Santa Cruz County Voices

Martha Kendall – Jury Duty

Martha Kendall shares her experience in the courtroom. Photo courtesy Katrin Bolovtsova.

Thursday 5/16: Santa Cruz County People's Budget

Virtual Event. Register at bit.ly/4ahIUoA

Saturday 5/18: Mother Earth Drag Extravaganza

Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz

Saturday 8/3: Pacific Grove: Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance & Peace Lantern Ceremony

Lovers Point Beach Cove, Ocean View Blvd., at 17th Street, Pacific Grove, CA 93950

Congress Urged to Spend $100 Million to Save Monarch Butterflies

Population Declines 60% as Fish and Wildlife Service Weighs Protections

Jason Scorse – Israel and Gaza

Jason Scorse offers clarification on the Israel/Gaza situation. Photo courtesy of Cottonbro.

Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks with CUNY Students at Free Palestine Encampment

Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks With CUNY Students at Free Palestine Encampment (April 26th 9:41 PM)

Ask Yesenia: Positive Parenting is Powerful!

by Yesenia Gomez-Carrillo and Nicole M. Young, MSW My kids were 5- and 9-years old when I began managing the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program in 2009. Now they’re [...]

How to fight without ruining a relationship

You can have healthy disagreements with the people in your life. By Allie Volpe@allieevolpe May 12 Allie Volpe is a senior reporter at Vox covering mental health, relationships, wellness, money, [...]

Recap of the 2024 State of the San Lorenzo River Symposium

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the ninth State of the San Lorenzo River Symposium on April 13 at Felton Community Hall! This symposium holds special significance as [...]

Saturday 5/18: Palestine Protest in Santa Cruz

Ocean at Water Streets, Santa Cruz

Two Founding Mother’s of the Santa Cruz Women’s Health Collective Reflect on its History and Legacy

Santa Cruz has a powerful activist history, and one of the most impressive outcomes for our county emerged from the Women’s Health Collective of the early 70’s. Monday, on the Talk of the Bay, two...

THE TOWER OF SONG PRESENTS “BELTANE / MAY DAY: A HOLIDAY FOR PAGANS & WORKERS”

Tune in at 12 a.m., Monday, May 13th, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present the third installment of the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series, “Beltane / May Day: A Holiday For Pagans & Workers.” Be s...

Rainn Wilson Thinks We Need A Spiritual Revolution … on “Moment of Truth”

Ami Chen Mills grabs a half-hour with actor, comedian and author Rainn Wilson (formerly Dwight Schrute of “The Office”) to discuss his book SoulBoom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution, his Ba’hai...

Dreams as Medicine with Stephanie Trager

Our guest today, Stephanie Trager, describes herself as a repurposed lawyer and was a tree activist until a serious head injury put her on the path of healing. We talk about the idea that psyche c...

Tuesday 5/14: Join WAMM Phytotherapies and the Hook Outlet at City Hall to Stand for Safe Access

City Hall, 809 Center Street, Santa Cruz

Monday 5/13: Workers & Students Unite and Fight for Palestine

Science and Engineering Library, UC Santa Cruz

UC Alumni Open Letter Sign On, No Donations Until Divestment

As alumni of the University of California (UC), we demand that the UC Regents call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, fully divest from weapons manufacturers and other targets of th...

Saturday 5/18: Reel Work Film Festival - A Thousand Pines

Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz

Sunday 5/19: Really Really Free Market // Tianguis Realmente Gratuito

SubRosa Community Space, 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz