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KZSC Santa CruzJoe Weed - producer, composer, musician and filmmaker_KZSC Bushwhacker's_2025-07-25_interviewed by "Dangerous Dan" Orangeoe Weed is a musician, composer, fiddler, and documentary filmmaker; playing music since 7 years old; as a fiddler, remembers and passes along who you learned a song from, and who it's by..."Mystery of the Ookpit" is a film about a fiddle tune that was mistakenly assumed to be derived from Native American music, but instead was written in 1965 by a Canadian; it gained prominence when someone played it at the Weiser, Idaho, National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest, where it was declared the winner - at this festival, at the next year, everyone plays the previous year's winner; Joe had...2025-07-3127 min
KZSC Santa CruzJoe Weed - producer, composer, musician and filmmaker_KZSC Bushwhacker's_2025-07-25Joe Weed is a musician, composer, fiddler, and documentary filmmaker; playing music since 7 years old; as a fiddler, remembers and passes along who you learned a song from, and who it's by..."Mystery of the Ookpit" is a film about a fiddle tune that was mistakenly assumed to be derived from Native American music, but instead was written in 1965 by a Canadian; it gained prominence when someone played it at the Weiser, Idaho, National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest, where it was declared the winner - at this festival, at the next year, everyone plays the previous year's winner; Joe had made...2025-07-3127 min
KZSC Santa CruzMary Schley_Reporter, Journalist at The Carmel Pine Cone_2025-06-27_interviewed on KZSC's "Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club"UCSC undergrad in the early 90's majoring in psychology with a minor in journalism (there was not an option to major in journalism), where she was a reporter, and then the editor, of the campus City On A Hill newspaper; she wanted a career in journalism, but first worked in finance, and accounts receivable at a law firm; her break, and her first paying journalism gig, was writing for a monthly motorcycle magazine (she rode for 27 years); she moved back to Santa Cruz, eventually working for a PR firm for a great boss; she interviewed at The Carmel Pine...2025-07-2630 minKZSC Santa CruzMary Schley_Reporter, Journalist at The Carmel Pine Cone_2025-06-27_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sUCSC undergrad in the early 90's majoring in psychology with a minor in journalism (there was not an option to major in journalism), where she was a reporter, and then the editor, of the campus City On A Hill newspaper; she wanted a career in journalism, but first worked in finance, and accounts receivable at a law firm; her break, and her first paying journalism gig, was writing for a monthly motorcycle magazine (she rode for 27 years); she moved back to Santa Cruz, eventually working for a PR firm for a great boss; she interviewed at The Carmel Pine Cone...2025-07-2630 min
KZSC Santa CruzMegan McLaughlin,singer-songwriter with the Musers_2025-07-11_interviewed on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubMegan, and the other members of "The Musers", hails from Sonoma County; "The Musers" was an acoustic band project started by Megan and Anita Sandwina about 8 years ago...Anita is on vocal rest for another month, so the trio will play The Ugly Mug tomorrow night, with Tom Kuhn on upright bass, and Leslie Jackson on mandolin (plus fiddle, banjo, reso guitar, and harmonica) - all 3 sing; Anita & Megan and the songwriters, but they also do some covers, including some John Reischman tunes, plus Led Zeppelin; Megan had a career as a teacher, which allowed her to tour in...2025-07-2627 minKZSC Santa CruzMegan McLaughlin,singer-songwriter with the Musers_2025-07-11_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sMegan, and the other members of "The Musers", hails from Sonoma County; "The Musers" was an acoustic band project started by Megan and Anita Sandwina about 8 years ago...Anita is on vocal rest for another month, so the trio will play The Ugly Mug tomorrow night, with Tom Kuhn on upright bass, and Leslie Jackson on mandolin (plus fiddle, banjo, reso guitar, and harmonica) - all 3 sing; Anita & Megan and the songwriters, but they also do some covers, including some John Reischman tunes, plus Led Zeppelin; Megan had a career as a teacher, which allowed her to tour in the...2025-07-2627 min
KZSC Santa CruzJohn Laird_CA_State_Senator_2025-07-11_interviewed on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club1 week from today is the deadline for bills to pass out of the policy committee in the other house (not the house of origin); this last Monday broke the record for the # of emails Senator Laird received in a day, which blew up over a bill on anti-semitism - an interesting & emotional twisting & turning, with an elevated # of instances across the state, especially in schools; the original bill, SB715, was bare bones, and was amended in the Senate to specify the boundaries on discussing the topic in schools, and whether this should be included in the ethnic studies curriculum...2025-07-2630 minKZSC Santa CruzJohn Laird_CA_State_Senator_2025-07-11_KZSC_Bushwhacker's1 week from today is the deadline for bills to pass out of the policy committee in the other house (not the house of origin); this last Monday broke the record for the # of emails Senator Laird received in a day, which blew up over a bill on anti-semitism - an interesting & emotional twisting & turning, with an elevated # of instances across the state, especially in schools; the original bill, SB715, was bare bones, and was amended in the Senate to specify the boundaries on discussing the topic in schools, and whether this should be included in the ethnic studies curriculum; usually...2025-07-2630 min
KZSC Santa CruzChris Berry,Watershed Compliance Manager, City of Santa Cruz & Dana Stolzman, ED - Salmonid Restoration Federation_2025-04-11_KZSC_Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubThe Salmonid Restoration Foundation's (SRF) 42nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference will be in Santa Cruz at the end of April; Dana has been Executive Director for 20 years; the conference is the largest Salmonid / watershed conference in the northwest; 550 people are registered, but it's a challenging time: starting last year, there was a freeze on state employees traveling, and now Federal; Santa Cruz will host the conference at a number of venues; the Klamath Dam removal is the largest dam removal in history - it took decades! The secret? You have to have a big team, and find common ground...2025-06-2730 min
KZSC Santa CruzChris Berry,SC Watershed Compliance Manager & Dana Stolzman, ED - Salmonid Restoration Federation_KZSC Bushwhacker'sThe Salmonid Restoration Foundation's (SRF) 42nd Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference will be in Santa Cruz at the end of April; Dana has been Executive Director for 20 years; the conference is the largest Salmonid / watershed conference in the northwest; 550 people are registered, but it's a challenging time: starting last year, there was a freeze on state employees traveling, and now Federal; Santa Cruz will host the conference at a number of venues; the Klamath Dam removal is the largest dam removal in history - it took decades! The secret? You have to have a big team, and find common ground; after...2025-06-2730 min
KZSC Santa CruzGail Pellerin_California State Assemblymember_2025-06-20_KZSC_Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club Gail Pellerin is California's 28th Distict Assemblymember. The legislature met their constitutional obligation to pass a budget by June 15, and they sent it to the governor - it's *very* different from what he sent over; there is significant uncertainty due to the federal government budget cuts and next year's budget, compounded by uncertainty over state tax income with LA having an extension; the legislature pushed back on the governor's budget - an example is the asset cap required to qualify for Medi-Cal: the governor wanted to revert to $2,000 (so if you own a car, you don't qualify...2025-06-2730 minKZSC Santa CruzGail Pellerin_CA State Assemblymember_2025-06-20_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sGail Pellerin is California's 28th Distict Assemblymember.
