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KZSC Santa Cruz Jenny Skerker - Santa Cruz Water Affordability Modeling, Stanford Ph.D._2026-09-18_interview on KZSC's "Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" by "Dangerous Dan" Orange & DJ "Spark Plug" (Dylan Estevez) Jenny completed her Ph.D. at Stanford in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, so how did she settle on studying the impact of climate change on water in Santa Cruz? Great Question! (#1): she's now working for a water department in the East Bay, but she worked [MORE HERE DAN] on Santa Cruz because they were collaborative, and made for an interesting case study on the impact of climate change on water affordability; why water affordability? Great Question! (#2): because there are a lot of open questions - there's a lot of attention on the impact of climate change on energy...

2026-09-3030 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Heidi Lukenbach - Director of Santa Cruz Water Department_2026-09-11 interview on KZSC's "Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" by "Dangerous Dan" OrangeHeidi is Director of the Santa Cruz City Water Department - which has 120 employees, but that includes a lot of temp workers in the summer (who work at Loch Lomond Reservoir & Recreation Area; the Water Department's budget is $45-50 million (!!); Heidi is a 1st generation Santa Cruzan, having moved here in the late 1990s - she was interested in engineering, & got a job with the Santa Cruz Water Department (her background is Civil Engineering, specifically soils) - as such, she started "ahead of the mast", & "came up through the hawse hole" (or "hawse pipe", taking a phrase out of...

2026-09-3030 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Nick Forster - Musician, MC for Santa Cruz Guitar 50th, eTown_2026-09-18 interview on KZSC's 'Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club' by "Dangerous Dan" Orange & DJ "Spark Plug" (Dylan Estevez)Nick is coming to town to MC the 50th Anniversary Concert in honor of Santa Cruz Guitar Company, (co)-founded by Richard Hoover, who has created incredible sounding musical instruments using sustainably harvested woods; shout out to the Strawberry Music Festival, which Nick, with Hot Rize, started playing in the early 80s, & is where they crossed paths with Tony Rice & his Santa Cruz Guitar...later Ed Littlefield, with Marley's Ghost, also a Strawberry regular, let Nick play his; in that era Hot Rize was on similar circuit to New Grass Revival, John Hartford, & The Tony Rice Unit; Hot Rize...

2026-09-3021 min

Owning The Coast Joe Heller: Santa Cruz Rentals Without RegretsThe fastest way to lose money on a “perfect” rental is to assume it works like it did five years ago. With mortgage rates settling into a new normal, Santa Cruz buyers getting pickier, and insurance rules tightening up, we wanted a reality check from someone who lives in the rental trenches every day.We’re joined by Joe Heller of Streamline Property Management, a Santa Cruz County boutique property management company, to talk through what happens after the decision to rent. We dig into the stuff most people miss: how a simple change of use can blow u...

2026-09-2947 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Richard Hoover (co-founder) & Brenda Martinez (sales director) - Santa Cruz Guitar Company_2026-09-04_interview on KZSC's "Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" by "Dangerous Dan" Orange & "DJ Spark Plug" (Dylan Estevez)Q; Can Richard "hear a song & know whether the guitar is a Santa Cruz Guitar?" A: "You can pick your own kid out of a choir!" Succession planning? Richard is fiercly loyal to the team, with Brenda, and David Osdoll calling shots...working on some kind of employee ownership (Taylor Guitars did this) and "focusing on transitioning to a low resolution form of management" ;) Ahead of the upcoming 50th Anniversary Concert - "A Night of Legacy & Music", there will be a free block party. Q: "When & how do you take a guitar that you've made for an artist, & turn...

2026-09-0525 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Kim De Serpa_Santa Cruz County Supervisor 2nd District_2026-08-28 interview on KZSC's "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" by "Dangerous Dan" Orange & DJ "Spark Plug" (Dylan Estevez)Kim grew up in Monterey County, Salinas Valley, & went to Humboldt State, then on to St. Louis for grad school; she went to Washington DC to work in Health & Human Services' Dept. of Aging; after she got married, she wanted to be closer to her mom, & moved to Aptos in Santa Cruz County, where she's lived for 30 years; worked as a Clinical Social Worker in many areas hospitals (Dominican, Sutter, Salinas Valley); "What lead her to be interested in being a County Supervisor?" Her mom worked for Barbara Shipnuck, the 1st woman elected to the Monterey County Board of...

2026-08-3130 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Jorian Wilkins - Executive Director, Downtown Association of Santa Cruz_2026-08-14 interview on KZSC's "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" by "Dangerous Dan" OrangeThe Downtown Association of Santa Cruz is owned by the Downtown Business Owners, made up of 300 public-facing business, mostly ground floor (retail, restaurant, services) but also upper floor business; with all of the development going on in downtown Santa Cruz, does the Downtown Association have a seat at the table? No, but they're invited to public input sessions - there is an open solicitation by the city for input on design guidelines that anyone can chime in upon; Jorian came to Santa Cruz as a kid, first to surf, but later lured by her mom....her husband grew up...

2026-08-2930 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Jug Band Festival_Greg Meyer_2026-08-07_interview on KZSC's "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" by "Dangerous Dan" Orange & DJ "Spark Plug" (Dylan Estevez)Greg has been in Santa Cruz based jug bands for 10 years, playing the 1st Thursday of every month at Pono, and monthly wiht the Trolly Brass band at Abbott Square; there are Jug Bands, & Jug Band-adjacent bands; this weekend is the 2nd Annual Santa Cruz Jug Band Festival. What's a jug band? A: around the turn of the 1900s, musicians would use a jug for the bass line (it was portable), & the style got picked up by well-known musicians (Jimmy Rogers, Sarah Martin)...in the 20s & 30s musicians in Louisville, KY & Memphis, TN, laid the foundation, later picked up...

2026-08-2926 min

KZSC Santa Cruz 'The Pillars' aka Sleepy John Sandidge & Richard Stockton, hiking the Coast from Santa Cruz to San Francisco _interview 2026-07-31 on KZSC's "Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club"Sleepy John & Richard were 2 of 4 (the others being Ben Rice & Laurence Bedford) hiking the northern California coast when they came upon a big building with part of the underlying earth washed out, allowing them to stand underneath it, and pose as pillars holding it up - the the name "The Pillars"; they are hiking the northern California coast from Santa Cruz to San Francisco for the 4th time, hiking 4-5 mile increments weekly...more "lollygagging" than hiking, with easy walks you could do in flip flops, along the bluffs; John came to Santa Cruz in 1977, running from the law...

2026-08-0129 min

Owning The Coast Max Turigliatto: Building A Speakeasy In Santa CruzYou’ve probably heard someone say, “Santa Cruz needed a place like that.” We finally get to unpack what “that” actually means with Max Turigliatto, the Santa Cruz native behind Alley Oop, a speakeasy-inspired cocktail lounge built for real date nights, live music, and a room that feels like you could be anywhere in the world while still being unmistakably local. From the moment you step into the alley and the door opens, Max is obsessed with the details that shape a night out: lighting, sound, temperature, pacing, and hospitality that feels warm instead of performative. We also get pr...

2026-07-1449 min

Owning The Coast Felicia Van Stolk: Santa Cruz Nature Meets Real Life53,000 canceled escrows nationwide and then a Santa Cruz multiple-offer sale that blows past list price, that’s the whiplash we’re all living in right now. We start with what we’re seeing on the ground, from interest rates and appraisals to the very real “tension in the air” buyers and sellers bring into every conversation, and then we pivot to a different kind of local indicator: who’s still showing up for the place we live. Felicia Van Stolk, executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History (the Whale Museum to locals), joins us to explain ho...

