LISTEN NOW: OUR RADIO SHOWS FOR JANUARY-MARCH 2024 ARE NOW ONLINE

May 14, 2024 --Our radio shows from January through March, 2024 are now online. 

Highlights included coverage of the January flood and flood relief efforts, the March primaries, interviews with veterans and visitors at the “Wall that Heals”  memorial in El Cajon, author interviews, interviews with La Mesa activists concerned over the city banning remote public comments, coverage of the Water Conservation Garden’s financial challenges, AT&T’s effort to end land line telephone service, updates on national stories including the presidential race and the Israel-Hamas war, as well as local issues ranging from homelessness to crime to people making a positive difference in communities.

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: Station is currently off the airways due to storm damage to transmitter, but you can listen live online at https://news.knsj.org/wp-content/themes/cryptocurrency-exchange/popout-player.php or via the TuneIn app on your cell phone.

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.)

January 1, 2024

Intro

Crimebeat:  Fugitive Santini caught in Campo pleads guilty to murder

Green Scene:  Water Conservation Garden faces financial woes

Dianne Jacob Equestrian Park opens in Lakeside

Remembering those lost in 2024

Methane reductions law

Public News Service (PNS) 2024 Talks:  Updates on presidential campaign trail

Chaldean cross raised on Jamul mountaintop

Calif. News Service (CNS): healthcare for immigrants in Calif.

El Cajon sues former Councilman Kalasho and wife over B&B  code violations

Sounds of History: Guy B. Woodward Museum in Ramona

Spring Valley Planning Group vacancies

January 8, 2024

Intro

New California law

Affordable housing in La Mesa

CNS: Calif. schools get low grades

Crimebeat: Body found in Allied Gardens freezer

*Bookshelf: Interview with Gus Lee,  China Boy author

January 19, 2024

Intro

PNS: Govt. shutdown averted, abortion bills, Trump ballot status, & more

Major storm warning

La Mesa passes tobacco ordinance

People Power: Pine Valley postmaster rescues runaway horse

CNS: Education  spared cuts in state budget; $30 billion budget deficit

Housemates for seniors

Crimebeat: arsonist arrested in El Cajon

Utility scammers

Spring Valley planning group needs members

Pet adoptions needed

*Bookshelf: Interview with Ken Schafer,  author of An Otherwise Perfect Plan

CPUC rejects appliance rebates

Ready, Set,Grow: Mistakes homeowners make

January 26, 2024

Storm damages

Storm deaths in Santee and Lemon Grove

PAJ plans lawsuit against city over flooding along 100-year floodplain

Flood victims donation fund

CNS: Poverty awareness month—poverty increasing in CA

Hearing for proposed sexually violent predator release in Campo

Lemon Grove grant for downtown plan

CNS: Colleges face racial gap

Fatal hit and run in Spring Valley

Sandbags available before next storm

Housemates for seniors

Ukrainian Church floods in Spring Valley—supplies for Ukraine damaged

CNS: Sextortion threats to teens

Pet adoptions and foster homes for pets needed

Sounds of History: Julian’s black history

Flood cleanup tips

New laws in 2024

CNS: Calif. College Corps volunteers

People Power: Pine Valley postmaster rescues runaway horse

February 2, 2024

Intro

Flood survivors

Mold remediation

Sandbags available

Friends of Water Conservation Garden ask JPA for money to avoid closure

Flood scams to avoid

PNS national news:  Childcare tax credit,Israel-Gaza war updates and more

Flood fund to help survivors

Bookshelf (rerun):Dianne Lindsey, author of Coast to Cactus: San Diego Trails Guide

February 9, 2024

Intro

79^th Assembly district candidates

AT&T land line service may end, but proposal faces rural opposition

5 Marines die in Pine Valley helicopter crash

Help ID woman found dead after Santee flood

Tribal Beat:  Indigenous food grants

Renter’s relief in flooded areas

CNS: Parent-youth hotline

Flood relief fund

PNS: Supreme Court hears Trump ballot case, Ukraine and Israel aid bill in Congress, mail losses, and more

Valentine options in East County

Destination East County: festivals and events

Butterfly gardening tips

Flood scams to avoid

February 16, 2024

Intro

Flood displaces1200 people locally

Judicial candidates on  local ballot

Housing for flood victims

Water Conservation Garden closure

Crimebeat: Ramona Sheriff station rammed by vehicle

Love Your Heart health events

Health alert: Listeria

Youth of the Year nominees sought in El Cajon

County’s equity report

AT&T land line service may end

PNS: Trump threatens NATO, Trump hush money trial starts 3/26, federal childcare efforts, methane emissions, and more

Destination East County: festivals and events

Mountain lion rehabs in Ramona

CNS: Police in CA solve lowest number of crimes ever

Sounds of History: Julian’s black history

February 23, 2024

Intro

Federal disaster declared for San Diego County flooding

Flood lawsuit against San Diego announced

SBA flood relief for businesses

Lemon Grove flooding

Flood-damaged vehicles

Capitol Report: Studen SAVE loans forgiven

Trump fraud fines

Protect Santee initiative launched by firefighters

La Mesa seeks artists for Walkway of Stars

District Attorney awards

CNS: Housing for All Act

AI task force in Congress has two San Diego representatives

New dog park in Allied Gardens

CNS: Retail theft hearing

Destination East County: Festivals and Events

2024 Talks:  FBI informant arrested, Gaza cease fire call grow, embryo ruling on in-vitro fertilization

March 4, 2024

Intro

FEMA centers open locally

County relief for flood victims

IRS tax relief for flood victims

People Power: Spring Valley rallies to help flood victims

Crimebeat: Jewish dentist shot, killed in El Cajon, others injured

Sex offender arrested after breaking into woman’s home in El Cajon

Green Scene: Loveland trails

Water Conservation Garden reopens with limits

Cajon Valley trustee Jo Alegria resigns

County ARPA funds

CPR training

La  Mesa seeks artists for Walkway of Stars

Destination East County: Festivals and events

Sounds of History: Helen Stoddard, La Mesa suffragist

PNS:CA blizzards, clean transportation, agricultural conservation, Medicaid coverage

CNS: Social services reduce crime

Colleges bring back dropouts

Hummingbirds and butterfly gardening

Dog park opens in Allied Gardens

Remember to vote in primary election

March 8, 2024

Intro

Super Tuesday:  Trump and Biden win primaries

Wells and Jacob to run-off in 51^st Congressional district

Outcomes of all local Congressional races

Early leads in Assembly races, but some are close (DeMaio-Jura, Vasquez-Parent)

Judicial wins

La Mesa ends remote public comments after anti-Semitic callers rant

Capitol Report: Jacobs earmarks for local projects

Crimebeat: Freeway shooting in La Mesa

Vigil for Jewish dentist slain in shooting

CalFresh benefits for flood victims

March pet adoptions

TB cases increase locally

Destination East County: festivals and events

Loveland Reservoir hearing

Green Scene: Julian tree planting

SDSU student injured saving  domestic violence victim

CNS: CPUC’s  AT&T landline hearing

Lemon Grove housing to open

Tax relief for flood victims

Wildest Jobs (rerun): Lakeside’s rodeo cowboy

March 11, 2024

Complete State of the Union address by President Joe Biden

March 18, 2024

Intro

Homeless cabins approved for Spring Valley, RV parking in Lakeside

79^th Assembly district still too close to call

Results flip in 75^th Assembly district

Wall that heals, replica of Vietnam  Memorial, coming to El Cajon

Lemon Grove passes Gaza cease-fire resolution

Crimebeat:  Campo SVP placement

Park and affordable housing approved for Santee Barn site

Green Scene: El Cajon’s June Bloom contest

Household hazardous waste collection March 30 in Spring Valley

Mountain lions killed by vehicles in Crest and Oceanside

People Power: Fundraisers for dental clinic shooting victims in El Cajon

Fire death in El Cajon

CNS: Cal State grant for admissions

CNS: CA women over 40 are likely to vote

PNS: Gaza food efforts, Trump threatens “bloodbath” if he loses

On the Road: Borrego wildflower blooms

Destination East County:  festivals and events

Pet adoptions

TBon rise

La Mesa ends remote comments

SDG&E dig alerts

Green Scene: Julian tree planting

Lemon Grove Sheriff’s office closed due to flooding

SDSU bilingual teachers visit Mexico

Property tax delays for flood victims

March 22, 2024

Intro

Immigration settlement

Unofficial primary results in close races announced

Weather

Missing hiker found

Substation issues

Study finds dangers with 8-hour eating diet

SDSU ex-president Stephen Weber dies

Santee fire death

Gun buyback day in Lemon Grove

*Newsmakers: Janet Castaños and Gene Carpenter, opponents of La Mesa’s ban on remote public comments

March 29, 2024

Wall That Heals:  Interviews with vets and visitors in El Cajon

Sports: Padres win home opener, Aztecs lose Sweet 16

Education: GUHSD cuts 91 jobs

Tax filing alert

Bee safety tips: County PSA

Wet weather

Green Scene: CNS:  Fire clearing to protect redwoods

State Dept  warns students to avoid Mexico during spring break

Destination East County: festivals and events

CNS: Teacher shortage

2024 talks:  Bridge collapse conspiracies, gerrymandering, Ukraine funding stalls, Mayorkas impeached, and more

Lost hiker found

Immigration settlement

CNS:  Campaign for College Opportunity making college more affordable