Call It What You Will Salinas

This week we are lucky enough to sit down once again with organizers from Ciclovía Salinas.  This event that originated in Bogotá, Colombia promotes the opening of streets for community residents to enjoy recreational events that promote a healthy body and mind.  The Ciclovía Salinas event is the only one organized and led by students each year!  Listen in to this episode and hear how over a mile long stretch of Alisal Street is opened up and organized by local students for our community to enjoy.

This week we talk deliciousness with Orlando from Tortas al 100. How does one keep their tortas 100 in a town where good food isn't hard to find? Listen in and find out the care Orlando puts in to making sure the food is straight grub status and the ingredients are always Sunday dinner quality. Take a listen, go try a torta, and let us know what you think as you Call It What You Will Salinas.

This week an appeals court ruling by a normally liberal court stated that the 2nd amendment did allow for the open carry of firearms.  This set some thoughts off as you will hear in this week's episode.  Gun culture surrounded us growing up in the 80s, from tv to video games. As we got older the nature of that culture evolved to include not just the imaginary, but the real.  It seems like everyday there is another headline about a shooting involving people from all walks of life.  And so we ask ourselves, who gets to carry and who doesn't because while a court may say yes, the headlines show a different story.

Listen in and let us know what you think as you Call It What You Will Salinas!

After a long break, we jump back into the craziness that has become our world.  Hear about a local GOP meeting being moved to parts unknown, a right wing youth group starts up with all the things you would expect, a commodore, a Costco food court, and of course a really cool Purple Rain font.  Taking a break from the absurdity of it all, a little summer time reading is discussed as well as Dom officially declaring his summertime album.  Listen in to all this and more as we Call It What You Will Salinas!

It's been a minute, but back with a new episode! Dom sits down to talk with Alejandro Chavez, Soledad City Councilmember. Councilmember Chavez was the past chair of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) and was cool enough to sit down and talk about Measure X and how funds could be more equitably distributed in Monterey County, especially in South Monterey County.

This episode we hear from Dr. Asif Mahmood, candidate for Lt. Governor of California. Dr. Mahmood is a pulmonologist and doctor of internal medicine that practices in the Los Angeles area. Hear why Dr. Mahmood is running for statewide office and why he feels he can be a candidate for change. There are many races that will be on the ballot in 2018, and the Lt. Governor's race will be an important one. The Lt. Governor sits on the UC Board of Regents and the CSU Board of Trustees. The Lt. Governor also serves on the State Lands Commission and is on the Agriculture-Water Transition Task Force. Whomever you vote for, make sure you find out how the candidate you choose stands on the issues you care about. Listen in to hear more about where Dr. Mahmood stands on issues such as education, the environment, health care, and the economy of California.

This episode we speak with Professor Michele Dauber from the Recall Judge Aaron Persky campaign. Why would a group be working to recall a judge? Many of you have probably heard of the infamous Brock Turner case that took place in Santa Clara County. Brock Turner was convicted on three counts of felony sexual assault. Judge Persky sentenced Turner to a 6 month sentence of which, Turner served only 3. Normally, a 2 year sentence would be deemed the normal sentence for this crime, but a judge does have leeway to reduce the sentence based on a defendant's lack of criminal history and the effect of the incarceration. However, as you will hear in this episode, Judge Persky has a pattern of being lenient on defendants in sexual assault cases and even in a case involving child pornography. Community members came together to form a campaign to recall Judge Persky before his next election in 2022.

It is important to note that a recall vote does not remove a candidate from office, it is simply moving up the election date sooner. This recall effort will require 90,000 signatures in 160 days, but as you will hear, there is an amazing group of volunteers willing to get the work done.

Domestic violence is a problem that plagues too many communities and can often be a difficult topic to even bring up. October is domestic violence month, so we sat down with Lideres Campesinas in Greenfield to talk about the wonderful work they do to help out women that have been the victims of domestic violence and what they do to support them. It can especially be a problem in a community facing additional issues such as someone being undocumented, cultural norms, or economic issues that can all hold someone back from speaking out. Hear from Sorangel and Audelia on what they do to be supportive of women in their community.

This episode we speak to local artist, Willow Aray. Monarch butterflies have come to show support for immigrants and Willow painted a mural of a butterfly to encourage people to take their picture with it and show their support for immigrants. In this episode, hear how one person has used her talents to create something good for the community to share in.

We spoke to local Hip-Hop artist, Alaric, a few months ago on the show. He spoke about his upcoming project that he was working on and he was cool enough to come on and share with us the entire album, Unheard Talent. Released to Soundcloud on Friday the 13th, you can check it out by searching for Alaric_QP. We sit down in this episode and talk about what it took to get this album made as well as discussing each track and how they came together. Anyone can drop a track on Soundcloud, but Alaric put in work to make sure that his album was something to be appreciated. Listen in and see what goes in to the making of an album!