2026-07-1045 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Richard Hoover (co-founder) & Brenda Martinez (sales director) - Santa Cruz Guitar Company_2026-06-19_interview on KZSC's "Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" by "Dangerous Dan" Orange & "DJ Spark Plug" (Dylan Estevez)Richard is star struck, having listened to Bushwhacker's since way back when he used to get up really early to come in to work before musicians would wake up; he grew up in the San Joaquin Vally & moved to Santa Cruz when he was 14-15-16 taking a page out of Jack Kerouac; he needed to be close enough to an urban area, but didn't want to live in one, so he & his art director wife settled in Santa Cruz, starting Santa Cruz Guitar Company (SCGC) in 1976; Brenda came here in 2010 to attend U.C. Santa Cruz; the name...

2026-06-2126 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Lis DuBois - E.D. of Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz Country_2026-06-12_interview KZSC's "Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" by "Dangerous Dan" Orange & DJ "Momento Maury" (Maury Burnett-Cavotto)When did Lis (pronounced "Lee") DuBois (pronounced "do-BWAH") move to our area & what brought her here? ("Great question!"): she moved here in 2012/2013 when she & her husband were living in San Jose - Lis missed the ocean, haviing grown up in Orange County...after they moved here, her husband asked, "Why didn't we do this sooner?" - they now have 2 young kids who are Santa Cruz natives; Lis' background is in non-profits, and she was working at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (the MAH) when COVID hit, & she saw how the Boys & Girls Club came up with COVID-safe...

2026-06-2030 min

CRÓNICAS DEL PUEBLO 461 Crónicas del Pueblo 07-06-2026 La Historia de Santa Cruz 1Hoy ha sido uno de esos días en los que sientes que estas haciendo algo importante. Hoy nos han visitado Francisco Gomez Cuenca y su esposa Ana. Francisco es un Historiador ya jubilado que hace 47 años eligió nuestro pueblo como parte de sus estudios de carrera y después decidió seguir investigando sobre la Historia de Santa Cruz de la Zarza. En este capitulo nos habla del primer tomo de diez que componen la obra completa de LA HISTORIA DE SANTA CRUZ DE LA ZARZA, me refiero a la IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO. Hemos podido conocer de su mano mucho...

2026-06-071h 29

KZSC Santa Cruz Brad Kava_Good Times, Growing Up in Santa Cruz_interviewed 2026-05-22_on KZSC's 'Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club' by 'Dangerous Dan' Orange, 'DJ Spark Plug' (Dylan Estevez) & 'Momento Maury' (Maury Burnett-Cavott)Brad arrived in Santa Cruz in 1978 after graduating college in New York & hitch hiking acros sthe country; worked at The Independent, which later became the Metro; & the Good Times (which was across form the Cooper House, & Brad was their 1st music reviewer); went to UC Berkeley School of Journalism, interned at the New York Times, then got a job in Florida as a police report [he broke the story about the sheriff running a prostitution ring], later Kansas City Star, the Gilroy Dispatch, and Santa Cruz Patch; Brad owns "Growing Up In Santa Cruz", a local monthly paper...

2026-05-3125 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Ginger Shulick Porcella (ED) Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History_2026-04-24 interview on KZSC's 'Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club' by 'Dangerous Dan' Orange, DJ Spark Plug (Dylan Estevez) & Maury-the-Mentee (Maury Burnett-Cavotto)The MAH is now in its 30th year, and recently celebrated with their Red Ball Gala, which raised over $130,000 for the MAH (although it was pouring, so they had to pivot & move 200 people indoors, where DJ Spooky from New York entertained them)! the MAH oversees 3 sites, the main museum in downtown Santa Cruz, the Evergreen Cemetary (in Harvey West Park), & the Davenport Jail, where a resident artist, Joshua Moreno, is doing a year-long study in light (you can visit the 2nd Saturday of every month); the origin story is that back in the 90s there was a history museum...

2026-04-2525 min

KZSC Santa Cruz THE FUTURE IS PEACE: Interview with Palestinian and Israeli Peacemakers Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon | Transformation Highway, KZSC Santa CruzAudio interview with Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon from Israel about their new book The Future is Peace on "Transformation Highway" with host John Malkin on KZSC 88.1 FM / kzsc. org. Their local book event is at Temple Beth El in Aptos on Monday, April 20, 7:00PM. The book event is co-sponsored by Bookshop Santa Cruz and the Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz and will feature a Q&A moderated by Douglas Abrams. Tickets: bookshopsantacruz.com/future-is-peace Aziz's older brother, Tayseer, died in 1990 at the age of 19 after sustaining internal injuries due to torture in...

2026-04-1846 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Cyanide Cyn - Sin Sisters 15th Anniversary Santa Cruz Burlesque & Drag Show_interview 2026-04-10 on KZSC's "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" by "Dangerous Dan" Orange & DJ "Spark Plug" (Dylan Estevez)Quoting Bushwhacker's interviewee Izzi (now Dio) aka "Azure iivy", whom "Dangerous Dan" & "Kaos" interviewed 3 years ago, "Trans is who you are. Drag is what you do!" Tomorrow the Santa Cruz Burlesque & Drag Show celebrates 15 years, & Cyanide Cyn started it & has run it the entire time; Cyn had just moved here and loved the art & entertainment scene, but there wasn't as much live entertainment as wished for, & there weren't any burlesque or drag shows; the Santa Cruz Derby Girls asked Cyn to put together a Burlesque & Drag show, and the first one at the 1000-person main room at The Catalyst...

2026-04-1117 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Zach Raney_son of recently deceased Bill Raney, of Santa Cruz Arthouse Theaters_2026-03-27_interview on KZSC's 'Bushwhackers Breakfast Club'Bill Raney, Zach's dad, passed away exactly 1 month ago; Zach was adopted in 1968 from the Monterey Bay Children's Home Society, and lived with Bill & Joanne Walker Raney in the house attached to the Nickelodeon Theater ("Nick 1"); that house was later jacked up & moved down the street so that the Nick could expand ("Nick 2, 3, & 4"; "Great Question #1"); What possessed Bill & Joanne Walker Raney to start an arthouse cinema in Santa Cruz? ("Great Question #2): they had met in North Beach, where Bill was a self-described beatnik (and the subject of his first book) & Joanne owned an arthouse theater - when they saw a...

2026-03-2929 min

Owning The Coast Community, Strategy, And Contact Sport: The Rebuild Of Santa Cruz Roller DerbyThe Santa Cruz market just did a U-turn. After a sleepy January with only 56 closings, the first days of February brought 18 new pendings—many with multiple offers—reminding us how quickly momentum returns when buyers are ready and listings are sharp. We unpack what those numbers really mean, why last week’s headlines can mislead today’s decisions, and how to read pendings, days on market, and agent chatter to navigate the next move with clarity.We also break down a money myth: 3.2% home appreciation vs 3% in the bank isn’t apples to apples. With 20% down, appreciation compounds...

2026-02-1038 min

Owning The Coast Santa Cruz Food, Fitness, And Community BuildingHungry for proof that food can rebuild culture one bite at a time?The newest episode of Owning The Coast opens with a quick reality check on Santa Cruz County—rates, listings, insurance, and the economic pressure shaping how people live and spend—before handing the mic to Daniel J, the creator behind Double Meat Please.Daniel’s story starts with arriving in Santa Cruz in 2006 and finding belonging through rugby and CrossFit, eventually owning two gyms and building a coaching voice rooted in clarity and trust. During COVID...

