UC Santa Cruz

The Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate program enters its second year. And, UCSC and CSUMB campuses joined a national day of action to support higher education in response to proposed budget cuts.

In today's newscast, UC international students sue to block visa revocations, and some Moss Landing business owners say they are still struggling after a January fire.

KAZU’s Elena Neale-Sacks spoke with Steve McKay to make sense of this moment and what it means for the Monterey Bay area.

In today's newscast, thousands of professional and technical workers went on strike yesterday at UC campuses across the state including UC Santa Cruz. Plus, the director of the UCSC Center for Labor and Community discusses the importance of labor power at this political moment.

Traditional indicators often do not identify the start of a recession until well after it has occurred. But a new model developed in part by a UC Santa Cruz professor says a downturn is already well underway.

Several hundred people rallied in Santa Cruz Friday to support science in the face of significant threats to federal funding. “Stand Up for Science” rallies took place on the UC Santa Cruz main campus and at the coastal science campus.

In today's newscast, workers in the University of California system will be on strike beginning today, including at UCSC. And, two California members of Congress have introduced a bill to reestablish the federal Office of Environmental Justice.

In today's newscast, the recent flood of executive orders and federal funding changes has upended the work lives of many people across the country–including researchers at UC Santa Cruz. Plus, a study on cannabis advertising shows much of it is attractive to teenagers, who aren't legal customers.

University of California service and patient care workers staged a two-day strike this week after filing unfair labor practice charges with the state. The union alleges bad-faith bargaining during contract renegotiations.

Thousands of workers across the UC system are gearing up to possibly go on strike, and they include more than 200 at UCSC.