Our October 2017 radio shows are now online. For links to listen to the shows plus a full list of topics an interviews click here or click "read more" and scroll down. (Sound files may take a few moments to load).
Our newsmaker interviews included a two-part chad with Chida Warren-Darby on domestic violence and African-American issues and Emma Higgins, Grid Alternatives, on creating job training and solar opportunities for low income people locally. We also covered top local and national issues, from wildfires across California to the Las Vegas mass shooting s and defunding of Children’s healthcare, as well as top local stories such as the hepatitis A outbreak, homelessness and invasive Aedes Egypti mosquitoes.
The East County Magazine Show airs Mondays and Fridays from 5 to 6 p.m. on KNSJ, 89.1 FM. Our shows rerun on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. and Saturdays at 8 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. Read more and listen to our October shows:
Hear audio files at the bottom of this page,below the index for each show.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Intro
Vegas mass shooting
Calif. affordable housing bills
Hurricane Maria response
US Forest Service firefighting costs increase
SDG&E grants for firefighting equipment
Dish TV disses rural residents
Crimebeat: La Mesa shooting
State Route 67 lane closures
Flu vaccines as season kicks off
Spring Valley park proposed
GUHSD Citizens Bond Oversight Committee
Bookshelf: Diana Lindsay, Coast to Cactus (rerun)
ECM awards
Green Scene: River Park bill
Friday, October 6, 2017
Intro
Capitol Report: Children’s Healthcare expires
Vegas shooting: Calif. victims’ compensation
Vegas shooting: gun control debate
Campo planner threatens woman
GUHSD: Citizens Bond Oversight Committee vacancies
Aedes mosquitoes in East County
Fire station open house
Border cities have lower crime rates than other cities
*Newsmaker interview: Chida Warren Darby, YWCA Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
Destination East County: festivals and events
Monday, October 9, 2017 – rerun of 10-6-2017 due to technical problems
Friday, October 13, 2017
Intro
Wildfires in Northern CA are deadliest in CA history
Sanctuary state bill signed
Capitol Report: Trump tax plan
Trump healthcare order
Crimebeat: Swat team in Boulevard, trailer burned
Revote in El Cajon due to Kalasho conflict of interest
Bumpstock lawsuit sparked by Vegas shooting
Carfentinil: deadly elephant tranquilizer drug hits streets
Destination East County: festivals and events
People Power: GHD donation to Challenge Center
Public News Service: Latinos’ college graduation rates lag
Retriever rescue
SD Crop report 2017
US Forest Service firefighting costs rise
Vacancies on GUHSD
Monday, October 16, 2017
Intro
Hepatitis A state emergency
Free community college bill signed
Drowning prevention bill signed
Fire relief caravan from East County
SDSU autism grant
Teen driving safety
Trump healthcare order (Public News Service)
Alpine Library assault
People Power: challenge center grant
Carentinil: deadly elephant tranquilizer drug this streets
*Newsmaker interview: Chida Warren Darby, Voice and Viewpoint editor, on African-American issues
Wilson and Green fires
Ready, Set Grow: fall planting season
Home safety tips
Friday, October 20, 2017
Intro
Capitol Report: Trump travel ban 3 blocked
Healthcare reform effort dead
Immigrant abortion case
Northern CA fires: water tenders
Fire weather watch: extra staffing added
El Cajon cracks down on marijuana dispensaries
Kalasho censure threatened by mayor
Hepatitis A outbreak by zip code
Lake Jennings closes for dye test
Tony the movie highlights homelessness locally
Crimebeat: Trafficking arrests made by FBI
Destination East County: festivals and events
Greene Scene: Monarchs million pollinator gardens program
Julian Fiddlers (rerun); music by Shira Ellison, old-time fiddle tunes
Teen drivers’ safety
SDSU autism grant
Monday, October 23, 2017
Intro
Aerobatics plane crashes
Megafires: More to come (Public News Service)
Church fire
State suspends building rules for homeless shelters
Red flag warning and excessive heat warning
Hope rally Oct. 24 for domestic violence survivors
Crimebeat: strangling on an East County trail
GM ignition switch recall
Green Scene: million pollinators garden
Tony the Movie Oct. 30 highlights local homelessness
Lake Jennings closes for dye testing
2007 firestorms: Miriam Raftery’s recollections
Destination East County: top festivals and events
Public News Service daily national news: Trump budget bill, right to discriminate and more
Friday, October 27, 2017
Hepatitis A emergency extended, no testing of SD River
Obamacare enrollment opens in November
Greene Scene: National Park fee hikes
Prescription drug take back day
ECM SD Press Club awards 2017
NAACP travel advisory re American Airlines
Wine Aid to help N. Calif. fire victims
*Newsmaker interview: Emma Higgins, Grid Alternatives, on job training and solar for low income residents
Destination East County: top festivals and events
Public News Service: Racial disparities in child welfare
Sports: Seals LAcross team in SD
Aztes hard times, loss in Mountain West
Borrego groundbreakings
Food drive for homeless in El Cajon
Ghost story: Borrego ship
Monday, October 30, 2017
Intro
Public News Service (PNS): Manafort indicted, Puerto Rico update
PNS: Children’s healthcare will be broke by December in California
Jamul Casino granted alcohol permit
Immigration survey: SD
Santee theater
Mercury Insurance case
Domestic violence statistics and Hope Rally in El Cajon
Greene Scene: NPS hike
Wine aid benefit for fire survivors in northern CA
Sports: SD Seals LaCross team
East County ghost stories for Halloween
ECM SD Press Club Awards
Note: All shows also include intro music, station identifications, PSA for East County Magazine nonprofit news, and closing credits.
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