2026-02-0456 min

Owning The Coast Chris Murphy: Santa Cruz Warriors; Growth, Grit, And Giving BackA packed gym can change a city—especially when you can feel the hardwood in your chest from 15 rows up. We sat down with Chris Murphy, president of the Santa Cruz Warriors, to unpack how a G League franchise turned a 2,500-seat arena into a winter ritual, a talent pipeline, and a hub for community pride. From the first sellouts to the next arena, this is the story of choosing right-sized over oversized and substance over flash.Chris shares his coast-to-coast journey from entry-level ticket sales to running the club, and the operating reality beneath the roar: sm...

2026-01-2256 min

Owning The Coast How the Ow Family Revived Santa Cruz’s Wrigley Building Into An Innovation HubA rate dip below six percent, insurance carriers tiptoeing back into California’s wildfire zones, and a gum factory reinvented as a hive of ideas—this conversation tracks momentum that actually moves lives. We bring William Ow into the studio to tell the inside story of how his family took on the largest vacant building in Santa Cruz and turned it into a curated ecosystem that powers jobs, innovation, and pride you can point to on any Westside walk.William pulls back the curtain on the early days: courting skeptical tenants to the far Westside with creative deal...

2026-01-2054 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Susie O'Hara_Santa Cruz City Councilmember_2025-10-31_interview on KZSC's Bushwhacker's Breakfast ClubElected in March, 2024, installed in December, 2024 - City Council Member for District 5, which includes most of U.C. Santa Cruz; background is Civil Engineering - Water Resources - on Water Supply Advisory Committee, and Public Safety Task Force; if you divide the salary ($20k) by the # of hours per week put in to the job, do you make at least the Santa Cruz County Minimum Wage ($16.50/hour)? "Not a chance!!"; review of Councilmember O'Hara's week, from Housing Matters (elimination of day services) to Public Safety to Radius Gallery to FLOC cameras! She arrived in Santa Cruz in 2006 (her husband...

2025-10-3128 min

Santa Cruz County Queer History Podcast Ep. 20. G Schulz: Gay Mens Groups in Santa Cruz and the Radical FaeriesG Schulz grew up mostly in Dallas, Texas and attended the University of Texas in Austin where he obtained a Bachelor’s of Architecture degree. After coming out in 1978 and graduating in 1979, he took a road trip west and landed somewhat by happen-chance in Santa Cruz. There he found a very active gay community, engaging in a gay men’s rap group (that drew upwards of 90 men every week), Gay volleyball in front of the Dream Inn, two gay bars and a very active social life. He has now been living in Santa Cruz for over 46 years. G has been i...

2025-10-0718 min

Owning The Coast Beer, Grit, and Santa Cruz Roots w/ Shawd DeWittWhat does it take to turn a life-altering surf injury into a thriving hospitality brand? We sit down with Santa Cruz local and entrepreneur Shawd DeWitt to trace the unlikely path from Rainbow Fin Company to Beer 30, Beer Mule, and the rebirth of The Trout Farm. The throughline isn’t hype—it’s standards, honesty, and a relentless customer-first mindset that says service comes before sales and the rest follows.Shawd shares how a neck injury nudged him and his wife toward a new vision, why they flew to Portland to reverse-engineer the nation’s best beer bars, an...

2025-09-2931 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Fred Keeley_Santa Cruz Mayor_HIZZONNAH_2025-08-01 & 29_KZSC's 'Bushwhacker's' interview with "Dangerous Dan" Orange & "DJ Spark Plug" (Dylan Estevez)This podcast includes 2 Bushwhacker's interviews with Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley in August, 2025 - On August 1st, with "Dangerous Dan", and on August 29th with "Dangerous Dan" & "DJ Spark Plug". August 1, 2025 description: Fred is the first directly elected Santa Cruz mayor - before him, the top vote-getter in a City Council election would be in line to be mayor, with the 2nd-most votes in line after that; with the City moving to district elections 2 years ago, the district system is working out for constituents (wiht one city council member for approximately every 10,000 residents); the mayor is stronger...

2025-09-0945 min

Owning The Coast Hidden Santa Cruz: Local Secrets and Daily RhythmsWhat does it really mean to live in Santa Cruz County? Beyond the postcard-perfect beaches and world-famous surfing lies a complex, vibrant community that locals know intimately. In this candid conversation, three generations of Santa Cruz residents pull back the curtain on coastal living.The discussion tackles the realities of Highway 17 commutes, summer tourist traffic, and how locals navigate their paradise with insider knowledge. "We're stuck in traffic looking at palm trees or redwood trees," one resident notes, highlighting the perspective shift that comes with coastal living. Despite the strong surf culture that defines Santa Cruz's identity...

2025-08-2850 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Chris 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

Santa Cruz County Queer History Podcast Ep.16. Marilyn Mariposa Bernstein and the Santa Cruz Dyke MarchMarilyn Mariposa Bernstein is one of the founders of the Santa Cruz Dyke March that began in 1994. The event morphed into the Dyke Trans March and takes place on the Saturday prior to the Santa Cruz Pride parade. Mariposa discusses the reasons why the Dyke March started in Santa Cruz.

2025-05-3024 min

Santa Cruz County Queer History Podcast Ep 5: Gail Levine Helps Start the First GSA in Santa CruzGail Levine was Vice Principal at Santa Cruz High in 1996 when some students asked to start the first gay straight alliance. She guided the students and established the Rainbow Alliance - the first student LGBTQ+ club across Santa Cruz County. Gail was interviewed by Levi, a recent graduate of UC Davis and former student at Kirby School in Santa Cruz.

2025-03-1118 min

Santa Cruz County Queer History Podcast Ep. 2: Santa Cruz LGBTQ+ HistorySanta Cruz Pride was one of the first smaller city Pride events in the U.S. and began in 1975. Understand the context of SC Pride within the larger LGBTQ+ rights movement. Chair Rob Darrow shares the historical context and many reasons why the 50th Anniversary of SC Pride is important to celebrate.

2025-02-1811 min

KZSC Santa Cruz KZSC_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 min

EL ROSACRUZ ¿Quién es Juan Santa Cruz Torrez?El doctor Juan Santa Cruz Torrez, destacado humanista cuyas enseñanzas y reflexiones son seguidas por miles de personas en decenas de países de América, Asia y Europa. Santa Cruz también es conocido como fundador de la Orden Rosa Cruz Om, e identificado como el Maestro Om Yeo Wams Om. Sus conferencias y charlas tienen vasta circulación en los medios electrónicos así como la serie de libros, fascículos y artículos que ha escrito. Sus obras abarcan materias como la cosmogénesis, la antropogénesis, filosofía, psicología, salud integral y religiosidad. En este podca...

2024-07-2928 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 104 How homeless services money is spent in Santa Cruz County 8.2.23Santa Cruz Local recently published a three-part investigation into how public money is spent on homeless services in Santa Cruz County. In today’s episode, we’ll discuss why we took on this investigation and several of the key takeaways from our reporting. We also hear from some key leaders in homeless services management. Read the transcript with links to our related stories. santacruzlocal.org/2023/08/02/podcast-how-homeless-services-money • Read part one “How homeless services money has been spent in Santa Cruz County”: santacruzlocal.org/2023/05/05/homeless-services-money-part-1 • Read part two “Money sources, constraints and problems with homeless services spending in Santa Cruz County”: santacruzlocal.org/2023/05/05/h...

2023-08-0221 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 102 Meet the candidates for Santa Cruz mayor 11.4.22Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8. For the first time, Santa Cruz voters will choose a mayor. We meet the two candidates: Joy Schendledecker and Fred Keeley. We explain the new format for Santa Cruz City Council elections and the new mayoral role. Then we press the candidates on the issues important to Santa Cruz residents. Read the transcript with links to our related stories. https://santacruzlocal.org/ Read Santa Cruz Local’s Election Guide. https://tinyurl.com/ep-102-election-guide Santa Cruz Local’s Election Guide for Santa Cruz City Council: https://tinyurl.com/ep-102-sc-guide Santa Cruz Local is supported by i...

2022-11-0414 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 101 Meet the Santa Cruz City Council District 6 candidates 11.4.22We meet two candidates for Santa Cruz City Council: Renee Golder and Sean Maxwell. They’re running for the District 6 seat on the Nov. 8 ballot. You’ll vote in the District 6 council race if you live in these areas: areas of the Lower Westside west of Younglove Avenue and Columbia Street; areas along Western Drive; and a western part of the UC Santa Cruz main campus. We explain what a council member does. Then we press the candidates on the issues important to Santa Cruz residents. Read the transcript with links to our related stories. https://santacruzlocal.org/ Read Santa Cruz...

2022-11-0414 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 100 Meet the Santa Cruz City Council District 4 candidates 10.25.22We meet three candidates for Santa Cruz City Council: Hector Marin, Gregory Hyver and Scott Newsome. They’re running for the District 4 seat on the Nov. 8 ballot. You’ll vote in the District 4 council race if you live in these areas: Downtown; Beach Flats; part of the Upper Westside, east of Bay Street and south of High Street; and areas along Mission Street generally east of Laurent Street. We explain what a council member does. Then we press the candidates on the issues important to Santa Cruz residents. Read the transcript with links to our related stories. https://tinyurl.com/ep-1...

2022-10-2612 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 98 Ahead of Nov. 8 local election, Santa Cruz County residents share priorities 9.27.22Santa Cruz Local wants you to decide what the local candidates talk about as they compete for your vote in the Nov. 8 election. This year, Santa Cruz Local’s team conducted nearly 300 interviews and collected 150 survey responses from Santa Cruz County residents. Here is what residents told us they want from local government, in order of frequency: - Affordable housing development - Help paying rent - Solutions to homelessness - Better wages and jobs - More bike and walk infrastructure In today’s episode, we’ll hear from residents about why they care about these issues. We’ll hear voices not norm...

2022-09-2714 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 97 District 3 Santa Cruz County supervisor candidates address voters' priorities 4.26.22In the June 7 primary election, North Coast and Santa Cruz residents will choose a new District 3 representative on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors. We hear from residents about their priorities for the election. Then we meet candidates Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson, Justin Cummings and Ami Chen Mills and press them on residents’ concerns. We hear from the candidates on their plans to: Develop affordable housing. [21:17] Expand rent assistance programs. [27:47] Address homelessness. [34:59] Attract employers and create higher-paying jobs. [43:25] Repair roads, expand law enforcement and improve cellphone service on the North Coast. [50:10] Prioritize bike and walk projects and improve public transit. [57:07] We al...

2022-04-261h 24

NO ME CUENTES HISTORIAS NO ME CUENTES HISTORIAS - 112- Historias romanas e historias del Este, y Santa Cruz 1927Nuestro programa de hoy es de lo más variado. Empezaremos por conocer, en La Perla Negra, la historia de Santa Elena de la Cruz o Flavia Julia Helena Augusta, emperadora, madre del emperador Constantino y y conocida por hallar la que según la tradición sería la Cruz donde murió Jesucristo, además de otras reliquias relacionadas con el Señor. A continuación, nuestras Historias de la Encomienda se detienen en el Santa Cruz de la Zarza de 1927. conoceremos los oficios y comercios que había por entonces y quiénes los regentaban, además de contar las...

2022-01-301h 53

Santa Cruz Local Ep 96 How Santa Cruz County could solve chronic homelessness 12.17.21Bakersfield and Kern County, California, solved chronic homelessness in part through better coordination of service providers, shared housing databases and a fearless approach to experimentation and results monitoring. Despite Santa Cruz County’s housing shortage, there are lessons from Kern County that start with making housing searches more efficient for the unhoused. In Santa Cruz Local Ep. 96, Kara Meyberg Guzman travels to Bakersfield to learn the successes and limitations of the area’s approach to homelessness. Former Santa Cruz Mayor Don Lane and Santa Cruz County leaders discuss strategies to solve homelessness that center on permanent housing. Read the transcript: http...

2021-12-1857 min

ATE Santa Cruz Inter Sindical Santa Cruz | Olga Reinoso Sec. General de ATE Santa Cruz, junto a los candidatos por la CPS Cristian Sanchez y Carla SotoInter Sindical Santa Cruz| Olga Reinoso Sec. General de ATE Santa Cruz, junto a los candidatos por la CPS Cristian Sanchez y Carla Soto en, el programa "Contala como es" por LU14 (AM830), para toda la provincia de Santa Cruz

2021-12-0240 min

NO ME CUENTES HISTORIAS NO ME CUENTES HISTORIAS – PROGRAMA 105 – Luis de Córdova, Santa Cruz y más leyendas que ven la Luz.Desde de 3 hasta el 8 de diciembre, Santa Cruz de la Zarza celebra sus IX Jornadas de desarrollo rural "Santa Cruz es tradición". Por eso nos hemos traído hoy al estudio de Onda Plana a Luz Valencia, encargada de la recién creada Oficina de Turismo en nuestro pueblo. Con Luz hemos hablado de todos los eventos previstos en estas jornadas en las que nosotros destacamos especialmente una ruta guiada por Santa Cruz. Además completamos el programa con el fín de la trilogía sobre leyendas de la Reconquista y con la biografía de un impresionante marino...

2021-11-281h 44

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 95 Homeless and formerly homeless residents discuss solutions in Santa Cruz County 11.19.21We hear from four Santa Cruz County residents: a 25-year-old caregiver in Santa Cruz, a 54-year-old janitor in Watsonville, a father of three in Santa Cruz and a 24-year-old sales associate in Capitola. They share their experiences with homelessness and the keys to getting housed. This episode is part of Santa Cruz Local’s Solutions to Homelessness Series. Read the transcript: https://tinyurl.com/ep95-transcript Support local journalism with a Santa Cruz Local membership: https://tinyurl.com/podcastSCLmembership Support Santa Cruz Local on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/santacruzlocal Sign up for Santa Cruz Local’s free email newsletter. We’r...

2021-11-1929 min

ATE Santa Cruz Delfina Brizuela referente de ATTTA Santa Cruz - QUE NO TE LA CUENTEN, ES POR ACA | 25-06-2021 | La Pechera Radio Online de ATE Santa Cruz.Delfina Brizuela referente de ATTTA Santa Cruz, hablando sobre la aprobación de la Ley de Cupo laboral travesti Trans en el senado QUE NO TE LA CUENTEN, ES POR ACA | 25-06-2021 | La Pechera Radio Online de ATE Santa Cruz. Conduce: Nahuel Garzón y Pedro Silva. Operación Técnica: Nicolás Cárcamo. Postproducción: Mauricio Rebolledo. Una Producción del Espacio Multimedio "1 de Mayo", Secretaria de Prensa de ATE Santa Cruz.

