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Wild Monterey Bay: Up Close and Personal Wildlife Encounters is a new book of stories and photographs of meetings with whales, dolphins, octopus and other dwellers of our wonderful Monterey Bay. Lisa Uttal, Outreach and Media Director for NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and Jodi Frediani, editor and photographer talk about the many fantastic […]

Gary Griggs, UCSC Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences tells us about his new book, California Catastrophes: The Natural Disaster History of the Golden State, about the history of disasters in our state and what we can expect in the future.

In this episode, we hear from Jacqui Atchison, Executive Director of the Arts Council of Monterey County about their Open Studios weekend, arts in the schools, and how local venues for performing arts are faring post-covid.

  Talk of the Bay host Len Beyea leads a discussion about housing affordability and, in particular, the rent control initiative on California’s November ballot, Proposition 33. Participants include local housing advocates Lira Filipini, Rick Longinotti, and Lee Brokaw. Proposition 33 on the November ballot would replace the 1994 Costa Hawkins act with the following: […]

  Since 2015, Alan Tigay has been the host of the website World Listening Post, on which he has reviewed albums from 95 countries; most recently on the site, he published a list of The Global 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Earlier in his career, Alan wrote op-eds, features, travel articles, reviews and humor for […]

On September 28th, the Queer, Trans, & Allied Student Summit of the Central Coast held a day-long event. In this interview, we hear from three people involved in organizing it. The guests were: Stuart Rosenstein, organizer Andrea Damon: Parent, Understanding Gender Conference Tyra Williams: Queer, Trans, & Allied Student Summit of the Central Coast The […]

Santa Cruz County is a popular and iconic destination for tourists from all over the world. We look at the pros and cons of tourism for the locals. Visit Santa Cruz is the local tourism agency that tracks things like hotel stays and jobs in one of the area’s main economic engines, tourism. In this […]

Soul and Hip-Hop singer, Gina Rene and organizer Ana Elizabeth, Musical Soulmates board member, stop by to talk (and sing) to share about “Let the Caged Bird Sing”, an afternoon of soulful music. Musical Soulmates is a newly-formed nonprofit performing arts collective that centers black performers and is hosting a concert for survivors of domestic […]

On Sunday 11:30 at Resurrection Church, 7600 Soquel Drive in Aptos, faith and political leaders will share ideas and activities to inspire action on climate change. Speakers include Rabbi Shifra Weiss-Penzia, Deacon Patrick Conway, Senator John Laird, Zen leader, Tenzin Chogkyi, and others. For more information: https://sczc.org/news-and-teachings/2024/7/13/climate-fest-2024-you-can-make-a-difference

On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling welcomes Ann Osterman, outgoing producer of Santa Cruz County’s acclaimed Open Studios Art Tour, collage artist Bree Karpavage, past artist and incoming producer, and painter Jason Cohen, first time presenter in the art tour. Open Studios takes place the first three weekends in October and is free […]