KZYX Public Affairs

August 8, 2022--This week on Mendolatino: a conversation with KZYX’s bilingual news director, Victor Palomino, about how to make our radio station more accessible and relevant to the Latino community.

August 7, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.

August 5, 2022--Chad Swimmer and Roland Cory Medina bring you the story of Nancy Chao, from China to Taiwan to Albion. They also speak with Adrian James about putting on the Queer Prom, and writer and performer Sherry Glaser, talking about her new book Chicktionary, taking the 'dick' out of dictionary.

August 4, 2022--Blake More interviews writer/performer Sherry Glaser. They discuss her latest book, Mama's 1st Pocket Chicktionary: Taking the Dick Out of Dictionary, a bridge to the feminine paradigm.

August 4, 2022--Elizabeth Archer interviews 4H and FFA kids who raised livestock and are participating in the Redwood Empire Fair.

August 3, 2022--Doug and Alex cover new developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.

August 3, 2022--Host Dan Gjerde speaks with Donne Brownsey, Chair of the California Coastal Commission.

August 2, 2022--Host Hannah Bird speaks with GrizzlyCorp fellow Katie Smith, who's been supporting Mendocino County Fire Safe Council and the Mendocino County Resource Conservation District.

August 2, 2022--Hosts Victor Palomino and Marty Durlin explore Grace Hudson Museum and the Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden's event, Art In The Gardens.

August 1, 2022--Host Corine Pearce speaks with Executive Director of the Redbud Resource Group Taylor Penwell of the Berry Creek Rancheria, and Community Outreach specialist Rose Hammock of the Round Valley Indian Tribes.

July 31, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.

July 29, 2022--Hosts Lux Karpov interviews K.M. Robinson about social media influencing and what the future might hold, Kimberly Graham on money management, debt and investing, and tiktoker Randi Shover about feminist action on social media.

July 29, 2022-- Host Joy Laclaire speaks with University of Washington Political Science Professor, Jacob Grumbach about his research and his latest book, LABORATORIES AGAINST DEMOCRACY: HOW NATIONAL PARTIES TRANSFORMED STATE POLITICS.

July 28, 2022-- Host Michelle Hutchins discusses local and state plans to expand pre-kindergarten programs.

Eduardo Landeros, Centro Latino West. Programa Fundado Nuestros Sueños. Acutalización de la pandemia del COVID 19 en el condado de Mendocino.

July 28, 2022-- Host Johanna Wildoak shares information and tips on how to stay cool this summer, followed by a discussion with Kylie McCarthy of Soulcare in Nature.

July 27, 2022--Hosts Bob Laughton and Jim Heid talk about a new, free wildfire tracking app, upcoming changes to Apple's operating systems for phones, tablets, and laptop & desktop computers. Plus possible action by Congress to do away with those annoying so-called "data caps" on your Internet service plans. All that plus other computer-related news - and listener phone calls.

July 27, 2022-- Host Karen Ottoboni speaks with Kathy Wylie, Foreman of the most recent Mendocino County Grand Jury.

July 26, 2022-- Host Anna Halligan replays and interview she had with Kate Lundquist and Brock Dolman of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, followed by a recent discussion she had with Kate about what the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's new beaver management plan is all about.

July 26, 2022-- Dr. Marvin Trotter and Cob interview Annie Frassinello Earsley, Registered Dietitian and Diabetes Educator at Adventist Health Ukiah Valley.

July 24, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.

July 21, 2022-- Host Elizabeth Archer speaks with Greg Graziano of Graziano Family of Wines about everything from viticulture to sparkling wine.

July 20, 2022--Doug and Alex cover new developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.

July 19, 2022-- Chad Swimmer and Paul Schulman interview Abeja Hummel and Tom Shaver of Emerald Earth Sanctuary in Anderson Valley about the prescribed burns they've been doing, and Kyle Farmer of Potter Valley, a co-founder of the Mendocino County Prescribed Burn Association and a Community Education Specialist for UC Cooperative Extension in Hopland.

July 20, 2022--Host Mari Rodin speaks with 5th district supervisor Ted Williams and Jeff Tyrrell of the Broadband Alliance of Mendocino County about plans in the works to bring fiber internet access to most of the county.

July 19, 2022--Marty Durlin and Victor Palomino host an hour of conversations about art, inspiration and the voices of Mendocino County’s art sector. In the second episode of art waves, they talk with 3 different artists about art as a way of living, a life journey, healing process and as a destination. The guests include: Black Oak gallery manager Tom Chandler, Jared Coldren, Rachel Lahn, and Alexa Balwind.

July 18, 2022--Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter calls in from the coast to explore issues from Pomo Country.

July 17, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.

July 15, 2022--Alicia Bales reports from Fort Bragg on the Coastal Commission hearings and their upcoming tour of the GP Mill Site. She talks with KZYX News's Sarah Reith about uncovering the culture of violence at the Ukiah Police Department. And she gives an update on the ongoing contract negotiations between Mendocino County and SEIU 1021 with organizer Patrick Hickey, featuring voices of workers who showed up en masse at the Supervisors meeting this week to speak up for a fair COLA.

