In good news we heard of a young couple going on safari in South Africa who decided to treat the driver who delivered them to the safari, and they paid to take him with them. Then we celebrated all the winners of the apple pie-making contest at this year's Santa Cruz County Fair.

In the ag report we heard that cows at the Cotoni-Coast Dairy National Monument will be outfitted with solar powered collars that direct them away from humans. That will allow hikers on trails there to hike unmolested by the local cattle that live there.

Dr. Pete discussed ostriches, including bird flu necessitating the culling of many as well as raising them commercially for food. Also, they are pretty good kickers, according to him.

Charlie Keutman drove through the Sierras recently, where he saw Quaking Aspen, which have turned color. That got us to talking about trees that can grow here that turn color, like Chinese Pistache, Ginkgo Biloba, Japanese Maple, Crepe Myrtle and Dogwood.

Baily Hogan, marketing manager for Hook stores was with us to talk about her business.

Jaime Smith discussed all manner of salt. We heard of table salt, Kosher salt, pink salt, Maldon salt, smoked salt and Himalayan salt.

Scott Rolf from state parks says 4,000 residents filled out the survey telling how they'd like to use Seacliff State Beach.

Jeff Manke let us know that last night 100,000 birds migrated south past Santa Cruz. There are lots of shore birds to see in this area, and he let us know several places to view them. We also heard about bossy birds, intoxicated birds and hummingbirds, waxwings and the greater awk.

Liliana Eymann joined us in the studio, with her mother and grandmother. She is a sophomore at Santa Cruz High School. She has been a ballerina since she was three years old. She dances with International Academy of Dance. This year, in their performance of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, Liliana will dance the parts of both Clara and the Snow Queen.

Dr. Dawn Motyka gave us the skinny on tylenol, autism and how much truth there is to recent announcements from the FDA.

Gail Pellerin recently attended a Care Fair, promoting physical wellness and mental health. She said she and all the other legislators are concerned after the recent political assassination. We need to be able to speak freely without worry of acts like what happened in Orem.

Mark Mozena wished us a Happy Autumnal Equinox and discussed these with us.

Ron Haedicke was happy to report a very successful Santa Cruz County Fair, and pledged to bring it back again next year and again after that.

Sean Burns of the Save the Wave Coalition joined us in the first hour. He told us about an amazing report that puts a dollar value to the worth of surfing.

Dr. Pete had a story about an ESA. That stands for emotional support animal, right? Nope. This time it was emotional support alligator. Mange in dogs was thoroughly described, followed by hypothyroidism.

What is the winning name in the contest to name the deleafing locomotive in England? Control-Alt-Deleaf.

Rosemary and Alex agreed on their picks for movies this week. Number one for each was The Senior. After that, The Lost Bus.

In  good news we had three stories. One was of the aftermath of the terrible wildland fires in Australia in 2019. They were followed by the springing up of 4,000 orchids that had not been seen there in ages.

Then we heard of the couple who crashed their car into a mangrove swamp at night. They were able to get 911 by cell phone, and two deputies went into the water. They broke the windows and rescued the couple.

Lastly we heard of a school shooting on 9/10 in Colorado. Two students were shot. One shielded the other with his own body. Both survived.

We listened to music from Bollywood today, along with some other funky Indian music.

We heard of a pair of brothers, one snatched from a train and the other not, reunited after 50 years. They were put together again by the UK television show Long Lost Family.

Jaime Smith and Rosemary discussed fruit with yogurt, a new Japanese food store coming to Capitola, apples being popular now and how to freeze applesauce.

We were joined by Daria Troxill, director of the current play at Mountain Community Theater. That play is The Adams Family.

We heard of a 12-year-old boy who read books to special needs kids over zoom. He did it for several years, developing relationships with the children over time. The parents consider it quite a boon.

Robert Redford just died. We had lots of good things to say about him, including in the good news segment.

Rachael Shelton talked geriatric chickens. She did some sleuthing to determine why some of their younger coop mates were dying. Uncle Jerry left us recently, but Rachael described how she still feels his influence in the garden.

In good news we heard of an Indian hospital in a train car, and an older gent who, upon retirement, followed his dream of joining the marching band at Louisiana State University.

Mark Mozena had some particularly interesting topics today.