2021-06-2607 min

ATE Santa Cruz Ezequiel Guazzora Periódico Militante - elecciones 2021 - QUE NO TE LA CUENTEN, ES POR ACA | 18-06-2021 | La Pechera Radio Online de ATE Santa Cruz.Ezequiel Guazzora Periódico Militante - elecciones 2021 - en QUE NO TE LA CUENTEN, ES POR ACA | 18-06-2021 | La Pechera Radio Online de ATE Santa Cruz. Recorrida por zona norte, actualidad de la organización. QUE NO TE LA CUENTEN, ES POR ACA | 04-06-2021 | La Pechera Radio Online de ATE Santa Cruz. Conduce: Nahuel Garzón y Pedro Silva. Operación Técnica: Nicolás Cárcamo. Postproducción: Mauricio Rebolledo. Una Producción del Espacio Multimedio "1 de Mayo", Secretaria de Prensa de ATE Santa Cruz.

2021-06-1812 min

ATE Santa Cruz Olga Reinoso Secretaria General ATE Santa Cruz - QUE NO TE LA CUENTEN, ES POR ACA | 18-06-2021 | La Pechera Radio Online de ATE Santa Cruz.Olga Reinoso Secretaria General ATE Santa Cruz en QUE NO TE LA CUENTEN, ES POR ACA | 18-06-2021 | La Pechera Radio Online de ATE Santa Cruz. Recorrida por zona norte, actualidad de la organización. QUE NO TE LA CUENTEN, ES POR ACA | 04-06-2021 | La Pechera Radio Online de ATE Santa Cruz. Conduce: Nahuel Garzón y Pedro Silva. Operación Técnica: Nicolás Cárcamo. Postproducción: Mauricio Rebolledo. Una Producción del Espacio Multimedio "1 de Mayo", Secretaria de Prensa de ATE Santa Cruz.

2021-06-1816 min

ATE Santa Cruz Carlos Garzón Secretario Adjunto de ATE Santa Cruz - QUE NO TE LA CUENTEN, ES POR ACA | 18-06-2021 | La Pechera Radio Online de ATE Santa Cruz.Carlos Garzón Secretario Adjunto de ATE Santa Cruz, Convenio Colectivo Sectorial de Salud. QUE NO TE LA CUENTEN, ES POR ACA | 04-06-2021 | La Pechera Radio Online de ATE Santa Cruz. Conduce: Nahuel Garzón y Pedro Silva. Operación Técnica: Nicolás Cárcamo. Postproducción: Mauricio Rebolledo. Una Producción del Espacio Multimedio "1 de Mayo", Secretaria de Prensa de ATE Santa Cruz.

2021-06-1811 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 94 Reshaping mental health crisis response in Santa Cruz County 6.11.21Responses to mental health crises are set to change in Santa Cruz County with a new 988 system as an alternative to 911. Non-police responses are expected to be dispatched through the system, and advocates say the 24-hour, non-police system is overdue. Santa Cruz Local’s Stephen Baxter talks to Assemblymember Mark Stone, advocate Jeffrey Arlt and others about the mental health crisis response in the county now and its shortcomings. Some potential solutions may come from Santa Cruz County’s Mobile Emergency Response Team at 1-800-952-2335 and Alameda County’s Community Assessment and Transport Team. Support local journalism with a Sant...

2021-06-1222 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 92 Student mental health and stress in Santa Cruz County, part 2 3.26.21The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a need for mental health services in Santa Cruz County’s public schools. We hear from a director at the Santa Cruz County Office of Education about virtual mentoring, an approach that has shown promise in addressing student mental health needs. We discuss how it works and where it falls short. This episode is the third in Santa Cruz Local’s Distance Learning Series. Listen to part one of this series: Ep. 89 Public education money, COVID and the power of Santa Cruz County school boards https://santacruzlocal.org/2021/01/31/podcast-public-education-money-covid-and-the-power-of-santa-cruz-county-school-boards/ Listen to part two of this seri...

2021-03-2618 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 91 Were some COVID deaths preventable in Santa Cruz County senior homes? 3.23.21Were some COVID-19 deaths preventable in Santa Cruz County long-term care facilities? This episode investigates why some senior homes — which had more than half of the COVID deaths in the county — waited for vaccines through January while others received vaccines. Separately, the episode includes a conversation with contributing reporter Jerimiah Oetting and Santa Cruz Local's Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter about whether new housing means more water demand in Santa Cruz County. Read the stories: "Vaccines came slowly for the most vulnerable in Santa Cruz County": https://santacruzlocal.org/2021/03/03/vaccines-came-slowly-for-most-vulnerable-in-santa-cruz-county/ "Does more housing mean more water demand in Santa Cruz...

2021-03-2421 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 90 Student mental health and stress in Santa Cruz County, part 1 3.23.21Many students in Santa Cruz County feel stressed and disconnected after months of online-only school. We hear from three Aptos High students about their social and emotional well-being needs. A program administrator responds to these stories and shares tips on how adults can help. This episode is the second in Santa Cruz Local’s Distance Learning series. Listen to part one of this series: Public education money, COVID and the power of Santa Cruz County school boards https://santacruzlocal.org/2021/01/31/podcast-public-education-money-covid-and-the-power-of-santa-cruz-county-school-boards/ Support local journalism with a Santa Cruz Local membership: https://santacruzlocal.org/membership/ Subscribe to Santa Cruz Local's free ne...

2021-03-2426 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 89 Public education money, COVID and the power of Santa Cruz County school boards 1.31.21This episode is the first in Santa Cruz Local's Distance Learning series. Today we explore how the state's public education system is organized and funded, and how decisions are made. Many of you wanted to know: How can students, parents and teachers make their voice heard in such a huge, complicated system? We hear from former county superintendent Michael Watkins and state Sen. John Laird on the governor's school reopening plan and how to get involved. Support local journalism with a Santa Cruz Local membership: https://santacruzlocal.org/membership/ Subscribe to Santa Cruz Local's free newsletter. We're in your inbox...

2021-02-0133 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 88 Prescribed burns and wildfire in Santa Cruz County 12.20.20In the wake of the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in Santa Cruz County, this episode explores forest management policies in the state and county. It also looks at the role of prescribed burns in land management in the county, and a new Central Coast Prescribed Burn Association. Support local journalism with a Santa Cruz Local membership: https://santacruzlocal.org/membership/ Subscribe to Santa Cruz Local's free newsletter. We're in your inbox two to three times a week: https://mailchi.mp/santacruzlocal/forward Santa Cruz Local members, read the transcript to this episode: https://santacruzlocal.org/ Learn about Nature Conservancy training...

2020-12-2122 min

NO ME CUENTES HISTORIAS NO ME CUENTES HISTORIAS - PROGRAMA 67 - Especial Secretos de Santa Cruz (entrevista a Maxi Sánchez)Hoy hemos querido invitar a nuestro programa a una persona muy querida para nosotros, Maxi Sánchez. Quizás la persona que más y mejor conoce la historia de Santa Cruz de la Zarza viene hoy a desvelarnos un pequeño secreto escondido en la historia de Santa Cruz y que se había perdido en el sueño de los tiempos. Se trata del Hospitalillo de la Obra Pía de la Cofradía de la Sangre de Cristo. Esta cofradía mantuvo durante años en la Subida a Santiago un local que tuvo múltiples usos, entre ellos...

