The sound of Jesse Thorn’s America: A podcasting pioneer returns to Santa Cruz
Los Angeles podcaster and radio host Jesse Thorn comes to Santa Cruz on Nov. 1 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his interview and arts show “Bullseye.” It’s a full-circle moment for Thorn, a UC Santa Cruz alum who was one of the first radio people to embrace the technology of podcasting. Read more from Wallace Baine.
10 hot jobs in Santa Cruz County: Week of Oct. 10
Looking for a new job in Santa Cruz County? Explore the top 10 exciting job opportunities across industries like education, health care and more. Your next career move starts here!
OPINION: For affordable housing and a humane Santa Cruz – vote yes on Measure C
Santa Cruz’s beauty and desirability drive up housing costs — and the market alone won’t build homes for teachers, bus drivers or grocery clerks, UC Santa Cruz professor emeritus Christopher Connery writes in a Community Voices op-ed. Measure C, he says, offers a fair, modest step toward fixing that: a $96 parcel tax and a progressive real estate transfer tax only on multimillion-dollar homes. He sees opponents’ competing Measure B as a decoy pushed by real estate interests to block real reform. A “yes” on C says we want a community where everyone who works here can live here. Read Connery’s opinion piece here.
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