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Have we got a show for you on Talk of the Bay. Rob Oliveros from “Santa Cruz Against Runaway Development” is going to go head-to-head with Santa Cruz YES IN MY BACKYARD advocate, Rafa Sonnenfeld. They will be talking about what seems to be on everyone’s mind, the “D-word,” that is, development. Are the buildings […]

  Professor Rebecca Braslau has served on the faculty at UC Santa Cruz since 1991, where she is a professor of chemistry. She has a BA from Reed College, a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, and carried out postdoctoral studies with Bernd Giese at Universitat Basel, the oldest university in Switzerland. She […]

CEO of Santa Cruz County, Nicole Coburn describes SHIELD as an emergency preparedness project, but the emergency is not natural, it’s in the form of a raid by ICE similar to what we saw in Minneapolis. As the DHS expands the scope of its operations, injury, and even death have resulted. What are the protocols […]

Do you ever feel helpless to influence big events? Want to make a difference locally but don’t know where to start? Karen Delaney, the soon-to-be-retiring Executive Director of the Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County has some ideas on how to plug in, tune in, and get to work volunteering for a cause you care […]

  Saabira Chaudhuri is a London-based journalist and the author of Consumed – How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic. She frequently writes about sustainability, plastics, corporate strategy, environmental regulation and consumer culture. Her work has been published in outlets including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Bloomberg, The New Scientist, The […]

Andrew Schoneberg interviewed David Bean about his extensive history in radio and the recording industry.  He shares interesting information about the history of local radio in the Monterey Bay, including KSQD, KUSP, and KAZU.

Host Chris Krohn welcomes Hector Marin to the airwaves for a deeper dive so we can get to know him beyond his role as the organizer of the “Save the Catalyst” campaign. Krohn and Marin discuss the City of Santa Cruz housing-related ballot measures B and C, as well as the sugar tax, Z. We […]

  From a very early age, Parisa Karimi Molan dreamed of becoming a singer. Growing up in a musical family—her father was a singer and tar player—she was surrounded by melodies, even as she lived in Iran, where women are forbidden to sing publicly. Despite this, she studied music for nearly twenty years in secrecy […]

Who ever said awards shows are no place for politics? Former Santa Cruz County Supervisor John Leopold made local history this past weekend when he took home a Grammy for Best Regional Roots Music Album. The longtime local politician, who served on the board for 12 years, became the first Santa Cruz County supervisor to […]

Angel Garcia, our guest, is a spokesperson for Californians for Pesticide Reform which just filed a lawsuit against the state of California for dragging their feet on clarifying pesticide regulations. Here is their recent press release further explaining the reason for the suit. They claim the state’s approach to regulation is both confusing and dangerous, […]