OUR RADIO SHOWS FROM APRIL THROUGH JULY 2024 ARE NOW ONLINE

Our radio shows from April through July 2024 are now online.

Highlights included interviews with Jolyanna Jirjees from the Chaldean Community Council, our reporters Bransen Harper and Patrick Watkins on migrants in Jacumba, and experts from the California Water Quality Control Board on water quality issues, plus top local news stories and events.

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.)

April 5, 2024

Intro

Snow levels report

Assembly districts 75 and 79 primary results

HUD mortgage disaster help

Olympic athlete from  Santee

Solar eclipse

Measles:  second case in San Diego

Sex offender arrest in El Cajon

*Newsmakers: Bransen Harper and Patrick Watkins, ECM reporters, on Jacumba migrants

*Newsmaker: Jolyana Jirjees, Chaldean Community Council

Destination East County: festivals and events

CNS: Student cell phone bans

PNS: Homeless Supreme Court case, Trump documents case, Baltimore bridge collapse

April 19, 2024

Intro

Public News Service: Trump jury, tribal census, and more national news

Local reactions to Iran bombing Israel

Green Scene: El Capitan preserve in Lakeside expands

Cemetery controversy in Pine Valley

San Diego Catholic diocese divests from fossil fuels

La Mesa free speech issues

Crimebeat: Spring Valley homicide; arson suspect sough tin Spring Valley

Health alert: oysters contaminated with Norovirus

Dark skies community in Julian

CNS: Market Match produce program at risk

2024 talks: Civil rights case, Gaza protests and more national news

Santee Olympic athlete

On the road in our backcountry

Snow and water levels

Ready, Set, Grow: Hummingbirds and butterflies in your garden

April 26, 2024

Intro

2024 talks:  Gaza student protests, Tik Tok ban, Supreme Court hears abortion, immunity cases

Cajon Valley Union School District appoints Schworm

Botox warning

Fair housing event

Tribal Beat: Jamul reservation expansion

Green Scene: Biden takes action to preserve arctic

Jobs Talk: Refugee fair

Crimebeat: San Miguel sexual assault in Spring Valley

Gunman arrested at La Mesa Jack in the Box

Swatting at Ramona High School

Agricultural report: Sustainable farming

Destination East County: festivals and events

Walk a Doc in La Mesa

CNS: School defribrillator bill

Jolyana Jirgees interview (rerun)

Arsonist sought in Spring Valley

May 3, 2024

Intro

Trump immunity hearing at Supreme Court

Jobs Talk: Incubator Business Center opens in El Cajon

Health alert: Walnuts recalled

Migrant transit center funding

El Cajon proposes sales tax extension

Ramona shuttle

Walk with a Doc in La Mesa

Pilot rescued after crash in El Cajon

CNS: high turnover in Calif. election workers

Federal efforts to declassify marijuana

Rabbit deaths in East County investigated

2024 talks: Biden on campus, Gaza protests

CNS:  Gaza protests in CA

Destination East County:  festivals and events

Chicken raising tips

Tribal Beat: Jamul expands tribal land

BBQ safety tips

Newsmaker Jolyana Jirjees rerun

May is Cal Fresh month

May 10, 2024

Intro

CPUC rejects ATT plan to end land lines

El Cajon sales tax proposal

Gaza protests on local campuses

Wildfire preparedness week

People Power: Medal of Freedom for Ellen Ochoa, astronaut from  El Cajon

Bounce park in La Mesa

Crimebeat: social media crime solving

Joan Jacobs obituary

Jobs Talk:  incubator business center in El Cajon

Bookshelf: Author Ken Schafer (rerun)

PNS: Rafah invasion, Trump gag order, battleground states

Destination East County: festivals and events

May 17, 2024

Intro

Measles in El Cajon

Graduations: Grossmont-Cuyamaca College speakers

Battery storage fire in Otay

Green Scene:  battery storage concerns in Escondido

Jobs Talk: Construction training

Motorcycle double fatality in El Cajon

Northern Lights visible in East County

Russian migrant interviewed in Jacumba ordered deported

People Power: flowers for new moms at Grossmont Hospital

Destination East County: Descanso Days and more

2024 talks:  Supreme Court on consumer finance oversight, protest organizers’ liability,  and more

Mountain lion rehabbed in Ramona

State budget cuts

Nursing home access bill

Funbox in El Cajon

Social media solving crimes

People Power:  Ochoa medal of freedom

May 24, 2024

Intro

Homeless count results in East County

Senior rent subsidies

Loveland fishing dock restoration approved

County adopts MENA designation for Middle Eastern and North African residents

Green Scene: CO2 records broken, forest fires due to climate change, home insurance warning