2020-10-251h 10

Santa Cruz Local Ep 87 Vote Nov 3, Santa Cruz City Council race 10.18.20Santa Cruz Local presses the Santa Cruz City Council candidates on the priorities we heard from residents: housing and homelessness. We meet eight of the nine city council candidates: Martine Watkins, Sandy Brown, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson, Kelsey Hill, Kayla Kumar, Maria Cadenas, Elizabeth Conlan and Sonja Brunner. Voters will pick four. Read the transcript: https://santacruzlocal.org/2020/10/18/podcast-vote-nov-3-santa-cruz-city-council/ Read Santa Cruz Local’s elections guide: https://santacruzlocal.org/elections/ Support Santa Cruz Local’s journalism with a membership: https://santacruzlocal.org/membership/ Subscribe to Santa Cruz Local’s free email newsletter: https://santacruzlocal.org/free-newsletter-local-news/

2020-10-1951 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 85 Vote Nov. 3, the Santa Cruz County District 1 supervisor race 10.5.20If you’re a voter in Live Oak, Pleasure Point, Soquel, western Capitola or the Santa Cruz Mountains north of Soquel, you’ll vote on the District 1 Santa Cruz County supervisors race. But even if you don’t live in the district, this race still matters to you. The decisions of the board of supervisors affect the entire county. We press incumbent John Leopold and challenger Manu Koenig on the priorities we heard from District 1 residents. A map of Santa Cruz County's District 1: https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/7016018-Supervisorial-District-1 Read the transcript: santacruzlocal.org Read Santa Cruz Local's elections guide: santac...

2020-10-0536 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 83 Santa Cruz County Supervisor Bruce McPherson discusses CZU Lightning Complex Fire 8.24.20We hear from Santa Cruz County Supervisor Bruce McPherson with an update on the CZU Lightning Complex Fire. McPherson’s district covers San Lorenzo Valley, which has been hard hit by the fire. McPherson shares an update on the fire response. He also describes his tour Monday of San Lorenzo Valley and what damage he saw. Read more stories on the wildfire: https://santacruzlocal.org/ Find resources, shelter, and how to help: https://santacruzlocal.org/wildfire/ Episode transcript: https://santacruzlocal.org/ Support Santa Cruz Local with a membership: https://santacruzlocal.org/membership/ Sign up for Santa Cruz Local’s free emai...

2020-08-2514 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 82 How has COVID-19 hurt Santa Cruz County's most vulnerable? 7.31.20COVID-19 shutdowns have hurt many locals on the brink of poverty because of the county’s high cost of living. About 40% of Santa Cruz County residents have received some food assistance since the COVID-19 shelter orders began in March, according to Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County staff. We hear from four people on the margins, from San Lorenzo Valley to Watsonville. We hear how COVID shutdowns have changed their lives and what solutions they’d like to see. Join Santa Cruz Local's email newsletter: mailchi.mp/santacruzlocal/forward Support local journalism with a Santa Cruz Local membership: www.sant...

2020-07-3112 min

Sheltered Spring 14. An interview with Dr. Rebecca Hernandez of the UC Santa Cruz American Indian Resource CenterWith all the trees and meadows and banana slugs and whatnot, it's sometimes hard to remember that UC Santa Cruz has nearly 20,000 students roaming about. It's just kinda quiet out there. Put on the pandemic, though, and it's even quieter. The students are gone, but how are they doing? And what is life like for them when they are here, if they are members of a group that comprises just 1% of the entire student population? In this episode we speak with Dr. Rebecca Hernandez, Director the UC Santa Cruz American Indian Resource Center, to hear about the AIRC, its students...

2020-07-2821 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 81 Reducing harm in Santa Cruz County law enforcement(7.14.20)Residents’ recent calls to reduce police presence and funding in Santa Cruz County come at the same time police say they are overburdened with calls for mental health care and homelessness. We explore the aftermath of two recent, fatal police shootings in our county that involved mental health — and how harm could be avoided. Looking toward solutions, we examine a program in Oregon that dispatches mental health care workers to crises without police. We talk to a Santa Cruz County 911 dispatcher and law enforcement leaders about the advantages and disadvantages of crisis response without police. Join Santa Cruz Local's email news...

2020-07-1520 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 79 Santa Cruz Downtown Library Decision Looms 6.19.20A big decision is on tap Tuesday for the Santa Cruz City Council: Should the downtown library be renovated, or should a new, larger library with a parking garage and at least 50 affordable housing units be built on nearby city land? Santa Cruz Local talks to library and city leaders, activists and architects about the $27 million question. Join Santa Cruz Local's email newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/santacruzlocal/forward Apply for Santa Cruz Local's Business Advisory Circle: https://santacruzlocal.org/apply-advisory/ Take our voter survey: https://www.santacruzlocal.org/votersurvey Support local journalism with a Santa Cruz Local membership: http://www.santacr...

2020-06-2018 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 77 Santa Cruz Local Answers, part 5. Tough decisions- Child care during a pandemic 6.7.20Parents and child care providers worry about the risk of transmission of COVID-19. Santa Cruz Local's Jerimiah Oetting answers your questions about child care rules in Santa Cruz County during the coronavirus emergency: How can we expect young children in daycare to socially distance? What is the county doing to ensure these facilities are safe? This is the fifth installment of "Santa Cruz Local Answers," where Jerimiah tackles your coronavirus-related questions. Submit your questions: www.santacruzlocal.org/coronavirus Read the transcript: https://santacruzlocal.org/2020/06/07/tough-decisions-child-care-during-a-pandemic/ Get Santa Cruz Local's free email newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/santacruzlocal/forward Support local journalism...

2020-06-0808 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 76 Santa Cruz Local Answers, part 4 - What's the plan for antibody testing? 5.24.20Santa Cruz Local's Jerimiah Oetting answers your questions about antibody testing: What is it? Is it available in Santa Cruz County? How reliable are the tests? And is the county pursuing antibody testing? This is the fourth installment of 'Santa Cruz Local Answers,' where Jerimiah tackles your coronavirus-related questions. Submit your questions to www.santacruzlocal.org/coronavirus. Or email a question to answers@santacruzlocal.org. Get Santa Cruz Local's free email newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/santacruzlocal/coronavirus Support local journalism with a membership: www.santacruzlocal.org/membership Read the transcript to this episode: www.santacruzlocal.org

2020-05-2508 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 75 Santa Cruz Local Answers, part 3 - What's the status with Project Roomkey? 5.7.20Santa Cruz Local's Jerimiah Oetting answers your questions about Project Roomkey, the state effort to provide hotel rooms to vulnerable parts of the homeless population. Where is Santa Cruz County at with the project? How much money did the state provide? How many rooms are there, and who qualifies? Jerimiah talks to a Project Roomkey resident, county officials and homeless service providers. This is the third installment of "Santa Cruz Local Answers," where Jerimiah tackles your coronavirus-related questions. Submit your questions: www.santacruzlocal.org/coronavirus or email answers@santacruzlocal.org. Get Santa Cruz Local's free email newsletter: mailchi.mp/santacruzlocal...

2020-05-0808 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 74 How deep is Santa Cruz County's economic downturn? 5.3.20Santa Cruz County’s health officer limited beach hours and hotel visitors in her latest revision to the COVID-19 shelter order. How deep are the county’s economic problems, with the prospect of far fewer tourists? How do shelter orders impact a county where the largest share of jobs are in leisure and hospitality? We hear from California economist Chris Thornberg and Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce CEO Casey Beyer.