The legislature met their constitutional obligation to pass a budget by June 15, and they sent it to the governor - it's *very* different from what he sent over; there is significant uncertainty due to the federal government budget cuts and next year's budget, compounded by uncertainty over state tax income with LA having an extension; the legislature pushed back on the governor's budget - an example is the asset cap required to qualify for Medi-Cal: the governor wanted to revert to $2,000 (so if you own a car, you don't qualify), but the legislature...2025-06-2730 min
KZSC Santa CruzBonny June and Bonfire_singers, songwriters, storytellers Bonny June, Ken Kraft & Craig Owens_2025-06-06_KZSC_Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubBonny June & Bonfire (Ken Kraft & Craig Owens) are singers / songwriters / storytellers based in Santa Cruz, California. Topics covered in the interview include: songwriting as story telling: every song tells a story! Sometimes they come to Bonny fully formed in a dream; birthday bash coming up will feature 2 new covers; The Money Question? Craig: no. Club owners like paying what they paid in the 80s. Ken: yes. Has been able to support himself through production, music lessons, and performing; Bonny June: not entirely, as she's a care giver by day; Bonny June & Bonfire have their 4th album in...2025-06-2727 minKZSC Santa CruzBonny June and Bonfire_singers, songwriters Bonny June, Ken Kraft & Craig Owens_2025-06-06_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sBonny June & Bonfire (Ken Kraft & Craig Owens) are singers / songwriters / storytellers based in Santa Cruz, California.
Topics covered in the interview include: songwriting as story telling: every song tells a story! Sometimes they come to Bonny fully formed in a dream; birthday bash coming up will feature 2 new covers; The Money Question? Craig: no. Club owners like paying what they paid in the 80s. Ken: yes. Has been able to support himself through production, music lessons, and performing; Bonny June: not entirely, as she's a care giver by day; Bonny June & Bonfire have their 4th album in the works, and...2025-06-2727 min
KZSC Santa CruzJustin Cummings_Santa Cruz County Supervisor_2025-06-13_KZSC_Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubJustin Cummings is Santa Cruz County 3rd District Supervisor Local impact of chaos in Washington? If the proposed cuts to Medicaid go through, this will impact California, and then us, with 40,000 people (out of a total county population of 250,000) losing health coverage; Justin, formerly a soft money scientist at UCSC, is now an adjunct in the Coastal Science & Policy Program; Trust: slow to build, quick to destroy; RTC = Regional Transportation Commission, which recently received the summary of the Rail-Trail feasability study, which indicates that the project will ultimate cost ~$4.2 Billion; CZU fire aftermath, 5 years later, where state...2025-06-2730 minKZSC Santa CruzJustin Cummings_SC County Supervisor_2025-06-13_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sJustin Cummings is Santa Cruz County 3rd District Supervisor
Local impact of chaos in Washington? If the proposed cuts to Medicaid go through, this will impact California, and then us, with 40,000 people (out of a total county population of 250,000) losing health coverage; Justin, formerly a soft money scientist at UCSC, is now an adjunct in the Coastal Science & Policy Program; Trust: slow to build, quick to destroy; RTC = Regional Transportation Commission, which recently received the summary of the Rail-Trail feasability study, which indicates that the project will ultimate cost ~$4.2 Billion; CZU fire aftermath, 5 years later, where state restrictions / code / requirements...2025-06-2730 min
KZSC Santa CruzJohn Laird_CA_State_Senator_2025-06-06_KZSC_Bushwhacker's In Santa Cruz a bit unexpectedly, because the California Senate started the week with 300-400 bills that had to be voted on to be passed over to the Assembly ahead of today's deadline for bills to move out of their "House of Origin" - and the Senate finished a day early! Bills will now be assigned to committee(s) in the other house - if they include fiscal implications (more than $50,000) they also go to the Appropriations Committee and placed on the "suspense calendar"; Senator Laird had 17 bills on the floor, and the hardest (SB 29) extends the sunset date on...2025-06-2730 minKZSC Santa CruzCA_State_Senator_John Laird_2025-06-06_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sIn Santa Cruz a bit unexpectedly, because the California Senate started the week with 300-400 bills that had to be voted on to be passed over to the Assembly ahead of today's deadline for bills to move out of their "House of Origin" - and the Senate finished a day early! Bills will now be assigned to committee(s) in the other house - if they include fiscal implications (more than $50,000) they also go to the Appropriations Committee and placed on the "suspense calendar"; Senator Laird had 17 bills on the floor, and the hardest (SB 29) extends the sunset date on...2025-06-2730 minKZSC Santa CruzG'ma's Place_jazz musicians _20241210_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sG-Ma's Place is a young Santa Cruz jazz band comprised of Otis Ragen-Andrews, bass; Ryu Cirillo, Keyboards & Trombone; Rowan Thompson, Guitar; Xander Shulman, Drums.
Got together 2nd semester, 8th grade, in 2022 to form a band to compete in a talent show - now all high school juniors; inspired by local Kuumbwa Jazz Center; Ryu has perfect pitch, which he discovered in 8th grade - it's more of a blessing than a curse; they practice at one of their grandma's garages, thus "G-ma's Place", where they occasionally butt heads, with Otis usually the last to arrive; perform covers as well as...2025-05-2927 min
KZSC Santa CruzRupert Wates - singers, songwriter, guitar virtuoso_20240809_KZSC_The Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubBritain to New York & Colorado via Paris, where French encouragement helped him make the leap to being a professional musician; "Guitar-based story telling", and has been called a virtuoso; "California 1" song is a love song to our iconic highway; if he sings, it's an original, but he will play some classical guitar covers; as a songwriter, antennae always up...looking for patterns; he makes a living playing music, with almost all income from plyaing live (120 shows / year - 50,000 miles / year)...CD sales cover their cost...; uses jazz form for songs; deep dive into New York City living, then most...2025-05-2918 minKZSC Santa CruzRupert Wates_singers, songwriter, guitar virtuoso_20240809_kzsc_Bushwhacker'sBritain to New York & Colorado via Paris, where French encouragement helped him make the leap to being a professional musician; "Guitar-based story telling", and has been called a virtuoso; "California 1" song is a love song to our iconic highway; if he sings, it's an original, but he will play some classical guitar covers; as a songwriter, antennae always up...looking for patterns; he makes a living playing music, with almost all income from plyaing live (120 shows / year - 50,000 miles / year)...CD sales cover their cost...; uses jazz form for songs; deep dive into New York City living, then most impactful...2025-05-2918 min
KZSC Santa CruzStephen Benson - singer, songwriter, guitar virtuoso - 20240712_LIVE in the studio_KZSC_Bushwhacker's Born in Montana, raised in Oregon, high school in Ohio, then Connecticut; New York since 1983, starting with Manhattan School of Music; busking (playing on street)...made enough to (almost) cover rent, busing with bands, duos, trios, no one place - but musicians competed for street corners, and even sent one member early to claim space; own arrangements of other's music, with few originals; subbed on "The Lion King" on broadway, and has now been playing Broadway for decades, including own chair in the pit...55 shows in total! Union? Absolutely! "Broadway is always there"...the regular (DC) pay, vs. the f...2025-05-2927 minKZSC Santa CruzStephen Benson_singer, songwriter, guitar virtuoso_20240712_LIVE in the studio_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sBorn in Montana, raised in Oregon, high school in Ohio, then Connecticut; New York since 1983, starting with Manhattan School of Music; busking (playing on street)...made enough to (almost) cover rent, busing with bands, duos, trios, no one place - but musicians competed for street corners, and even sent one member early to claim space; own arrangements of other's music, with few originals; subbed on "The Lion King" on broadway, and has now been playing Broadway for decades, including own chair in the pit...55 shows in total! Union? Absolutely! "Broadway is always there"...the regular (DC) pay, vs. the feast...2025-05-2927 min
KZSC Santa CruzPainted Mandolin_"AiryLarry" Graff_singer-songwriter, musician_2025-01-17_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sCelebrating 10 years of "Painted Mandolin"...and Monday is the 36th Anniversary of "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club"...and this year marks 40 years for "The Banana Slug String Band"; "Painted Mandolin" begins when Larry had an idea to put together an acoustic band celebrating Jerry Garcia for a show at Don Quixote's in Felton (now the Felton Music Hall)...practices for a gig that would be a "one-off"; Larry knew Matt Hartle from playing around town, and Joe Craven from the Strawberry Music Festival, where Joe had sat in with 'The Banana Slug String Band"; 10 years ago they added Dan Robbins...2025-05-2827 minKZSC Santa CruzPainted Mandolin_AiryLarry_singer-songwriter, musician_2025-01-17_kzsc_Bushwhacker'sCelebrating 10 years of "Painted Mandolin"...and Monday is the 36th Anniversary of "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club"...and this year marks 40 years for "The Banana Slug String Band"; "Painted Mandolin" begins when Larry had an idea to put together an acoustic band celebrating Jerry Garcia for a show at Don Quixote's in Felton (now the Felton Music Hall)...practices for a gig that would be a "one-off"; Larry knew Matt Hartle from playing around town, and Joe Craven from the Strawberry Music Festival, where Joe had sat in with 'The Banana Slug String Band"; 10 years ago they added Dan Robbins, a "...2025-05-2827 min
KZSC Santa CruzBanana Slug String Band - 40 years!_Solar Steve_singer-songwriter, musician_2025-03-21_KZSC_Bushwhacker's_interviewAll 4 founding members of the band are still together: Sun (Solar Steve), Soil (Doug Dirt), Water (Marine Mark) and Air (Airy Larry); all educators, who formed around the Pescadero Valley outdoor education program 40 years ago, and decided to take it further; now, 40 years, and 12 albums later, they have managed to make music a part of their living / life, with environmental education music for all ages; Steve is the primary songwriter; 1st song? "I'm a Tree"; "Dirt Made my Lunch" was the first album (on vinyl & casette); they now have 4 generations of fans!; songwriter process? For Steve, the lyrics & music...2025-05-2827 minKZSC Santa CruzBanana Slug String Band celebrating 40 years!_Solar Steve_singer-songwriter, musician_2025-03-21_KZSC_Bushwhacker's_interviewAll 4 founding members of the band are still together: Sun (Solar Steve), Soil (Doug Dirt), Water (Marine Mark) and Air (Airy Larry); all educators, who formed around the Pescadero VAlley outdoor education program 40 years ago, and decided to take it further; now, 40 years, and 12 albums later, they have managed to make music a part of their living / life, with environmental education music for all ages; Steve is the primary songwriter; 1st song? "I'm a Tree"; "Dirt Made my Lunch" was the first album (on vinyl & casette); they now have 4 generations of fans!; songwriter process? For Steve, the lyrics & music come...2025-05-2827 minKZSC Santa CruzCalifornia State Assemblymember_Gail Pellerin_2025-04-18_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sAttending Grand Opening of Beach Ranch today, a 247 acre parcel along the Pajaro River that the Land Trust is preserving, including wetlands; Land Trust is a local non-profit; Assembly currently in Spring Recess; Assembly working on the budget, and going through it line by line; next week is Holocaust Remembrance Day, and on April 28th, Asssemblymember Pellerin will host a floor ceremony honoring a constituent, Ruth Liberman, that is one of 5000 babies born in the Bergen Belsen concentration camp; Assemblymember Pellerin hosted a webinar with California Insurance Commissioner Lara to discuss the aftermath of the CZU fire over 4 years ago...2025-04-2230 minKZSC Santa CruzPoi Rogers, songwriters Carolyn Sills & Gerard Egan_2025-04-18_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sDuring Covid Gerard banged his head, and got the idea for "Poi Rogers", a mash-up of old fashioned country western meets Hawai'ian; public radio stations are crucial to up-and-coming artists, providing a way for them to reach audiences without being curated by an algorithm; the money question? Survive through a diversity of money sources, including their guitar repair shop in Soquel; been in Santa Cruz 15 years, and found the perfect place to live that allows dogs; new CD release a week from Saturday, "Twilight Blues", which will also be released on 10" vinyl; 8 week tour this summer...when they tour, it's...2025-04-2226 minKZSC Santa CruzKray Van Kirk_singer, songwriter_2025-03-28_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sArcata, California (Humboldt) based; start in music? Kray quit grad school (was at the Graduate Theological School at U.C. Berkeley) and started touring, playing quite a bit in Alaska; when he became single parent he realized he needed something more dependable, and so got a Ph.D. in Fisheries Modeling before working for the government in Arcata; when his daughter left the next he quit and went back on the road (2017); who would've thought 3 months ago that in the face of Federal Funding Chaos and Science that being a singer / songwriter would look more stable financially?!?!!?!; Kray lives by...2025-04-1527 minKZSC Santa CruzCA_State_Senator_John Laird_2025-04-04_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sDeep dive into California's Cap & Trade system (Senator Laird is on the Senate's Working Group on Cap & Trade, which met last week to disuss how far we want to extend it, and whether to move up the current sunset ); How Cap & Trade works: measure emissions, and if over a cap, company has to pay a fee for the amount of emissions over the cap - alert listener Eric in Santa Cruz texts in that they can buy emissions from other companies, which is how Tesla was able to survive before they had cars to sell - Senator Laird adds that...2025-04-1429 min
KZSC Santa CruzJackson Emmer_Musician & singer-songwriter_2025-01-31_KZSC_Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club Jackson relocated to Santa Cruz a year ago, from Carbondale, Colorado, because he's addicted to surfing!; "You're never a prophet in your hometown!"; Songwriter Round format...Jackson experienced this at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, where the performers were in the middle, the audience surrounding them, and each takes a turn; it was intimate, and Jackson wanted to try it in Santa Cruz; Abigayle Kempst is a young prolific singer/songwriter who lives in Nashville, and Jackson is flying her out to produce his next album - they thought, hey! Let's put together a show!; Jackson alwasy brings a...2025-03-2827 minKZSC Santa CruzMusician_Jackson Emmer,singer-songwriter_2025-01-31_KZSC_Bushwhacker'sJackson relocated to Santa Cruz a year ago, from Carbondale, Colorado, because he's addicted to surfing!; "You're never a prophet in your hometown!"; Songwriter Round format...Jackson experienced this at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, where the performers were in the middle, the audience surrounding them, and each takes a turn; it was intimate, and Jackson wanted to try it in Santa Cruz; Abigayle Kempst is a young prolific singer/songwriter who lives in Nashville, and Jackson is flying her out to produce his next album - they thought, hey! Let's put together a show!; Jackson alwasy brings a handful...2025-03-2727 minKZSC Santa Cruzsinger-songwriter_Rachel Sumner_2025-02-28_kzsc_Bushwhacker'sRachel Sumner (& Traveling Light)
Named after James Taylor (middle name), so destined for a life in music. Started on classical flute, and got into Berklee School of Music in Boston, where she came across Bluegrass (Molly Tuttle was in her class). Put together a bluegrass band (Twisted Pine). Put out a CD of songs ("Heartless Things", and later formed "Traveling Light" with Cat Wallace on fiddle and Mike Segal on bass. They put out a CD of the same songs as Heartless Things, but this time with traditional bluegrass arrangements, and 3 part harmonies sharing a microphone. The song "Radium Girls"...2025-03-2625 min
KZSC Santa CruzCalifornia State Senator (ret) Bill Monning_2/28/2025_KZSC Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club When we spoke in November (on Santa Cruz Voice) Bill said that the Country was in bad shape? Now? "It's gotten worse!"; in Compton, the school buses are all electric, helping combate greenhouse gas and climate change - incremental gains are happenning...but this administration, with "Drill, baby! Drill!"; what question would a retired state senator have for a current college student? "What a great opportunity! What are students doing today to help make the world better?" Dylan's answer: protests and demonstrations, passion; U.C. Santa Cruz was built during the administration of Governor Ronald Reagan, and was designed to...2025-02-2830 min
KZSC Santa CruzBruce 'B-Movie' Bratton_a life of movie reviews remembered by Sleepy John_kzsc_Bushwhacker's_20241213 We interviewed Bruce "B-Movie" Bratton last Friday on his last regular segment of movie reviews on "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" after 19 years; Bruce passed away at home, in his sleep, 5 days later on December 11, 2024; in Santa Cruz Bruce worked for every newspaper in town, the Good Times, the Santa Cruz Metro, the Santa Cruz Sentinel; Sleepy knew Bruce for 35 years; Bruce always had a beef with something, and would let you know about it; Dangerous Dan was not always a fan, as Bruce would go on and on, including lengthy reviews of movies he hated and did not want you...2025-02-2811 minKZSC Santa CruzKZSC_Bushwhackers_movie_reviews_Bruce_B-Movie_Bratton remembered by Sleepy John_20241213We interviewed Bruce "B-Movie" Bratton last Friday on his last regular segment of movie reviews on "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" after 19 years; Bruce passed away at home, in his sleep, 5 days later on December 11, 2024; in Santa Cruz Bruce worked for every newspaper in town, the Good Times, the Santa Cruz Metro, the Santa Cruz Sentinel; Sleepy knew Bruce for 35 years; Bruce always had a beef with something, and would let you know about it; Dangerous Dan was not always a fan, as Bruce would go on and on, including lengthy reviews of movies he hated and did not want you...2025-02-2811 minKZSC Santa Cruzkzsc_Bushwhacker's_California State Senator (ret) Bill Monning_20250228When we spoke in November (on Santa Cruz Voice) Bill said that the Country was in bad shape? Now? "It's gotten worse!"; in Compton, the school buses are all electric, helping combate greenhouse gas and climate change - incremental gains are happenning...but this administration, with "Drill, baby! Drill!"; what question would a retired state senator have for a current college student? "What a great opportunity! What are students doing today to help make the world better?" Dylan's answer: protests and demonstrations, passion; U.C. Santa Cruz was built during the administration of Governor Ronald Reagan, and was designed to...2025-02-2830 min
KZSC Santa Cruzmusician Peppino D-Agostino_finger-style guitarist_2025-01-24_KZSC_Bushwhacker's Peppino has been professional since he was 18, and the music industry has changed in the last 40 years, but the power of music has not, and never will; now, it's all about performing live, and no longer making royalties from records; how Peppino mixes performing live with soundtracks, music for video games, and guitar workshops, master classes, and seminars; as a solo performer, it's easier, because he doesn't have to share the revenue, and teaching makes things a bit easier because he can stay in one place; deep dive into how EA (Electronic Arts) asked Peppno to play guitar badly for...2025-02-1126 min
KZSC Santa CruzCA State Senator John Laird_20250110_KZSC Bushwhacker'sNew legislative session started last Monday...it's usually low key, but the fires in LA got in the middle of it, resulting in some political showboating vs. governing; climate change is the real culprit, not a lack of water (which is disinformation); learnings from our CZU fire applied to the rest of the state, and the LA fires - clean up may involve toxic materials; Santa Cruz measures for future fires; defensible space plus fire resistant building materials; homeowner's insurance and insurance companies dropping people as soon as they can after a fire - which happened in Santa Cruz...2025-02-0129 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC_Bushwhacker's_Gail Pelerin CA 28th Dist Assemblymember_staffer Maureen McCarty last day & retirement_2024-12-20Today is Maureen McCartney's last day in Gail's office before retiring! Maureen is District Manager; Assemblymember Pellerin's district includes Santa Cruz to the Yacht Harbor / Nisene Marks, the northern half of Santa Cruz County, and quite a bit of Santa Clara County from Santa Clara to Almaden and Morgan Hill; although Maureen is retiring from her state job, she's not going far, as she'll have a "side hustle" on Kim deSerpa's staff (newly elected County Supervisor); Maureen started as an intern "working for pennies", then became a staff member for a congressman in Washington DC, later moving to Santa Cruz...2025-01-3127 minKZSC Santa CruzKZSC_Bushwhacker's_Harry & the Hitmen_6 Piece Dance Funk band_2024-12-20Harry & the Hitmen is a 6-piece band that's been playing together for almost 20 years, starting in Santa Cruz near KZSC on Gulf Club Drive at the edge of the Pogonip - Button joined a few years ago; New Year's Eve co-bill with Wolf Jett at Felton Music Hall...at their New Year's Eve shows, after the countdown and the celebration, Harry & the Hitmen debut a new set, which could be an iconic album in its entirety; 5 of the 6 sing, with a shout out to Nicholas, Scott and Ryan for the arrangements; discussion of covers of R+B and Soul (Stax...2025-01-3125 minKZSC Santa CruzKZSC_CA State Senator John Laird_20250110_Bushwhacker'sNew legislative session started last Monday...it's usually low key, but the fires in LA got in the middle of it, resulting in some political showboating vs. governing; climate change is the real culprit, not a lack of water (which is disinformation); learnings from our CZU fire applied to the rest of the state, and the LA fires - clean up may involve toxic materials; Santa Cruz measures for future fires; defensible space plus fire resistant building materials; homeowner's insurance and insurance companies dropping people as soon as they can after a fire - which happened in Santa Cruz County...2025-01-3129 minKZSC Santa CruzGail Pellerin_CA Assemblymember_2025-01-24_KZSC Bushwhacker'sAid package for Southern California passed by legislature, addressing historic (and horrific) fires...$$ for recovery, debris removal passed by the special session after the governor expanded the scope, with rules waived and bill passage expedited; deep dive into CZU fires 4 years 5 months ago and of the 967 homes destroyed, 18% have been re-built, with another 19% under construction - leaving almost 2/3 that have not! Homeowners using CalFAIR, the insurer of last resort, increased by 435% since 2020 in the Santa Cruz Mountains!!! AB226 submitted ot ensure financial stability of plan; homeowners insurance in California is broken; digression to January as Traficking Awareness Month - an...2025-01-3129 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC Bushwhacker's - Editorial Cartoon Monthly 'The Comic News' publishers Thom Zajac & John GovskyThom came to Santa Cruz in the 1970s to attend U.C. Santa Cruz, where he majored in (but did not graduate in) Aesthetic Studies (he was one of the last majors); John moved to Santa Cruz in the 1980s, and he now teaches at Cabrillo College (our local community college), digital design, web design; there are 3 iterations of the Comic News: the Santa Cruz Comic News, delivered locally with partial ad support, the Comic News, mailed to subscribers and subscription supported, and TheComicNews.com, subscription supported; Thom was interested in editorial cartoons and tried to sell his own...2024-12-2730 minKZSC Santa Cruzkzsc_Bushwhacker's_Editorial Cartoon Monthly_Comic News_Thom Zajac and John Govsky_20241213Thom came to Santa Cruz in the 1970s to attend U.C. Santa Cruz, where he majored in (but did not graduate in) Aesthetic Studies (he was one of the last majors); John moved to Santa Cruz in the 1980s, and he now teaches at Cabrillo College (our local community college), digital design, web design; there are 3 iterations of the Comic News: the Santa Cruz Comic News, delivered locally with partial ad support, the Comic News, mailed to subscribers and subscription supported, and TheComicNews.com, subscription supported; Thom was interested in editorial cartoons and tried to sell his own one...2024-12-2730 minKZSC Santa CruzBruce 'B-Movie' Bratton_a life of movie reviews_kzsc_Bushwhacker's_20241206With 19 years of movie reviews, have not set up an archive (yet); B-Movie sees ~200 movies per year; 19 years ago, started Bratton Online at about the same time Bruce started duing movie reviews on "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club"; B-Movie studied film at UC Berkeley for 5 years, then UC Santa Cruz for 4 years, receiving a degree in film studies; was Bruce able to do film as his "day job"? No. But he did run the Silent Film Festival at the Castro Theater; why quit now? Burned out? In part, yes...also, the average quality of films has declined, theaters are closing left...2024-12-1228 min
KZSC Santa CruzPam Delgado, Singer Songwriter (part of Duo Quartet) - Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club KZSC Santa Cruz"Duo Quartet" started as a 'Happy Accident'; The Pam & Jeri Show (Jeri Jones) booked a gig at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, and they wanted a double bill, so they asked Chris Webster & Nina Gerber to join them, and they ended up playing together & really enjoying it (10-12 years ago); everybody in the quartet writes songs; Nina & Jeri Jones play guitar, Chris Webster on washboard, and Pam Delgado plays cajon - everyone but Nina sings; the Money Question? for Pam, not anymore...she's an account manager at a landscape company, but her boss is both a musician and a fan.2024-11-2727 min
KZSC Santa CruzGail Pellerin, California 28th District Assemblymember, Nov. 15, 2024, on KZSC's "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club"What can we do to prepare for Trump's clear mandate? It's a marathon, not a sprint...change starts local, and in ourselves; discussion of the changing face of local journalism, with Lookout Santa Cruz's birthday last night, and how they are rolling out in local schools; Gail studied journalism in college (Cal Poly, SLO), where she was editor of the Mustang, & later a reporter at the SLO Bulletin, Elk Grove Citizen, where she realized she had opinions; worked for Rusty Arias' district office, then the Bill Tracking Unit in Sacramento, and later, Santa Cruz County Clerk; the Governor *has...2024-11-1629 minKZSC Santa CruzKZSC_Bushwhacker's_CA Assemblymember Gail Pellerin_20241115What can we do to prepare for Trump's clear mandate? It's a marathon, not a sprint...change starts local, and in ourselves; discussion of the changing face of local journalism, with Lookout Santa Cruz's birthday last night, and how they are rolling out in local schools; Gail studied journalism in college (Cal Poly, SLO), where she was editor of the Mustang, & later a reporter at the SLO Bulletin, Elk Grove Citizen, where she realized she had opinions; worked for Rusty Arias' district office, then the Bill Tracking Unit in Sacramento, and later, Santa Cruz County Clerk; the Governor *has* called...2024-11-1429 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC_Bushwhacker's_Santa Cruz City Councilmember_Martine Watkins_20241101Martine Watkins, City Councilmember in Santa Cruz, California, discusses history of sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Santa Cruz, and how earlier efforts were cut off by passage of the California Keep Groceries Affordable Act, which penalized charter cities who would raise taxes on sugar sweetened beverages. Martine and Cultiva La Salud sued the state, and won in the Third District Court of Appeal, which struck down the Act's penalty provision. On June 25, 2024, the City Council adopted resolution (No. NS-30,360) requesting that the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election ballot include a general tax of 2 cents per fluid ounce on distributors of sugar-sweetened beverages...2024-11-0329 minKZSC Santa CruzSanta Cruz City Councilmember Scott Newsome - The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club (9/27/2024)Scott Newsome, City Councilmember in Santa Cruz, California, discusses how city ordinances are introduced and passed. Tennant protection ordinance, and an ordinance to prevent outside police departments from depositing unhoused individuals in Santa Cruz. The role of a city council member is to listen, and make progress; downtown construction and lowering barriers to approving housing. Hosted by "Dangerous Dan" Orange2024-10-2830 min
KZSC Santa CruzSanta Cruz City Councilmember Scott Newsome - The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club (9/27/2024)Scott Newsome, City Councilmember in Santa Cruz, California, discusses how city ordinances are introduced and passed. Tennant protection ordinance, and an ordinance to prevent outside police departments from depositing unhoused individuals in Santa Cruz. The role of a city council member is to listen, and make progress; downtown construction and lowering barriers to approving housing. Hosted by "Dangerous Dan" Orange2024-10-2830 min
KZSC Santa CruzSC Watershed Compliance Manager Chris Berry - The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club (4/12/2024)Chris Berry, Watershed Compliance Manager for the City of Santa Cruz, talks the 2024 State of the San Lorenzo River Symposium, the Anadromous Salmonid Habitat Conservation Plan, and septic tanks. Hosted by "Dangerous Dan" Orange, "Kalamity Kyle" Keller, and Kaos.2024-05-0828 min
KZSC Santa CruzSanta Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley - The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club (3/10/2023) Fred Keeley, mayor of Santa Cruz, discusses his personal history in Santa Cruz, pay issues in local government, and the city's various housing expansion efforts (most notably south of Laurel). Hosted by "Dangerous Dan" Orange and "Kalamity Kyle" Keller. 2024-04-1029 min
KZSC Santa CruzSanta Cruz County OR3 Director Dave Reid - The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club (2/24/2023) Dave Reid -- Director of the Santa Cruz County Office of Response, Recovery, and Resilience -- discuss the office's founding, their response to recent winter storms, and what a public works official can and can't control. Hosted by "Dangerous Dan" Orange, "Kalamity Kyle" Keller, and Kaos. 2024-04-1030 minKZSC Santa CruzFormer Santa Cruz Mayor Don Lane - The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club (2/10/2023) Don Lane, former mayor of Santa Cruz, discusses his recent Lookout Santa Cruz op-ed entitled "Eight things you know about homelessness that are wrong." Hosted by "Dangerous Dan" Orange and Kaos. 2024-03-1230 min
KZSC Santa CruzSanta Cruz City Water Department Head Rosemary Menard - The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club (11/18/22) Rosemary Menard, head of Santa Cruz City Water Department, discusses "climate-proofing" Santa Cruz's water system, the "Pure Water Soquel" project, and current aquifer storage. Hosted by "Dangerous Dan" Orange, "Golden Voice Gene" Fintz, and Tamara Caselin Avila ("DJ Tamarindo"). 2024-02-1429 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC Santa Cruz - KZSC News ~ 2021 02 11KZSC News updates on local mutual aid resources and COVID 19 vaccines2021-02-1107 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 28 May 2020Santa Cruz locals working in agriculture talk about how COVID-19 has affected their businesses. Also, a look into the future of contact tracing in Santa Cruz county.2020-06-0210 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 21 May 2020Radio is an essential service in California, and we take a behind-the-scenes look at how KZSC has adjusted its operations to accommodate Santa Cruz county's stay-at-home orders. Also, a report on how the coronavirus has affected the Santa Cruz County Juvenile Hall.2020-05-2210 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 15 May 2020COVID-19 rules could force a housing shakeup for UC Santa Cruz in the fall. Fewer students might return to Santa Cruz if most classes are online only, and all dorm rooms on campus could be converted to singles, says UCSC Chancellor Cynthia Larive. KZSC news talks to Larive and others about housing. More at kzsc.org2020-05-2009 min
KZSC Santa CruzUnquestionable: Janus' of Santa Cruz, Dr. Mark StanfordDrug rehabilitation professional Dr. Mark Stanford of Janus of Santa Cruz talks all things drug abuse with Dan Woo on this week's episode. 2019-03-0934 min
KZSC Santa CruzVoces Criticas - Elise Granta & Helen Aldana/Santa Cruz MAHElise Granata and Helen Aldana of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, also known as the MAH, talk about the active role a museum can have in a local community. Elise, the MAH’s Community Manager, discusses the re-structuring of the MAH's mission and being the founder of the participatory, time-based social experience called POWER HOUR. Elise, the MAH’s Intercultural Programs Coordinator and a graduate of UC Santa Cruz, talks about her various new collaboration efforts, including building connections to Watsonville.2018-11-2721 min
KZSC Santa CruzUnquestionable: Monterey & Santa Cruz electionsSanta Cruz City School Board candidates debate before Tuesday's Election. Public Water Now from Monterey County talks with Dan Woo about the prospects for a public water takeover on the Monterey Peninsula from privately-owned California American Water.2018-11-0653 min
KZSC Santa CruzVoces Criticas - MariaElena De La Garza & Paulina Moreno/Santa Cruz County immigrantsMariaElena De La Garza is currently the Executive Director of the Community Action Board (CAB) of Santa Cruz County and recipient of the 2018 UC Santa Cruz’s Tony Hill award for her work as a community leader. Paulina Moreno is the Project Director of the Thriving Immigrants Initiative a new south county CAB project coordinating legal services, policy advocacy, education and outreach, and essential services to the immigrant community. In this interview, they talk about the work of CAB, about what they see as challenges facing immigrant families and students in our county, and about the new Thriving Immigrants In...2018-09-2423 min
KZSC Santa CruzTalkabout: Rent Control City of Santa Cruz (pt. 1)A rent control discussion moderated by Talkabout guest host Dan Woo. Zav Hershfield, of the Movement For Housing Justice, and Keshav Kumar, speaking for Santa Cruz Together, talk about Measure M on the November ballot for the City of Santa Cruz. Part 1 of 2 programs on this issue.2018-08-3142 min
KZSC Santa CruzTalkabout: Rent Control City of Santa Cruz (pt. 2)A rent control discussion moderated by Talkabout guest host Dan Woo. Stacy Falls, of the Movement For Housing Justice, and Mark Primack, former Santa Cruz Mayor/Local Architect, speak about Measure M on the November ballot for the City of Santa Cruz. Part 2 of 2 programs on this issue.2018-08-3138 min
KZSC Santa CruzUnquestionable (Ep. 9): Santa Cruz County Supervisor Ryan CoonertyDan Woo talks with Ryan Coonerty about the Evolution of Santa Cruz and the currently proposed solutions to the housing crisis, including a $140 million housing initiative on the county ballot in November 2018.2018-08-2151 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 15 Mar 2018KZSC News ~ 15 Mar 2018 San Francisco Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson resigns Santa Cruz unveils citywide neighboorhood policing plan Toxins found in SF Bay Area shellfish UC Regents meet at UC Los Angeles More online at kzsc.org2018-03-1609 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 08 Mar 2018KZSC News ~ 08 Mar 2018 Santa Cruz Mayor David Terrezas talks homeless relocation Police body cams mandated in San Benito County and Santa Cruz City Interview with Movement For Housing Justice UCSC and residents debate growth vs. sustainability goals More online at kzsc.org2018-03-0809 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 01 Mar 2018KZSC News ~ 01 Mar 2018 Queer Fashion Show Funds Mural As Activism Financial Soul Searching In Santa Cruz Santa Cruz County's priorities vary greatly by region UC Santa Cruz laborers protest for solidarity More online at kzsc.org2018-03-0108 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 08 Feb 2018KZSC News ~ 08 Feb 2018 Updates on office of UC Santa Cruz President Hepatitis A Outbreak in Monterey County Save Our Shores protests possible oil drilling UC Santa Cruz Workers' Union protests More online at kzsc.org2018-02-2310 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 15 Feb 2018KZSC News ~ 15 Feb 2018 UCSC Chancellor speaks on undocumented student issues Santa Cruz City Council votes on rent freeze Highlights from Martin Luther King Convocation More online at kzsc.org2018-02-2310 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 22 Feb 2018KZSC News ~ 22 Feb 2018 Immigration issues update (Ari Shiell) Trump attempts to defund earthquake warning system UC Santa Cruz Student Union Assembly meets with Chancellor Blumenthal (Daniel Martinez) More online at kzsc.org 2018-02-2310 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 25 Jan 2018KZSC News ~ 25 Jan 2018 Voices From the Santa Cruz Women's March (Max Ryan) Santa Cruz resolution on Ecuadorian oil imports (Quinn Edmonson) Possible challenge to offshore oil drilling in California (Daniel Martinez) More online at kzsc.org Max Ryan Quinn Edmonson2018-01-2610 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~18 Jan 2018KZSC News ~ 18 Jan 2018 ICE planning immigration enforcement actions in Northern California (Daniel Martinez) NAACP March in Santa Cruz on MLK Day (Daniel Wootan) Food justice commentary ahead of eco-farming Conference (Lani B) UC Santa Cruz's Long Range Development Plan aims for 28,000 student enrolment (Anna Rose) More online at kzsc.org2018-01-1915 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~11 Jan 2018KZSC News ~ 11 Jan 2018 Offshore oil drilling in California possibly to be expanded (Jordan Penland) Monterey County group fights to oust oil drilling and fracking (Ty Goering) Santa Cruz County Supervisor details 2018 priorities (Daniel Wootan) More online at kzsc.org2018-01-1113 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 2017 10 26KZSC News ~ 2017 10 26 Rent Control Imposed following fires (Jordan Penland) Study: More fires like Napa's in California's future (Jordan Penland) Juvenile accused of murder to stand trial as an adult (Jordan Penland) Rent Control on Santa Cruz ballot (Daniel Wootan) Santa Cruz approves recreational marijuana sales (Parker Hume) Rifle discovered at Santa Cruz middle school (Alex Vareljian) Decreased punishment for intentional HIV transmission (Jordan Penland) Sudden Oak Death Syndrome adds fuel to fires (Daniel Martinez) More online at kzsc.org2017-10-2810 min
KZSC Santa CruzVoces Criticas ~ Bookshop Santa Cruz & Words to Act OnBookshop Santa Cruz, a locally owned and independent bookstore, has organized a series of events this past year as part of a new program called Words to Act On: Education, Empathy, and Action. This Fall 2017, Santa Cruz Bookshop has organized a series of events and campaign addressing the topic of immigration. Casey Coonerty Protti is a second generation owner of Bookshop Santa Cruz and has run daily operations since 2006. We discussed the events, the history of this established family business, and about the challenges facing independent bookstores in today's market. Read a letter from Casey about why sh...2017-10-2819 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC NewsKZSC News ~ 2017 10 12 Wildfires raze urban California areas (Tyler Harris & Keith Rozendal) Monterey Peninsula Pushes For Public Water Company (Matt) Arrests Weapon filled music video (Charlotte) The Fight Against Chloropyrifos (Samantha Rocinos) Peak Monarch Watching Season (Olivia Joyce) Carmel Moves To Ban Plastic Straws (Matthew Sandoval) Pfeifer Big Sur Bridge To Reopen (Maelin Rose) Fourteen Llamas Rescued By Monterey Zoo (Sandra Cortez) Police presence at Homeless Camp riles debate in Santa Cruz (Daniel Wootan) More online at kzsc.org2017-10-1209 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 01 June 2017KZSC News ~ 01 June 2017 School funding in peril under Trump budget proposal (Jordan Penland) Record rains bring boom times for California creatures (Maelin Rose) US House Bill criminalizes undocumented immigrants (Jordan Penland) New group opposes Santa Cruz's corridors development plan (Gina Ranieri) Santa Cruz libraries expand hours, restrict patron behavior (Sydney Fishman) Santa Cruz approves $1.2 million transportation spending plan (Frances Maurer) Santa Cruz Pride parade and Dyke/Trans March this weekend (Ty Goering/Closet Free Radio) California Democrats split on 'single-payer' health insurance bill (Ty Goering) More online at kzsc.org2017-06-0110 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 25 May 2017KZSC News ~ 25 May 2017 Unemployment drops in Santa Cruz (Kavya Aswadhati) Scientists worried about California salmon extinction (Sydney Fishman) CalTrain goes electric, nearly doubling capacity (Maelin Rose) Santa Cruz marchers concerned about Monsanto (Melanie Gomez) Santa Cruz high school teachers developing an LGBTQ curriculum (Jordan Penland) Huge Mud Creek landslide closes Hwy 1 in Big Sur (Gina Ranieri) UCSC students work to reduce rents in Santa Cruz (Anna Rose Leff) State Senate committee halts 5G Wireless Bill (Suzanne Potter/CA News Service) More online at kzsc.org2017-05-2511 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 18 May 2017KZSC News ~ 18 May 2017 Leopard sharks dying en mass in SF Bay (Jordan Penland) Cruzio co-founder explains net neutrality (Maelin Rose) Fossil Free UC winning support of UC chancellors (Ty Goering) César Chávez convocation focuses on immigrant rights (Daniel Wootan, Keith Rozendal) UCSC chancellor Blumenthal on trailer park housing (Killian Fay, Daniel Wootan) CHP devices can test drivers for drugged driving, judge accepts results (Hannah Whelan) CA Lands Commission orders CEMEX sand mine to submit to regulation (Neroli Devaney) Santa Cruz regs target protest sleepers at City Hall, passed without Council debate (John Malkin) More online at kz...2017-05-1810 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 11 May 2017KZSC News ~ 11 May 2017 LandWatch urges Salinas to increase affordable housing (Sydney Fishman) Rally in Santa Cruz reacts to City's report on homelessness (Kavya Aswadhati) More details emerge on UC audit, Napolitano apologizes (Sean Corfield) Environmentalists concerned about invasive French broom (Jeannie Santos) Marina considers medical, recreational marijuana businesses (Duncan Ober) Salinas "Dreamer" taken by ICE from Monterey County Jail awaits deportation (Maelin Rose) More online at kzsc.org2017-05-1110 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 04 May 2017KZSC News ~ 04 May 2017 New federal office opened to track immigrant crime (Sydney Fishman) Santa Cruz County launches Nurse-Family Partnership (Maelin Rose) Afrikan/Black Student Alliance takes control of UCSC admin building (Sean Corfield) CA Assembly Member Mark Stone supports news on KZSC (Dan Orange) Former Seattle PD Chief Norm Stamper speaks in Santa Cruz (John Malkin) White-supremacist propaganda targets UCSC (Kavya Aswadhati) UCSC campus blockaded on May Day (Neroli Devaney) More online at kzsc.org2017-05-0409 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 20 April 2017KZSC News ~ 20 April 2017 UCSC Police boost patrols for unsanctioned 420 gathering (Maelin Rose) CA Legislature to address housing costs (Sydney Fishman) Anti-LGBTQ vandals strike Santa Cruz church repeatedly (Jordan Penland) Federal civil rights lawsuit filed against SCPD over Sean Arlt's killing (John Malkin) Cannabis takes over Salinas valley greenhouses (Maelin Rose) Plan for "safe-injection" sites opposed by Take Back Santa Cruz (Ty Goering) Cockfights being investigated in south Santa Cruz county (Daniel Wootan) More online at 2017-04-2009 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 06 April 2017KZSC News ~ 06 April 2017 70% of SF Bay Area would pay higher taxes to fix traffic (Sydney Fishman) Neuro-toxic pesticide ban not completed by EPA (Ty Goering) Construction of wildlife tunnel under Hwy 17 expected to start in 2020 (Maelin Rose) Santa Cruz City Council unanimously opposes Dakota Access Pipeline (Ty Goering) More online at kzsc.org2017-04-1309 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 2017 03 30KZSC News ~ 2017 03 30 Santa Cruz rejects claim from family of man killed by SCPD (John Malkin) Monterey Bay Community Power is a go (Keith Rozendal) Salinas saw 14 homicides in the last 3 months (Daniel Wootan) Pajaro Valley fights seawater intrusion (Sydney Fishman) SC storm damage at $100 million-"Bigger than the earthquake in '89" (Keith Rozendal) Santa Cruz asks for citizen input on choice of new Police Chief (Daniel Wootan) More online at kzsc.org2017-03-3009 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 2017 03 16KZSC News ~ 2017 03 16 Oil co. lawsuits challenge Monterey's Measure Z (Kathy Damian) Return of pelagic red crabs in Monterey (Maelin Rose) Russian Pussy Riot Theatre comes to Santa Cruz (John Malkin) Monterey Sherriff "will not assist in immigration raids" (Ty Goering) SC METRO cuts service, and goes electric in 2017 (Keith Rozendal) Food Not Bombs dispute with SC Post Office (Hannah Whelan) Students for Justice in Palestine mock checkpoints at UCSC (Kavya Aswadhati) CalTrans begins demolishing Big Sur's Pfeiffer Cyn Bridge (Sean Corfield) More online at kzsc.org2017-03-1609 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 2017 03 09KZSC News ~ 2017 03 09 CPR Saves Santa Cruz surfer from seizure (John Malkin) Failure of automatic alerts in San Jose flood (Kathy Damian) Good news from the Sierra snowpack survey (Keith Rozendal) Lapis Lustre Sand Mine ordered closed (Ty Goering) International Women's Day strike and demonstrations (Sydney Fishman) New UC immunization policy (Maelin Rose) DHS/HSI agent to be ousted from SCPD (John Malkin) Monterey juvenile hall project short $6 million (Kathy Damian) 5-story parking garage planned for downtown Santa Cruz (Maelin Rose) Body found in Monterey Bay (Jeannie Santos) More online at kzsc.org2017-03-0910 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 02 March 2017KZSC News - 02 March 2017 California DREAMers not taking student aid (Ty Goering) Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on Hwy 1 to be replaced (Kathy Damian) Prop 57 spurs reviews for juveniles tried as adults in SC (Daniel Wootan) John Steinbeck's 115th in Salinas (Maelin Rose) Watsonville's Granite Construction to bid on border wall (Kathy Damian) SC Police: DHS/ICE "betrayed our community's trust" (Kavya Aswadhati; Morgan Corona) Community responds to SCPD's statements (John Malkin) Santa Cruz unanimously passes sanctuary resolution (Annarose Leff) More online at kzsc.org2017-03-0210 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 2017/02/22KZSC News - 22 February 2017 Recent Storm Damage (Quinn Edmondson; Rizal Aliga; Francis Mauer) SCPD not charged for killing Sean Arlt (John Malkin) ICE agents routinely pretend to be local police (Annarose Leff) The "Day Without Immigrants" (Kathy Damian) 75 yrs after the internment of Japanese-Americans (Kavya Aswadhati) Homeopathic remedy a serious risk to kids (Sydney Fishman) Man Found Dead in San Lorenzo River (Jennifer Arriaga) Santa Cruz Vets 4 Vets (Maelin Rose) More online at kzsc.org2017-02-2310 minKZSC Santa CruzKZSC News ~ 2017/02/16KZSC News - 16 February 2017 "Free Meth" Hoax (Frances Maurer) Parks Master Plan & the Pogonip (Jeannie Santos) Santa Cruz Public Library Vet Center Opens (Kathia Damian) DHS/SCPD Arrests on Monday (Ty Goering; KZSC News) Student Mental Health at UCSC (Maelin Rose) Crochet Coral Reef @ Porter Sesnon Gallery (Jennifer Arriaga) UCSC declared a sanctuary campus (Harrison Trussell) Stand w/ Planned Parenthood Santa Cruz rally (Morgan Corona; Kavya Aswadhati) More online at kzsc.org2017-02-1610 min
KZSC Santa CruzThe Zombies Interviewed On KZSC Santa Cruz 2016 09 07Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent of The Zombies, interviewed on KZSC Santa Cruz shortly before their show on Sept 7, 2016. We discussed their wide-open influences, the many threads of their musical output, what it was like to work with the director Otto Preminger, how their Odessey and Oracle album was made, with the help of the recording innovations made by The Beatles adn the Beach Boys, and much more. Keith of KZSC's Moon Majoon and Carol of KZSC's Test of Time were honored to do the interview and we think you'll get a lot out of a listen!2016-09-0839 min
KZSC Santa CruzArtists on Art - Sept 7 2016 interview with Shelley Stamp and Edward RamirezInterview with Prof. Shelley Stamp and Edward Ramirez about the art of storytelling. Stamp discussed her award winning book Lois Weber and Early Hollywood and Ramirez discussed his visual documentation role in the Working for Dignity project. His work is currently being shown on the 2nd floor at the downtown Santa Cruz library.2016-09-0750 min
KZSC Santa CruzTalkabout 8/10/2016 - Joe Jordan on solar powerJoe Jordan worked for NASA as a scientist for over two decades, studying other planets, their moons, and the Earth’s atmosphere. He has long been concerned with human-caused climate change. In retirement, he’s become a promoter of solar energy in Santa Cruz. Here is his full interview with Tamara Rice and John Sandidge on KZSC’s Talkabout program, which airs every Wednesday night at seven. You can hear more from Joe Jordan on a popular talk he did for a TEDxSanta Cruz event in 2011 (https://youtu.be/R1y2wll2Ve8). A 5 min 28 second edit of the interview is ava...2016-08-2635 min
KZSC Santa CruzThis Just in from Outdoors - Joe Jordan on solar powerJoe Jordan worked for NASA as a scientist for over two decades, studying other planets, their moons, and the Earth’s atmosphere. He has long been concerned with human-caused climate change. In retirement, he’s become a promoter of solar energy in Santa Cruz. Here is part of his interview with Tamara Rice and John Sandidge on KZSC’s Talkabout program, which airs every Wednesday night at seven. You can hear more from Joe Jordan on a popular talk he did for a TEDxSanta Cruz event in 2011 (https://youtu.be/R1y2wll2Ve8). The full interview can be heard here...2016-08-2605 min
KZSC Santa CruzSanta Cruz Community Compost Company on KZSC's Busy BeeInterview with Ivy Young, the owner of Santa Cruz Community Compost Company. Interview by M Ahola and Erik the Red on Aug 23rd, 2016.2016-08-2320 min
KZSC Santa CruzKZSC Interviews TennisKevin interviews the band Tennis as they get ready to hit the road for Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. To see pictures of the band and more festival coverage, check out the blog post at kzsc.org!2015-05-1810 min