Good News brought us the story of a crane operator who saved a man from a burning building, and later was himself rewarded. So was a 14-year-old boy who found a wallet laden with cash and did the right thing.

Jaime Smith educated us about the differences between squid and octopus, from a chef's point of view. Rosemary told of having once educated another about English bacon.

In good news we heard of the life of Dale Bridenbaugh, who is responsible for having made GE Nuclear reactors safer. Also, Rosemary related the story of running her car battery down at the park yesterday. A park employee got her car started and a friend got her a membership to AAA for the next time. That's a bad day turning around for sure.

John Laird gave us a good look at the inner workings of creating a budget, which he and our other legislators are doing right now.

Good News today included accounts of both winners of the French Open tennis tournament, as well as of a dentist from Indiana who realized his dream of playing in the US Open golf tournament.

Mark Mozena's topics included a discouraging bit of news from the Japanese space program.

Dr. Pete told stories of birthing cattle. We heard of four calves in one delivery. There is apparently a one in nine million chance of such a pregnancy, much less all four surviving.

Rosemary's movie pick of the week was The Life of Chuck.

Becky called to tell us what she has in store on her show. Tim Richards will discuss his resistance to a 151 foot cell tower in his rural neighborhood. Jami Wallace from East Palastine will tell us about the recent train derailment there.

In the first hour Jacobi had a pretty good Sinatra story to tell us.

In the second, Gary Shapiro talked a bit of Sinatra too, but mostly movies, like Meet John Doe.

Tony del Zompo joined us in the studio in the final hour. He told us all about what lead to the writing of his book, 5150 - A Manic Depressive Adventure.

Jaime Smith talked Caribbean food, like fried plantains and dirty rice. He also told us he followed up on an earlier topic and made meatloaf cupcakes. They were good, but once was enough.

Gary Shapiro spoke with the author of Sweet And Deadly, a book about how Coca Cola kills us, then he told us about it. I recall no explanation as to why Pepsi and Royal Crown are given a pass.

Amber Roland is head of the Santa Cruz Animal Shelter. She let us know there will be free adoptions of all sorts of critters this weekend.

In the third hour Rachael Shelton and Dan Haifly were with us as well.

Bill was out today, so Michael Olsen was at the controls. Bill was just in a meeting. He will be back tomorrow. Thanks for filling in, Mr. Olson.

Gail Pellerin was at the pride parade yesterday, as were Rosemary and Bill. First she talked about that, then went on to tell us of current work on the budget, and what a challenge that is.

Mark Mozena visited. His budget-related news was discouraging, as it has been lately, but there was more to talk about than just that.

Dr. Pete spoke today about people's relationship with dogs. Being with our pets can release endorphins in us, which feels good. We also learned how a dog can run on a broken leg. Also, what is his favorite gopher trap? It is the Gopherhawk.

Jacobi could not be with us yesterday, so called today instead. On his show Saturday he will have Tony Baker of Baker's Bacon. He and Rosemary raved about how much better it is than anyone else's. Bill wondered how that can be, but believed.

Becky Steinbruner let us know what will be on each hour of Community Matters. The first hour will feature Sally Arnold, discussing the Rail and Trail project. Hour two will have Brian Roder of Never Again Moss Landing, working to stop lithium BESS.

Rosemary was away one more time, so Mari Segura filled in again. Bill seemed to think their three to three maxing out the trivia contest was the first time he'd seen that result. His memory is not the greatest, though, so do not bet on that being so.