2020-05-0417 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 72 Santa Cruz Local Answers - How can UCSC help with COVID testing? 4.22.20Santa Cruz Local's Jerimiah Oetting answers a listener's question on what UC Santa Cruz is doing to help with COVID testing. This is the second installment of 'Santa Cruz Local Answers,' where Jerimiah tackles your coronavirus-related questions. Submit your questions to www.santacruzlocal.org/coronavirus , by email or voice memo to answers@santacruzlocal.org, or by voice mail to 831-222-0460. Read the transcript to this episode: www.santacruzlocal.org Subscribe to Santa Cruz Local’s free newsletter: mailchi.mp/santacruzlocal/forward Yes, I support local journalism! Count me in as a Santa Cruz Local member: www.santacruzlocal.org/me...

2020-04-2205 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 71 Santa Cruz Local Town Hall with Drs. Larry DeGhetaldi, David Ghilarducci 4.19.20Santa Cruz Local hosted its first town hall meeting Friday, April 17 on Zoom. Our guests: Dr. Larry DeGhetaldi, Sutter Health Palo Alto Medical Foundation Santa Cruz division president, and Dr. David Ghilarducci, Santa Cruz County’s deputy health officer. Some takeaways: Santa Cruz County can maybe expand to 60 intensive care beds, but models predict 100 will be needed at a peak in May or June. The plan is to transport patients to hospitals out of county. Dr. Ghilarducci said the shelter-in-place orders are a blunt but effective tool. He expects the economic shutdown to last until the county has broad, widespread te...

2020-04-2055 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 69 Meet Santa Cruz Local part 7- Our 2020 vision 4.14.20Santa Cruz Local is seeing its fastest growth since its launch in August. Co-founders Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter take you behind the scenes. We share where we're heading with the company. One of the biggest things that sets Santa Cruz Local apart is our commitment to community listening. We discuss our business goal for April ㅡ reaching 600 active members ㅡ and how that sets us up to better listen. Become a Santa Cruz Local member: www.santacruzlocal.org/membership Upgrade your membership tier: www.santacruzlocal.org/account Attend Friday's Santa Cruz Local Town Hall: www.santacruzlocal.org/events

2020-04-1411 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 68 Progress on the COVID-19 battle in Santa Cruz County 4.10.20At a news conference Thursday, Santa Cruz County health officials said they were encouraged by the relatively low numbers of COVID hospitalizations in our county. However, the county still only has a maximum intensive care unit capacity of 50 beds. Dr. Gail Newel said she plans to extend her shelter-in-place order past May 3. Santa Cruz Local co-hosts Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter explain their key takeaways from the conference. And they ask the health officials your questions. Transcript: www.santacruzlocal.org Submit your questions. We'll ask them at the next health department news conference. www.santacruzlocal.org/coronavirus

2020-04-1047 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 66 Introducing Santa Cruz Local Answers- Your Questions On Testing 4.9.20Santa Cruz Local's Jerimiah Oetting answers your questions on coronavirus testing: Who gets tested? What is the process? How long does it take? Why is testing limited in Santa Cruz County and when will that change? Jerimiah talked to a medical leader, a scientist and others to get some answers. This is the first installment of 'Santa Cruz Local Answers,' where Jerimiah tackles your coronavirus-related questions. Submit your questions to www.santacruzlocal.org/coronavirus . Read the transcript to this episode: www.santacruzlocal.org

2020-04-1006 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 64 Santa Cruz County COVID-19 hospital demand projected to exceed capacity 4.2.20Santa Cruz County health officials said Thursday that hospitals remain relatively quiet, but they anticipate COVID-19 patients to top a “surge capacity” of 50 intensive care unit beds this month or in May. Santa Cruz Local hosts Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter explain the top five takeaways from a news conference Thursday with county health officials. The full news conference with reporters’ questions follows their introduction. Transcript: www.santacruzlocal.org Sign up for our free newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/santacruzlocal/coronavirus Support our journalism with a membership: www.santacruzlocal.org/membership

2020-04-0342 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 63 Global lessons for Santa Cruz in the COVID-19 response 3.26.20Santa Cruz County's lockdown may last for months. We have to wait for one of three things: a vaccine, a treatment or herd immunity. A vaccine or treatment could take a year or more. Herd immunity — when enough people have recovered from the disease are now resistant — could also take a while. Local experts agree: A lockdown is needed to save our hospital system from being overwhelmed. But what if there's another way? What can Santa Cruz County learn from countries that are suppressing the coronavirus without long, drastic lockdowns? Read our transcript and related links: https://santacruzlocal.org/2020/03/26/global-lessons-for-santa-cruz-in-the-covid-19-res...

2020-03-2620 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 62 Santa Cruz County medical capacity to face coronavirus test 3.19.20The time for coronavirus testing for the general public was in February, says Santa Cruz County epidemiologist Will Forest. The real question is how well can the county’s medical centers expand to meet expected demand. What may determine that is how well residents follow the county health officer's order to stay home. We talk to Santa Cruz Mayor Justin Cummings and leaders from Sutter Health, Santa Cruz Community Health Centers and others about what’s next. Spoiler alert: This could be just the start of mandatory stay-at-home orders. Our coronavirus resource page: www.santacruzlocal.org/COVID-19 Read the transcript: http...

2020-03-1924 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 61 Santa Cruz County orders residents to stay homeTo stem the spread of the coronavirus, Santa Cruz County Health Officer Gail Newel ordered residents to stay in their homes for three weeks and not leave unless necessary. The mandate starts early Tuesday. It follows six Bay Area counties with similar measures. Hear Newel explain how the order protects the community, at a press conference Monday at the county government building. Read our related story here: https://santacruzlocal.org/2020/03/16/santa-cruz-county-orders-residents-to-shelter-in-place/ Sign up for our newsletter here: https://santacruzlocal.org/free-newsletter-covid-19/ Get informed, find resources and how to help here: https://santacruzlocal.org/covid-19/ Tell us what questions you have...

2020-03-1707 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 60 Coronavirus spreads in Santa Cruz County 3.13.20Santa Cruz County has seven confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of Thursday night. County leaders now have evidence that the virus has spread within the community. Lives are disrupted by many closures and cancellations, including an announcement Thursday that Santa Cruz County public schools will be closed next week. We talk to county epidemiologist Mikala Caton about the county’s testing capacity. We hear tips on how to be prepared, not scared: what you need to know to stay healthy and prevent the virus' spread. Survey and transcript: https://santacruzlocal.org/2020/03/13/coronavirus-spreads-in-santa-cruz-county/

2020-03-1321 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 59 Unofficial election results, two Santa Cruz council members recalled 3.4.20Despite a concerted effort to stop the recall of Santa Cruz City Council members Chris Krohn and Drew Glover, the pair seemed to be ousted from the council in Tuesday's election, according to unofficial results from the county. The results (which have all precincts reporting but do not include many vote-by-mail and same-day registration ballots) show that Krohn and Glover will be replaced by 87-year-old former mayor Katherine Beiers and elementary school educator Renee Golder. In the Santa Cruz County Supervisor District 1 race, incumbent John Leopold will face a November runoff against challenger Manu Koenig. Santa Cruz Local hosts Kara...

2020-03-0413 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 58 Santa Cruz City Council recall, Chris Krohn's seatThere are two recall votes happening in the City of Santa Cruz right now. This episode focuses on one of the races, for Councilmember Chris Krohn’s seat. We hear from Krohn and the candidates vying to replace him: former Santa Cruz mayors Katherine Beiers and Don Lane. The candidates discuss homelessness, jobs, the environment, housing and discord on the city council. Our questions come from our 10-day listening tour around the community.

2020-02-1159 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 52 Voting in Santa Cruz County 101 1.8.2020We answer your questions on how to vote in Santa Cruz County. Then we break down what's on your ballot in the March 3 primary election. And we explain our approach to reporting on the local elections. Spoiler alert: It's all about you. We're hosting a dozen community events in the next two weeks. Meet us in person and tell us what you want the local candidates to talk about. www.santacruzlocal.org/events Fill out our online survey about the elections: www.santacruzlocal.org/votesurvey Register to vote in California or change party/address/name: www.registertovote.ca.gov Check...

2020-01-0819 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 51 Meet Santa Cruz Local, Part 5- Looking ahead to 2020Happy holidays! Santa Cruz Local co-hosts Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter update you on what Santa Cruz Local has been up to last few weeks. We let you in on our plans for covering the March 2020 local election. And we reflect on our first few months as a membership-driven local news organization. Thank you to all our listeners, readers and members for helping us build this organization and community. Sign up for our newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/santacruzlocal/podcast

2019-12-2405 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 48 Santa Cruz eviction law passes 10.30.19Tenants in Santa Cruz will see new protection from arbitrary evictions. The Santa Cruz City Council passed an emergency eviction law Tuesday that enacts part of a new state law immediately. Also, the council may change the number of affordable units that developers are required to build. It's called an inclusionary rate, and the city's looking at increasing it from 15% of units in new development to 20%. Some councilmembers worry that will create less development, and thus, fewer affordable units. Lastly, we hear an update on 190 W. Cliff, the 89-unit condominium project across the street from the Dream Inn.

2019-10-3022 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 46 How Santa Cruz rebuilt downtown after the 1989 earthquake 10.17.19After the Loma Prieta earthquake destroyed much of downtown Santa Cruz in 1989, city leaders and residents came together to rebuild the downtown in a deliberate way. A 36-member committee formed a plan for development which continues today. On the quake’s 30th anniversary, Santa Cruz Local talks to some of the key players and explains how Pacific Avenue came to be. Editor's note: The Loma Prieta earthquake was a magnitude of 6.9 on the moment scale, the scale most commonly used to describe large quakes. This episode lists the quake’s magnitude as 7.1, which was its surface-wave magnitude, not a commonly-used metr...

2019-10-1715 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 43 Santa Cruz homelessness committee searches for answers 10.3.19The Community Advisory Committee on Homelessness is a group that will advise the Santa Cruz City Council on its homeless policies. It's focusing on health, transitional campgrounds and public outreach. We report on its Tuesday meeting and potential solutions. Plus, an update on the push toward district elections in Santa Cruz.

2019-10-0315 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 38 How might district elections reshape Santa Cruz?Santa Cruz is one of dozens of cities across California that's received a threat of a lawsuit if it doesn't shift its city council to district elections. We break down the pros and cons of district elections. We talk with a state group that’s behind this push for district elections. We hear about the Santa Cruz City school board that just went through the process. And we hear about some maps of how Santa Cruz has voted in the last two city council elections. Visit santacruzlocal.org and click on this episode to see the maps.

2019-09-0514 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 37 The future of downtown Santa CruzThere are six major development projects in early stages of planning in downtown Santa Cruz. If they're built, it would mark the biggest boom of housing development in downtown Santa Cruz in decades. Where did this surge come from? We talk to developers, shop owners and city leaders about affordable housing and smart planning. (Interviews include: Jessie Bristow and Jon Lee of Swenson, Santa Cruz Planning Director Lee Butler, Santa Cruz Bookshop owner Casey Coonerty-Protti, Andy's Auto owner Michael Mekis and Santa Cruz City Councilmember Chris Krohn)

2019-08-3123 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 34 Meet Santa Cruz Local, part 3It's the eve of Santa Cruz Local's first membership drive. We share with you the survey results on what our listeners like and what they think we could improve about Santa Cruz Local. We hear from one of our few younger listeners about why he wants to get involved in local civics. Finally, we answer your questions about how membership works and how you can join. For more info, visit www.santacruzlocal.org

2019-08-1914 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 30 Meet Santa Cruz Local, part 2Why is Santa Cruz Local a private company? Why did we leave the Sentinel? How are we approaching the City of Santa Cruz HR investigation into two city council members? Santa Cruz Local co-hosts Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter discuss these questions and more. It's the second episode of 'Meet Santa Cruz Local,' a miniseries giving a behind-the-scenes look at how and why we give you local news. We share with you our mission and motivation, our decision making and ethics, and our feedback from listeners.

2019-08-0414 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep 28 Meet Santa Cruz Local, part 1Who are we and why are we making a podcast on Santa Cruz's public institutions? How are we funded? What is the state of local media in Santa Cruz? Co-hosts Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter talk about their motives behind creating Santa Cruz Local. We share the results of our listener survey on what local news you'd like to see more of. And we meet one Santa Cruz Local listener and hear her constructive criticism. This is part one of a miniseries on our relationship with you, our listeners. Sign up for our newsletter at santacruzlocal.org to participate...

2019-07-2513 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 22 Santa Cruz City Council steps toward balancing budgetThe City of Santa Cruz now has a projected $3.9 million deficit. The Santa Cruz City Council on Tuesday took major steps toward balancing the budget. Hear what cuts and revenue strategies the city is considering before the final budget adoption, expected June 11. Also, we hear a letter to the editor about our needle exchange episode.

2019-05-2908 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 21 What we learned from looking at Santa Cruz County's needle exchangeSanta Cruz County has an injection drug use problem and a needle litter problem. We look at Santa Cruz County's needle exchange program and how it compares to other programs in the state. What can Santa Cruz County's health department learn from San Francisco's needle cleanup program? What are the trends with Santa Cruz County's injection drug use? How can Santa Cruz County get more inject drug users into treatment? We hear from Supervisor Ryan Coonerty, county health officer Dr. Arnold Leff, San Francisco Department of Public Health program manager Eileen Loughran, Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner's Office forensic pathologist Dr...

2019-05-2421 min

Santa Cruz Local Ep. 14 What Santa Cruz County Should Know About SB 50Santa Cruz County's history of no-growth policies have shaped today's local housing crisis. Now, we're at a crossroads with new state leadership that wants to spur development. We break down SB 50 - a proposed bill that would limit cities' ability to block apartment projects. We tell you where in the county SB 50 would affect. We also tell you how local cities are doing with their housing goals (spoiler alert: not great). At the end, we talk about Santa Cruz's pending Ross Camp closure and how to submit "audio letters to the editor."

2019-04-1911 min

Santa Cruz Local Briefing: Santa Cruz hits restart on eviction rules and considers ADUsSanta Cruz City Council delays a final vote on controversial eviction rules, and advances changes to ADU policies to help boost housing stock. We recap the Jan. 22 Santa Cruz City Council meeting.

2019-01-2403 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Voces 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 Cruz Voces 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 Initiative.

2018-09-2423 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Talkabout: 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 Cruz Talkabout: 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

StoryCruz UC Santa Cruz Weekly News Roundup Feb 2 2018UC Santa Cruz Weekly News Roundup Feb 2 2018 by UC Santa Cruz

2018-02-0714 min

KZSC Santa Cruz Voces 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

CTV Sports Presents Harbor vs Santa Cruz - Football - CTV Sports PresentsWelcome to Homecoming at Santa Cruz High School as the Cardinals face off against neighborhood rivals the Harbor Pirates. CTV Sports Presents SCCAL Varsity Football, The Battle of the Shell Harbor vs Santa Cruz.Download Mp4

2011-10-1005 min