Crimebeat: La Mesa freeway shooter sentenced

Fire at Advanced Water Purification facility in Santee

Lemon Grove revitalization

CPUC rejects  ATT proposal to end land lines

Destination East County:  Joyful June events

Movies in the park 2024 announced

Architect James Hubbell of Santa Ysabel dies

GCCCD graduations

PNS 2024 talks: Gerrymandering, Trump assignation claim, border bill stalls

May 31, 2024

Intro

Trump guilty of34 felonies in hush money case

Homeless count: changes in East County

Great Fire in Agua Caliente

Bill Walton, basketball superstar from La Mesa, dies

Crimebeat: Murder-suicide at Lanterncrest in Santee

Soliciting a minor in El Cajon

No-burn proclamation issued – be fire ready

Destination East County: Joyful June events

Movies in the park 2024

CNS: Home healthcare cuts

2024 talks: Trump convictions, Sup. Ct. NRA ruling and more national news

County’s Tell it All app

Loveland Reservoir dock to be repaired

Senior rent subsidies

CNS: Nonprofit staff burnout

Fire insurance at risk in CA

On the Road: Campo Stone Store

June 7, 2024

Intro

Trump verdict:  local reactions

Capitol Report: Birth control bill blocked

2024 talks:  D-Day, Bannon jailed, campus tensions

Firesafe funds

El Cajon town halls

SDG&E warns of scam calls

Library summer reading programs

Crime spree in El Cajon

Burn permits suspended

Destination East County: Joyful June events updated

Sounds of History: Dick Pennock, brakeman at the Campo Railway Museum

Green Scene: Coastal waters protections

Ready, Set, Grow:  Mulch tips

County’s Tell Us Now App

June 14, 2024

Intro

2024 talks:  Abortion drug, Supreme Court, IVJF blocked in Congress, and more national news

Health alert: Shellfish paralytic poisoning

Times of San DIego is sold

Astronaut William Anders,  Grossmont High graduate, dies

Rubio’s restaurant declares bankruptcy

Crimebeat: Cartel arrest in East County

CNS: Supreme Court hears environmental regulation cases

Binge and underage drinking

Library summer reading programs

Emotional support animals in fair housing

CNS: California fossil fuel divestment bill

County human trafficking awareness

SDG&E warns of scam calls

El Cajon holds town halls on sales tax initiative

Water Conservation Graden grows revenues

CNS: market match, State budget for hunger

PSA from county: Cool Zones

Warrior challenge

June 21, 2024

Intro

Homeless sweeps lawsuits against Santee and San Diego

Juneteenth local events

Tribal Beat: Kumeyaay College  and SDSU form partnership

Baby death in Santee

San Diego Catholic diocese declares bankruptcy

Destination East County:  Fourth of July festivities

PSA for county:  Polling site managers needed

*Newsmaker: Brenda Miller, Grossmont Healthcare District candidate

PNS: Threats to democracy, judge asked to recuse in Trump classified documents case

June 28, 2024

Intro

*Newsmakers:  Scott Dreher, attorney for homeless suing County of San DIego and Santee

Lakes closures stopped in Lakeside, Ramona and Escondido

Mylar ballon causes Rancho San Diego fire

Rabbit diseases confirmed in Jamul and Dulzura

Destination East County: 4^th of July festivities

Pet heat safety tips

Crimebeat: Assault, ramming in El Cajon lead to pursuit

PSA: County needs polling place managers

Unidentified pedestrian killed in El Cajon

Grilling safety tips

Cool Zones

Tribal Beat: Kumeyaay College partners with SDSU

Baby car death

July 5, 2024

Threats to our democracy

County PSA: Poll workers needed

Santee sales tax measure for fire protection

Pet heat tips

Crimebeat Hate crimes , vandalism in El Cajon

Lakes closures stopped in Lakeside, Ramona and Escondido

July 4 special:  Founding fathers “interviewed”

July 12, 2024

*Newsmakers on water quality issues: Calif Water Quality Control Board experts

Lost pet scams

Fire victim in El Cajon needs help

 Lakes closures stopped in Lakeside, Ramona and Escondido

Fire safety tips

Renter security deposits

2024 talks:  SAVE Act, Garland impeached, budget issues and more national news

July 19, 2024

Intro

Green Scene: Lawsuit over Greenfield/Lakeside

Jail screenings

Tribal Beat: Jamul land hearing in House

Parkway Plaza future discussed in El Cajon

County Democratic Chair dies in accident

Borrego Springs fire and medical upgrades

CNS: Workers’ rights in hot weather

Destination East County-summer events

La Mesa City Manager offers assurances re: battery storage site fires

Crimebeat: Spring Valley cold case

Green Scene: methane to energy

CNS: Minors health

On the Road: Backcountry

Library summer reading

Rent deposits

Pet heat tips