HEAR OUR RADIO SHOWS FROM JANUARY TO APRIL 2023

May 29,2023 -- Our radio shows from January through April 2023 are now online. 

Highlights included interview with Supervisor Joel Anderson over ICE dropping migrants off at the trolley in winter, human trafficking victim and advocate for survivors Kathi Torres on how to protect young people locally, Bob Gam on how his parents survived the holocaust, Dilkhwaz Ahmed, License to Freedom, and Bob Gam, Co-chair, Welcome Home, on helping refugees and asylum seekers; Bill Powers on the County’s Regional Decarbonization Framework, Clovis Honore, Grid Alternatives and Green New Deal Alliance on the future of solar energy in Calif., Amie Zamudio and Joanne Standlee: Housing 4 the Homeless on hospitals dumping homeless and seniors on streets, plus highlights from a heated hearing in Alpine on closure of Loveland Reservoir after extreme draining and other top local issues.

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. Note: Some shows were reruns; original run dates are listed below. Shows also include station IDs and public service announcements.

For links to listen plus an index with topics and interviews in each show, click here or click the "read more" link and scroll down. Audio links are below the index. (Audio files may take a few moments to load.) 

Monday, January 2, 2023

Intro

*Newsmaker interview: Supervisor Joel Anderson, on asylum seekers dumped at trolley station in El Cajon over holidays

Capitol Report: Spending bill, Ukraine war funding

COVID bivalent boosters available for babies

New California traffic laws

Animal Tales: Mountain Lions 101 program in East County

Humane Society needs help

Crimebeat: Attempted homicide of teen in El Cajon motel

El Cajon Veterans Commission needs volunteers

Christmas Day fire displaced six, killed dog

El Cajon cleanup

People Power: Oasis tutoring in  La Mesa

Missing Borrego hiker is safe

CNS: Student loan scam

Remembering East County residents who died in 2022

Monday, January 9, 2023

Intro

SDG&E hikes rates, doubles natural gas costs

New 2023 laws in California

CNS: Airbags recall

Evacuation tips for large animals

Winter alerts

Homeless count: volunteers needed

New County Democratic chair named

Crimebeat: deputy arrested; theft ring arrests in El Cajon

CNS: Police racial disparities

Arts and Music: El Cajon Mayor Wells to hold concert for special needs families

CNS: Saving Sequoias

Mountain lion program

PNS: Biden visits border, new House speaker, Brazil unrest

Bookshelf: Coast to Cacti author Diana Lindsey (rerun)

Stolen: Sex trafficking film airs in Lakeside school district

Monday, January 16, 2023

Intro

Rains bring flooding, rockslides in East County

Green  Scene:  Lillian Hill preserved near Descanso

Santee YMCA transgender shower controversy

Campo Road plan approved

Point in Time  County needs volunteers

Crimebeat: Lemon Grove killing: Teens arrested

PNS:  Martin Luther King Day and National Day of Service

Yonder  Report: Tribes’ land back movement grows and more

CNS: National day of racial healing

SDG&E doubles natural gas rates

Mountain lion program

Campo Stone Store

CNS: Community college enrollment

People Power: Oasis Tutoring

Monday, January 23, 2023

Intro

Broadband survey results find unincorporated areas lacking

Green Scene: CA is fourth in green buildings in U.S.

Crimebeat: Alvarado Pharmacy murder suspect killed by police

EBT scams

Destination East County: top festivals and events

CNS: Education poll: academic achievement is priority, not woke indoctrination

Dog rescued from oil well

*Newsmaker: Kathi Torres, human trafficking victim and advocate for survivors

Green Scene: Lillian Hill preserved near Descanso

Monday, June 30, 2023

Intro

Santee Council hears testimony on YMCA locker room transgender issues

Lemon Ave. School has false alarm

CNS: Supermarket merger impacts on rural areas

La Mesa approves apartments on site of burned Randall Lamb building

Manzanita Diner burns down  in Boulevard

Animal Tales: Senior days at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Destination East County: top festivals and events

CNS: Kids still struggling post-pandemic in Calif.

PSA for T.I.P.

County broadband survey

2020 Talks:  policing bill, debt ceiling, voting rights

Yonder Report from CNS on rural issues

CNS: CA program targets hypertension in people of color

Naloxone kits now at Sheriff stations

Winter alert

Sounds of  History: El Cajon jailbreak

On the Road: Desert View Tower

Monday, February 6, 2023

Intro

Downtown El  Cajon merchants’ group settles open government lawsuit

County senior rentsubsidies

La Mesa breaks ground on affordable housing project

Jamul-Dulzura rural vs. urban issues

CNS:Just Safe: gun safety group in Calif.

CNS: Monarch butterflies are back

Crimebeat: Deputy arrested for having drugs at jail

Cal Matters: Colorado River water negotiations fail

MTS adds bus stop shelters

Destination East County: Top festivals and events

Yonder Report: Egg prices rise, pregnancy issues, tribal schools

Tips for student loan holders

TIP volunteers needed

Senior days at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Sounds of History: La Posta satellite dish

Monday, February 13, 2023

Intro

Capitol Report: President Biden’s State of the Union speech highlights and Republican rebuttal

PNS:  UFOs shot down, Pence has classified documents, GOP targets Social Security

Loveland Reservoir drained again, fishing dock is destroyed

Fentanyl found in medicines in Mexican pharmacies

Lemon Grove:  Ex-Councilman Clabby dies, murals at risk, city wins finance award

Nathan Fletcher runs for State Senate

CNS:CPUC probes natural gas price hike

Supervisor Chair Nora Vargas’ State of the County highlights

CNS: Vision hazards of digital screens

Senior rent subsidies offered by County

PBID in El Cajon’s open government issues

Love Your Heart: PSA for San Diego County

CNS: Monarch butterflies are back

Monday, February 20, 2023

Intro

Tuberculosis case on trolley

Padre Dam water rates

Alpine: fiery truck crash

FHA expands relief for borrowers

Tribal Beat: Jamul tribe celebrates black history

DaneTerry, musician, dies

Green Scene: wildlife crossings (CNS)

Veterinary debt relief bill

Sounds of History: Julian black history

Destination East County: festivals and events

CNS: More students earn degrees

2023 Talks: Russian war crimes,

CNS: nursing home drugs

Fentanyl found in medicines in Mexican pharmacies

Ready, Set, Grow: Attract butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard

Friday, February 24, 2023

Intro

Severe weather warning

*Newsmakers: Bill Powers, on Regional Decarbonization Framework

2023 Talks: Train wreck was preventable, new sanctions on Russia, gun violence rises

SDG&E rate hike hearings

Tuberculosis on trolley

Sounds of History: Julian black history

Rain postpones events across East County

CNS: Wildlife crossings

Winter alerts

CNS: Digital screens harm vision

Friday, March 3, 2023

Intro

Lemon Grove Councilmember Mendoza seeks restraining order against Councilmember LeBaron

Snow and rain levels, wet and wild weather

Teen driver dies in  La Mesa

SDG&E gas rates hearing

*Newsmaker interview: Sheriff Kelly Martinez

Wildest Jobs: Lakeside Rodeo clown (rerun)

Mortgage relief

Friday, March 10, 2023

Intro

Jury finds ex-Lemon Grove Councilman Arambula acted in self defense in assault civil case

County sued over decarbonization plan

Loveland Reservoir still closed to public

SDSU professor dies of Legionnaire’s Disease

Organ donors needed (PSA)

Cohousing proposed in Ramona

Tax deadline extended

Cal Fresh cuts

Senator Brian Jones’ bill re: sexually violent predators

On the Road: Lake Cuyamaca ranked 4^th best campground in U.S.

Destination East County: top festivals and events

Crimebeat:  stolen motorcycle leads to drug bust in Lakeside

Jamul boat trailer causes death, driver sentenced to manslaughter

Fox News lied about election fraud, evidence in Dominion lawsuit reveals

PNS: Dept. of Justice reports on shooting, COVID updates, and more

Natural gas prices drop

Sounds of History:  Hurricane Kathleen in East County

CNS: Climate change, AARP seniors

Tuberculosis on trolley

Friday, March 17

Intro

La Mesa pays $10 million for suit by protester injured by police beanbag

Atmospheric rivers bring record rain and snow

Banking failures raise concerns

Remain in Mexico lawsuit

Crimebeat: Stolen vehicle suspect from Alpine shot in El Cajon; Santee vehicle burglary suspects wanted

People Power: Ramona Garden Festival

CNS: Junk rental fees

Fatherhood programs

2023 Talks: Budget, bank failures, drug price plan

Classroom heroes

Refugee job fair at Cuyamaca College

Housing blueprint survey from County

Fido Fest

Destination East County: festivals and events

On the  Road: Lake Cuyamaca named 4^th best campsite in U.S.

Alpine Planning Group to address Loveland Reservoir issues March 23; Sweetwater officials to speak

Cal Fresh cuts

Tax deadline extended

CNS: unpaid caregivers in  Calif.

Friday, March 24, 2023

Intro

El Cajon cracks down on motels in homeless voucher program after assaults

Calif. to manufacture insulin,  Gov. Newsom announces

State Route 125-94 interchange upgrades delayed in  La Mesa/Spring Valley

Health alert: Hepatitis A in strawberries sold locally

Immigrant rights

Crimebeat: VFW murder in El Cajon

County has new fatherhood program

La Mesa pays $10 million to settle lawsuit by protester injured by police beanbag

Destination East  County: festivals and events

On the  Road: Lake Cuyamaca named 4^th best campsite in U.S.

CNS: Democracy at risk, UCLA conference

2023 Talks: TikTok hearing, book bans, and more

County’s housing blueprint plan

Classroom heroes

Real huskies for adoption

Friday, March 31, 2023

Intro

2023 Talks: Trump indicted, Congressional bills on energy, women’s rights

Supervisor Nathan Fletcher resigns amid accusations of sexual misconduct

Crimebeat:  Arrests made in El Cajon of motel voucher program recipients

Lemon Grove has budget surplus

*Newsmaker:Clovis Honore, Grid Alternatives and Green New Deal Alliance

Destination East County

CNS: Banking alternatives, community banks

El Cajon Police clears storm canals of encampments

Green Scene (CNS): Hydrogen hubs

Lakeside Rodeo queens

CNS: Primary doctor shortage

Potrero: tree falls on former café

Monday, April 3, 2023

*Newsmakers: Amie Zamudio and Joanne Standlee: Housing 4 the Homeless say hospitals are dumping homeless and seniors on streets

PNS: Reactions to Trump indictment, gun legislation compromise, Hutchison runs for president

Lemon Grove has budget surplus

Tribal Beat: Josephine Romero, Barona elder, dies

Sounds of History: Hurricane Kathleen in East County

Friday, April 7, 2023

Intro

2023 Talks: Tenn. Lawmakers expel Democrats over gun protest, Afghan refugees may be deported, Justice Clarence Thomas took lavish gifts and didn’t report them

Weber and Parent  to seek State Senate and Assembly seats

La Mesa to add e-billboards, arts funding

Lemon Grove Councilmember LeBaron files anti-SLAPP motion against Mendoza

Green Scene: Starlight Solar

CNS: Primary doctor shortage

Destination East County: festivals and events

*Newsmakers:Bob Gam, Co-chair, Welcome Home, Dilkhwaz Ahmed, License to Freedom, on helping refugees and asylum seekers

Agricultural pass program expanded by County for emergency access to livestock, crops

Friday, April 14

Intro

Supervisors call for Fletcher to step down now after he announces May 15 resignation

Lemon Grove Mayor alleges bribery attempt by dispensary applicant

*Newsmaker:  Bob Gans, Holocaust Remembrance Day

Destination East County: festivals and events

Helix Water rate hikes

SDG&E scholarships

CalTrans updates on highway upgrades

Crimebeat: Lemon Grove double murderer sentenced

Agricultural pass program expanded by County for emergency access to livestock, crops

Friday, April 21, 2023

2023 Talks: Fox News settles defamation case, Kansas City shooting, Republicans target equity

Hearing in Alpine draws heated testimony over Loveland Reservoir closure

El Cajon man dies of flesh-eating bacteria from Julian pond

Motel Six license suspended by El Cajon

SDG&E grants for fire hardening

Destination East County: festivals and events

Horse rescue in Jamul

Crimebeat: El Cajon suspect dies in custody

EBT scams

SDG&E offers scholarships for STEM students

Friday, April 28,2023

Helix Water declares end to drought

County to spray for mosquito larvae

Green Scene:  BLM to prioritize habitat conservation

Wild Horses:  Update from Santa Ysabel on efforts to preserve heritage herd

Scammers and schemers: Gift card scams

Dreamers’ healthcare proposal

Tribal Beat: Jamul tribe announces hotel financing

La Mesa hires new assistant manager

El Cajon motel crackdown

Car repair safety

Destination East County:  festivals and events

Ready, Set, Grow: Attract butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard

SDG&E grants for fire hardening