July 14, 2022--Chris Skyhawk talks with Taylor Lampson, a spiritual life coach based in Sonoma County. Taylor has extensive experience in the field of deep men’s work and grief work, where he facilitates and supports deep ritual work, toward individual and community healing. They discuss how rejuvenating and re-discovering these ancient practices can facilitate new visions of what we can be as a planetary community.

July 14, 2022--Host Johanna talks with Janie Ward and Tracy Robinson-Wood about their book Sister Resistors: Mentoring Black Women on Campus. She also talks with local farmer Sara Grusky about an upcoming farm tour in Willits.

July 13, 2022--Hosts Bob Laughton, Jim Heid and Toby Malina cover last week’s decision by the Mendocino Unified School District to sell Mendocino Community Network, one of the pioneering internet service providers in our area. MCN broke new ground in the 1990s, when it brought internet access to local schools, to teachers, and to the local community. (Prior to MCN, getting online meant making expensive toll calls to Santa Rosa.) But a combination of factors — from declining school enrollment to changing technologies to personnel shortages — have led to MUSD’s decision to sell MCN. There’s a lot to unpack here, and we chip away at some of it along with a roundup of other computer-related news and listener calls. calls. (If you have an Apple or Android phone or tablet, don’t forget to grab the new, free KZYX app, which lets you pause and rewind live radio. You can get them at the Apple App Store or the Google Play store.)

July 13, 2022--Host Karen Ottoboni talks with Mendocino County Sheriff, Matt Kendall. With caller comments and questions

July 12, 2022--Tim Bray and Robert Spies talk with Dr. Ken Johnson, a physical oceanographer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute about how improved technology and modes of measurement have allowed a great expansion of the ability to characterize the status and changes in the world's oceans.

July 12, 2022-- Dr. Marvin Trotter and Cob interview new family resident, Dr. William Wey about LGBT health.

July 11, 2022-- MendoLatino is local public affairs in Spanish for Mendocino County, hosted by Diana Coryat and Loreto Rojas. This week features an archive edition first broadcast on Valentine’s Day, focusing on self-care and self-love. They talk with three Latinas who work with immigrants and communities of color to heal and transform experiences of violence and trauma. MendoLatino, every 2nd and 4th Monday at 9am, en español, right here on KZYX and Z.

July 10,2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, taking your calls about all things sports.

July 8, 2022--Joy LaClaire talks with British barrister and award winning author, Jamie Susskind, about his latest book, THE DIGITAL REPUBLIC: On Freedom & Democracy in the 21st Century.

July 7, 2022--Blake More interviews Mendocino County poet and Gualala Arts Poet in Residence Dana Teen Lomax. In a mix of poetry, process and discovery, they discuss her poetry as well as her recent anthology “The Beautiful”, an optimistic, wise collection of images and poetry highlighting America’s 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories & commonwealths.

July 6, 2022--On “For the Love of Reading”, The Soul of the Night by astronomer Chet Raymo. A fascinating and lyrical exploration of the night sky, with excursions into the science of galaxies, quasars, dark matter, eclipses, and more. Read for you by Linda Pack.

July 7, 2022--Host Elizabeth Archer speaks with Sara Grusky of Green Uprising Farm in Willits about their 5 acre farm.

July 7, 2022--Jenn catches listeners up on cannabis policy in Mendocino County and California, the inaugural inclusion of cannabis in the California State Fair, and the Kind Bud Camp Out happening July 9th.

July 6, 2022--Join hosts Doug and Alex for a show about new developments in Renewable Energy. With caller inspirations, questions and concerns.

July 6, 2022--This week: How do we ensure we have enough water? Dan Gjerde talks with two people working to secure our water -- Water District Manager Jim Shields and Civil Engineer Rod Wilburn, who give a roadmap for water security in Mendocino County.

July 5, 2022--Victor Palomino and Marty Durlin kick off a new short series on KZYX about local artists, art and art spaces. Victor talks with the Ukiah library art exhibit program's Roseanne Wetzel and Jen Lyon, and artist Kathleen Miller Thomas about her Library exhibition July and August. Marty has a conversation with artist and marine biologist Bob Spies

July 4, 2022--Corine Pearce welcomes two special guests: family wellness advocate Katie Ray, an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, along with Priest Martinez, tribal council member, community organizer, and cultural educator member of the Little River Band of Pomo Indians in Redwood Valley.

July 3, 2022--Join Jim and Jerry Young to get your sports fix on The Sports Phone, with listener calls about all things sports.

July 1, 2022--Host Alicia Bales talks with Kailea Frederick, a climate justice organizer with NDN Collective and co-organizer of the abortion rights protest in Petaluma on June 26 that drew over 500 people; and Kimi Barbosa of North Bay Organizing Projects Deep Democracy civic engagement policy and the Police Accountability Task Force. They are joined by Dr. Andy Coren, Mendocino County's Public Health Officer, who himself has performed abortions locally for decades.

June 30, 2022--Mendocino Theatre Company brings you their reading of “The Twelve Pound Look” by J.M Barrie, directed by Lorry Lepaule.

June 30, 2022--Join Elizabeth Archer for an exploration into how survivors of domestic and sexual violence are often treated after sharing their stories, drawn from her own experiences as well as from the recent John Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial.