Santa Cruz County Voices

REI Union Chicago Workers Walk Out on ULP Strike

REI UNION CHICAGO WORKERS WALK OUT ON ULP STRIKE & RALLY WITH LABOR GROUPS & CO-OP MEMBERS OUTSIDE LINCOLN PARK STORE DEMANDING THAT REI REACH A UNION CONTRACT BY END OF 2024 AMID COMPANY’...

Wednesday 5/22: AFSCME 3299: Urgent Call to Action!

Picket Locations: https://bit.ly/4dHtnB8

Everyone Should Be Safe - UC Santa Cruz Mobile Crisis Response Team

Interview about the University of California Santa Cruz Mobile Crisis Response Team offering a non-police response for mental health crises with director MaryJan Murphy and supervisor, Beth Chiarelli.

PublicWise protects voting rights, exposes election deniers, and upholds democracy

Christina Baal-Owens is Executive Director of Public Wise, a voting rights organization that works to secure a government that reflects the will and protects the rights of the people. She brings ...

What a Week! May 18– EXCLUSIVE: HOW ONE NEWS EDITOR SECRETLY BROUGHT A PULITZER PRIZE TO LOOKOUT SANTA CRUZ

You can’t be well informed unless you are informed well! Join hosts Erik Nelson and Tony Russomanno as they unpack the week that was, on this May 18, 2024 "The Secret Behind the Lookout Santa Cruz...

Weekly Review May 19 – 25

This Weekly Review features public meetings as of the time of publication, May 18 at 11:00 am. Meeting status changes will be updated as they are announced throughout the week, here on the Santa C...

What Do I Want for Wildlife?

We might ask ourselves, “What do I want?” This important reflective question is a good one and becomes even more poignant in those moments of realization that we have limited time on Earth. There’...

May 15 – 21, 2024

Highlights this week: Bratton... is back!...Greensite ...Grand Jury server Gillian will soon return... Steinbruner...Housing on campus.... Hayes...Fog, and Fog Lifting... Patton...A Community Conv...

Sunday 5/19: Monterey Protest for Palestine

Windows on the Bay Park, Del Monte Beach

Tuesday 5/21: Driscoll's: Go Organic!

Macquiddy Elementary, Watsonville (dirt road behind school-entrance near 95 Wagner Avenue)

Interview With Robin Jones on UAW’s Strike Authorization

An interview with Robin Jones, grad student in UCSC's History of Consciousness department and member of the United Auto Workers Union (UAW).  We discuss the UAW's recent strike authorization vote,...

Laurie Corn – Civil Liberties and Human Rights

Laurie Corn speaks in defense of civil liberties and human rights. Photo courtesy of Minan.

Living with Trees: A Historian’s Perspective for the Future

Like history, science is record keeping. By looking at trees through both human perspectives of science and culture, across time and the globe, Dr. Daniel Lewis, author, historian, and curator at ...

Monday 5/20: A Community Conversation on Surveillance and the Expectation of Privacy

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Jessica Pratt New Album Review: “Here in the Pitch”

KZSC Librarian Queen Jessica released her latest album "Here in the Pitch" last Friday. To sum it up, this album is 9 tracks and 27 minutes of heaven. Her songs are dreamy as always, but for the f...

UCSC Students for Justice in Palestine: The Encampment and Their Demands

Photos taken inside the encampment by DJ Alla By: DJ Alla KZSC’s DJ Alla meets with a media liaison for the UCSC Students for Justice in Palestine organization, regarding their current encampment ...

Oneohtrix Point Never in San Francisco

Electronic Music Director “Holy sh*t!” I exclaimed, to nobody in particular. “I think I just got offered tickets to a Oneohtrix Point Never show!” I scanned around the KZSC lobby looking for ackn...

Jewish Dialogues on Israel, Gaza and Palestine

Jewish Dialogues on Israel-Gaza-Palestine What conversations are Jewish people in the United States having about Israel, Gaza and Palestine among themselves at this time? With the collapse of ceas...

Downtown Library and Affordable Housing Project Moves Forward

Santa Cruz City Council ratified an Amended and Restated Option to Lease agreement by unanimous vote, underlining the commitment to Read More

Fog, and Fog Lifting

Tall black burned tree trunks hazily emerge into view through the thick fog. Days upon days of fog prevalence make many scenes more mysterious. That eerie scene of black tree poles joins other fog...