Santa Cruz County Bulletin Board

Applications OPEN for LSCC's 2024/2025 Class 38 cohort!

Applications are OPEN for Leadership Santa Cruz County's 2024/2025 Class 38 cohort! ✨ Are you ready to lead and transform your...

Sunday 4/28: Monterey Protest for Palestine

Windows on the Bay Park, Del Monte Beach

Tim Rudolph – Job Site Laborer

Tim Rudolph shares his insights in being a job site laborer. Photo courtesy of Yury Kim.

An Unusual Dreariness of Spring

Drizzle and fog surprised us this past week as dew-covered wildflowers blossomed, buried in tall soggy grass. The weather forecasters had said it would be sunny, but something changed and suddenly...

A Home Away from Home

I left home after the tremendous family loss of my mother, and then my dog. I spent the next 5 years just running around partying, not caring about much, but I had my friends and my grandma to bac...

Saturday 4/27: Indigefest

Quarry Amphitheater, UC Santa Cruz

Friday 4/26: Solidarity Seder

Quarry Plaza, UC Santa Cruz

Wednesday 5/1: UCSC May Day Rally

Meet at S&E Library, Science Hill, UC Santa Cruz

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Live Broadcast Schedule

Thursday/Friday 11am-4pm, Saturday/Sunday 11am-5pm Thursday, April 25th 11:45-12:40 pm   Robert Finley  (live from the Blues Tent) 12:40(ish)-1:40 pm   John Boutte (live from the  WWOZ Jazz Tent) ...

Sustainability Now! Sunday, April 28th: What do students eat? Salads! with staff and students from Esperanza Community Farms and Pajaro Valley High School

What do students eat? Salads! with staff and students from Esperanza Community Farms and Pajaro Valley High School Sustainability Now!  Sunday, April 28th, 5-6 PM on KSQD Students eat.  But what d...

Railroads: San Vicente Lumber Company Railroad

Far up Santa Cruz County’s north coast, Scott Creek winds inland from the Pacific Ocean along a gradually climbing path up to its source near Little Basin. Less than two miles from the coast is a ...

MERGE4 Socks Makes Waves at the Second Annual Endless Summer + Dana Point Film Festival

MERGE4 Socks, a brand synonymous with creativity, comfort, performance and sustainable socks, is excited to announce its participation in the Read More

Will Our Children Be Safe at College?!

by Parmalee Taff Our parents didn't have to think twice about our safety when sending us off to college. No matter what our religion, race or background, we were safe. [...]

Easy Ways to Create More Meaningful Memories With the People You Love

A happiness researcher can help you make more meaningful memories. by Anna Lee Beyer for Lifehacker Anna Lee Beyer writes about mental health, relationships, parenting, and books In 2011, on [...]

Sunday 6/9: Aromas Community Market

Aromas Community Grange

Friday 5/10: Transforming Conflict: An Interdisciplinary Conversation

8:30-9:00 am: McCone Upper Atrium

Patrice Vecchione – Mountain Lion

Author and teacher Patrice Vecchione recalls seeing a mountain lion. This piece is inspired by her weekly Monterey Herald column A Walk About Town.  Recorded and edited by Mathilde Rand for First ...

Saturday 4/27: AK Press Presents: Raúl Zibechi's Constructing Worlds Otherwise

SubRosa 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA

Will Our Children Be Safe at College?

Our parents didn't have to think twice about our safety when sending us off to college. No matter what our religion, race or background, we were safe. We were there [...]

Buzzworthy Bites at the Boardwalk

Come along on a culinary adventure to discover the most buzzworthy bites at the Boardwalk!

Weekly Review – Correction

First District Supervisor Manu Koenig will hold a Budget Overview Town Hall Wednesday, April 24 at 6:00 pm in a hybrid meeting at the Sheriff's Center Community Room, 5200 Soquel Avenue in Santa C...

Monday 4/29: Making a Killing: Capitalism, Cops, & the War on Black Life

Humanities 1, Rm 210, UC Santa Cruz

May is Affordable Housing Month!

Housing challenges across Santa Cruz county are increasing and Housing Santa Cruz County aims to meet this challenge by educating and empowering local residents through special events across the M...

KSQD volunteers on building community through radio

Ever wondered about the voices you hear on KSQD? You might tune in and hear an intriguing conversation about dreams and psychedeliccs on Saturday. Or maybe you were driving on a Monday at 5 and he...

Applications Now Open for Leadership Santa Cruz County | Executive Director Ryan Coonerty

Ready to enhance your leadership skills, connect with fellow leaders, and make a difference? Leadership Santa Cruz County offers a Read More

Pop-Up ‘Look Me In The Eyes’ Art Exhibition Demystifies The Experience Of Homelessness

SANTA CRUZ, CA — April 23, 2023 — Housing Matters announced today a pop up art exhibition and sale in Read More

‘Fentanyl High’ Documentary Screening to Shed Light on Teen Opioid Crisis in Santa Cruz County

SANTA CRUZ, CA (April 8, 2024) – Local educators and healthcare professionals are coming together to raise awareness about the Read More

5/15 Collections Club: Ice Age Exploration

Join us for an evening exploration of exciting new developments in the Museum’s paleontology collections, with a deeper dive into recent Ice Age fossil discoveries including the Jefferson's ground...

Are you ready to lead and transform your organization and community? As you may have seen, I am the new Executive Director of Leadership Santa Cruz County. LSCC is a [...]

How Silence Can Speak A Thousand Words

National Day of Silence was a foreign concept to me until my freshman year in high school. National Day of Silence is a national peaceful protest where queer people and [...]

Moondance – Eviction

Moondance witnesses a neighbor's eviction. Photo courtesy of Aaron Brewer.

From Shame to Self-Love with Bill St. Cyr

We speak with Bill St. Cyr starting with how common shame is and how the mean voices that we carry around make it hard for us to let in the love that's all around us. Test taking in a dream is oft...

Earth Day

How do you feel about Earth Day, both in Santa Cruz and throughout the USA? The first Earth Day was in 1970 and was organized by Wisconsin’s Senator Gaylord Nelson to be a massive public demonstra...

HGP Receives Chancellor’s Innovation Impact Award

April 15, 2024: UCSC Newscenter, by Sandra Messick, Rose Miyatsu, Emily Cerf This article has been shortened. Please see full article here. UC Santa Cruz announced the recipients of the 2023 Chanc...

3 Reasons to Visit the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Its thrilling attractions, tasty treats, and beachside events are all worthwhile reasons to revel in the timeless charm of The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk!

Henry Kaiser sits in on three hour GRATEFUL DEAD ZONE Pledge Drive special!

It's an extended play three-hour hour-long Grateful Dead Zone featuring special guest Henry Kaiser, who will be joining host Erik Nelson. Henry is a guitarist, ethnomusicologist, and a local hero ...

THE TOWER OF SONG PRESENTS “THE TROUBADOURS & THE BELOVED: THE RELIGION OF LOVE/AMOR”

Tune in at 12 a.m., Monday, April 22nd, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the 10th and final installment of the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series “The Troubadours & The Beloved: The Religion of...

Agencies Cancel Plan to Frack Oil Wells, Build Pipelines in Los Padres National Forest

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif., April 15, 2024 — Two federal agencies have confirmed the cancellation of applications for permits proposed a decade ago to drill and frack eight new wells on federal public...

Weekly Review April 21 – 27

This Weekly Review features public meetings as of the time of publication, April 20 at 11:00 am. Meeting status changes will be updated as they are announced throughout the week, here on the Santa...

April 17 – 23, 2024

Highlights this week: Bratton... is back!...Greensite ...Gillian will soon return with her regular weekly piece... Steinbruner...the county's broke... Rio Del Mar Flats.... Hayes... meanderings in...