carriers in Santa Cruz from hard to deliver mail during the fiscal crisis to their connection with the community. Both are musicians sharing their experiences as letter carriers and the ways they share their talents.

“It seems to me that creativity and empowerment go hand in hand…At FoodWhat everything is led, driven, and inspired by the youth”                                          Irene Juarez Programs Manager and Visual Artist