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Fake News and the Presidential Elections

As the presidential primary season gets underway, how will fake news influence how people, or whether people vote? How will it impact the views people hold about the nominees? What are deep fakes and how can we deal with them? …

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Give Back: Read All About It

How two Central Coast media companies help thousands of people give millions to local nonprofit groups.

Image caption: The version of Mickey Mouse seen in the 1928 animated short “Steamboat Willie” is now free for public use.
Mickey Mouse Enters Public Domain. What That Means for California

Disney icon Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain, meaning anyone can create their own Mickey Mouse cartoons. Here’s what that means, and how it could affect the California economy.

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Behind the Mic with Jennifah of Friday Night’s Zombie Jamboree

We're having some real fun in this Behind the Mic interview featuring KSQD Dj Jennifah, host of Friday night’s Zombie Jamboree. Together, we take raucous romp through Jennifah’s three decades as a broadcaster, how she found her way to Santa …

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KSQD Interviews The Guys Who Book Local Music

Steve Volk, Dick Brundle and Tom Miller have made a major impact shaping the Santa Cruz music scene by booking and hosting local and touring musicians. Andy Fuhrman, host of KSQD's Brooklynbilly Music Mashup show as well as a performing …

Image caption: Mike Kahn, Hilltromper's managing director, doing volunteer trail work with Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship at San Vicente Redwoods.
Hilltromper Reboots

The online resource currently serves Santa Cruz County as well as Silicon Valley, which is surrounded by dozens of parks and recreational opportunities.

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California Music Docs

Tune in, turn on, and drop into these California-focused documentaries—only some of which are about the ’60s San Francisco sound.

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Moral Courage: Interviews with Journalists Fighting for Truth

With the tragic conflicts engulfing our world today come countless injustices, including the mistreatment of journalists who risk their lives and well-being to reveal them.
What drives these journalists to persist in their mission, undeterred by grave perils? 
What drives …

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KSQD board chair and founder Rachel Anne Goodman featured in Good Times article

Writer Richard Stockton explores the origins of KSQD through his interview with Rachel Anne Goodman in this week's edition of local publication, The Good Times. The article, "A Tale of Two Stations," focuses on the origins of two local independent …

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