LISTEN NOW: OUR RADIO SHOWS FOR MAY-JULY 2023 ARE NOW ONLINE

August 15, 2023 (San Diego's East County) -- Our radio shows from May through July 2023 are now online. 

Highlights included our two-part forum with Supervisor candidates, our interview with Lilian Serrano from Southern Border Communities Coalition on migrant camps in Jacumba, interviews with several advocates for the homeless, and coverage of top local issues such as the VSV livestock disease outbreak, major wildfires, the controversies over Cottonwood Sand Mine and Loveland Reservoir, and more.

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.) 

May 8, 2023

Intro

Urban forestry changes due to climate change

Rattlesnake safety

Bookshelf:  author Charles Elster (rerun following his death)

Gift card scammers: Sheriff’s alert

On the Road: Desert View Tower

Tribal Beat:  Jamul Casino refinanced

May 19,2023

Intro

Wildland firefighting drill in Lakeside

Sheriff PSA: hi-low evacuation warnings roll out

Las Colinas death in Santee

Act Against Hate

Santee Pride Walk

CA Budget: Education impacts

People Power: Kings Aviation Pioneers

Newsmaker: Lilian Serrano, Southern Border Communities Coalition

 Jacumba migrants/Border Patrol violations

Destination East County

2020 Talks:  Debt, default on loans, Biden impeachment and more

Crimebeat: Air BNB shootings in El Cajon

Snake safety

Campfire permits

Hepatitis A outbreak

KNSJ’s new studio

May 26, 2023

Intro

Bus drivers on strike

Crimebeat:  SWAT standoff in Lemon Grove, groping suspect arrested in El Cajon, hit and run in Lemon Grove, dog killer in Jamul

Genetics  identifies Warner Springs murder victim

Attorney General sues telemarketers

Candidate profiles: Supervisor District 3 special election

VS livestock disease

Pride flag in La  Mesa controversy

People  Power: Haircuts for homeless in Lakeside

Green Scene:Loveland Reservoir, Alpine meeting at Sweetwater Water District

CNS: Supreme Court guts wetlands protections

Basketball courts at Wells Park in El Cajon

Tribal Beat:Jamul hotel construction starts

Destination East County: festivals and events

Fentanyl busts under operation Blue Lotus

June 2, 2023

Intro

Housing initiatives approved by Supervisors

Loveland Reservoir/Alpine updates

Green Scene: infill solar study approved by Supervisors

Biden funds for El Cajon pollution cleanup

Beaches closed due to sewage spill

Wage theft:  County protections

Ex-La  Mesa Councilman Guy McWhirter dies

Crimebeat: El Cajon arrest for child endangerment

Teacher under investigation in Alpine

Rail service restored from San Diego to Orange County after rockslide

Alternatives to incarceration: Supervisors’ plan

Firefighters PTSD bill in legislature

AM Radio removed from  electric vehicles

Arts/Music:  Movies in the park

Destination East County: June events

Padre broadcast changes

People Power: Haircuts for homeless in Lakeside

Cool Zones: County PSA

June 9, 2023

Intro

PNS: Trump indicted in FL, Supreme Court voids Alabama redistricting, and more

District 4 Supervisor race: Four candidates qualify

Agricultural report:  44 properties quarantines due to VSV livestock disease

Capitol Report: Immigration reform bill

Firefighters workers’ comp bill

Wynola brush clearing

ECM volunteers needed

Destination East County

People  Power:  Bear cubs released from Ramona wildlife rehab center

PSA: SD Humane Society: Adopt a shelter cat

Desantis immigrant flights to CA investigated

Wage theft: Supervisors take action

Wildfires reduce CA home values

On the Road:Desert View Tower

BMX champion dies at Ramona facility

CNS: Teachers seek investigation into social media impacts on kids

Cool Zones:  County PSA

Good plants

June 16, 2023

Intro

Trump indicted on classified documents: special report

Fugitive in Campo was hiding in plain site,  on water board

Homeless river encampments grant

Mental health funding

Lemon Grove Councilmember LeBaron restraining order

CNS: Elder scams

Crimebeat: Pine Valley child luring

Destination East County: festivals and events

Grilling safety tips

Shelter cats

People Power: bear cubs released from Ramona wildlife center

Cool Zones: County PSA

June 23, 2023

Intro

Fire season is here: 3 wildfires in Campo, Lakeside and El Cajon

Pride walk in Santee

Homeless camp bans: El Cajon to mirror San Diego’s ordinance

ECM wins  SPJ awards for coverage of homeless drownings

County allocates mental health funding

CNS: Elder financial scams – AARP warns

Yonder Report: Indian Child Welfare Act upheld, Congress to help new farmers buy land

Crimebeat:  sword-wielding suspect in El Cajon, Campo fugitive captured

June 30, 2023

Intro

Cal Fire sues parents over Skyline Fire in Jamul

Parole office proposed in La Mesa

Cajon Valley YMCA camp

NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson’s family tragedy

Destination East County

Founding Fathers: Fourth of July special

2023 talks: Supreme Court strikes independent legislative theory,  January 6 capitol attack warnings ignored, high speed internet funds, Democrats call for Supreme Court ethics, Naloxene in pharmacies

Canada wildfires

July 7, 2023

Intro

Capitol Report: Supreme Court decisions, student loans, LGBTQ rights

Green Scene: toxic algae warnings

Drug use in arrestees

Cottonwood sand mine EIR

Students lose Cal Fresh benefits

Crimebeat

Bookshelf: Thomas Gabor, author of American Carnage

Destination East County

Grilling safety tips

Cool Zones: County PSA

July 14, 2023

Intro

Anti-Semitic and anti-LGBTQ flyers in San Carlos and Santee

VSV livestock disease update

La Mesa gun law

On the  Road in the backcountry

 Newsmaker interview: Barbara Cummins, Pat Stratton and Lynn on refugees needs

July 21, 2023

Intro

Capitol Report: Grand Jury convened over Trump Jan. 6 involvement

Las Colinas inmate died of septic shock in Santee

VSV in rhino locally

District 4 Supervisor Candidates Forum: part 1

July 24, 2023

Intro

PNS: Curriculum attacks, mental health and guns, whales threatened, ableism

Crimebeat: Barricaded suspect in El Cajon motel

Firefighter jobs

Santee axes plan for roundabout

Catalytic converter engraving event

Supervisor District 4 Candidates Forum: part 2

Destination  East County: festivals and events

July 31, 2023

Intro

Trump obstruction of justice charges

Cottonwood sand mine meeting over new EIR

Crimebeat: assault suspect wanted in Lemon Grove,rabbi attacked near SDSU

La Mesa library expansion weighed by Council

CA healthcare subsidies

Blackwater  CEO Erik Prince indicted

County park closures in August

Community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees

Unclaimed money: County Assessor PSA

Climate change book clubs and conversation groups

Destination East County

Cool Zones: County PSA

Firefighting jobs

Ready, Set, Grow:  Mulch

2023 Talks: VP Harris to NAACP, military bill stalls, over abortion, and more

Climate impacts

Clear the Shelters