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In this episode of Ojai Talk of the Town, we sit down with Kristen McGuinness — author, writing coach, and the fearless organizer behind the upcoming TEDx Ojai event on Sunday, February 2nd. From 10 am to 4 pm, an impressive lineup of speakers will take the stage to share thought-provoking ideas, fascinating stories, and maybe a few surprises, all with the stunning Ojai backdrop. But this conversation is much more than just a preview of the event. Kristen shares wild tales from her time in the publishing world, including working with the infamous Judith Regan during her tabloid-dominating romance with Bernie Kerik, and Kristen's role in shaping O.J. Simpson's controversial book, If I Did It. Along the way, we explore how these eyebrow-raising experiences informed Kristen's career, her perspective on storytelling, and her passion for helping others find their voice. Kristen also talks about her father's notorious career as one of America's biggest marijuana smugglers and repeat escapes from prison. Tune in for laughs, insights, and a behind-the-scenes look at both the world of TEDx and the publishing industry's most scandalous moments! We did not talk about Sacramento Delta smelt runs, the Pacific Palisades on fire or the IPO of fast fashion giant Shein. Check out more of Kristen's work at https://www.kristenmcguiness.com/

A financial backer of CapRadio wants the public media station to merge with KVIE. Also, the delta city of Isleton creates a community flood insurance pilot program. Finally, take a listen to public service announcements about climate change. CapRadio Update Should Sacramento's two largest public media organizations join as one? In an open letter last week, the Capital Public Radio Endowment urged CapRadio's license holder - Sacramento State - to merge with the PBS television affiliate KVIE. The endowment is an independent nonprofit, separate from CapRadio, but has been a longtime financial backer of the public media station. In response, both CapRadio and Sac State officials say they have no plans for such a merger. This latest development follows months of public financial instability - including a CSU audit, layoffs and continued staff attrition. CapRadio Reporter Chris Nichols shares his conversations with the endowment, CapRadio and Sac State. Following NPR's protocol for reporting on itself, no CapRadio corporate official or news executive reviewed this story before it was posted publicly or broadcasted. You can follow the latest on CapRadio's finances here. Isleton Community Flood Insurance Program UC Davis and the Sacramento Delta city of Isleton are working together to launch the state's first community-based flood insurance program - a fast, low-cost option to help residents after a flood, while also building resilience. Project founder Kathleen Schaefer is a UC Davis Ph.D. candidate of civil and environmental engineering, and discusses how this insurance program would work. Isleton Mayor Pam Bulahan describes the importance of having affordable flood insurance, based on her own experiences. Climate Change Public Service Announcements Climate change and how it can impact our daily lives is the theme behind new public service announcements by the California Council of the Arts. The state agency provided a grant to come up with a creative way to get the word out about the environment, public health and disaster preparedness by teaming up with Davis songwriter and performer Rita Hosking. She joins us to talk about the vision behind the so-called “public service songs” called Climate Country Radio and how she hopes to make a difference.

Rob first came across the work of Dr. Jacob Katz in the book Upstream by Langdon Cook. The chapter was titled “Make Way for the Floodplain Fatties”. Cook detailed research by CalTrout that showed salmon grew larger when feeding in flooded rice fields along the Sacramento Delta. Jacob Katz holds a PH.D. in ecology at the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences. He currently directs CalTrout's Central California region where his work focuses on redesigning California's antiquated water infrastructure. The Nigiri Project mission is to “Scientifically demonstrate that productivity created by shallow inundation of floodplains is foundational to supporting self-sustaining populations of fish and wildlife in the Central Valley.” Rob and Dr. Katz discuss all things salmon living in an altered environment along the California coast. They talk everything from conservation, geology, and tacos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we bring you the fourth and final story from our series Elements, about the four most elemental ingredients of life and how they're being reshaped by climate change. We hear how workers in the Sacramento Delta are deconstructing levees in an effort to correct ecological mistakes. Then, we get an update on San Francisco's plans to address homelessness.

休息一週之後，主廚滿血回歸啦！這集節目給了自己一個史無前例的大挑戰：不可以查資料，也不可以寫大綱，只能在錄音時間內100%即興發揮！這樣隨性搞出來的一集節目，究竟會長成什麼樣子咧？ 這集分享的旅行內容，是剛過的7月4日國慶節週末，一趟沒有計劃的旅行——是的，向來是計劃控的主廚，這次竟然要嘗試旅途中當天才決定晚上要住在哪！ 但即使沒有計畫，旅途中還是與好多有趣的地方與故事相遇！我們會從加州鄉間莫名其妙出現的華人小鎮，聊到在內華達山脈深處建造鐵路的艱辛過往，再從內華達州的博弈產業、上演黑歷史的印地安寄宿學校、獸力時代的大陸橫貫運輸，聊到沙漠裡的乾燥地形與嬉皮文化！ 沒有計畫的旅行，加上沒有大綱的節目內容，這集節目究竟會呈現出怎樣的畫風呢？跟主廚一起迎向這些全新的嘗試吧！ ✅ 本集重點： (00:00:20) 滿血回歸的全新挑戰：不能寫大綱、不能查資料！ (00:04:34) 沙加緬度三角洲（Sacramento Delta）的華人農村小鎮：樂居（Locke） (00:13:42) 路上聽別台 podcast ，報導者和轉角國際傻傻分不清楚？ (00:15:40) 內華達山脈（Sierra Nevada）深處的艱鉅鐵路工程，功不可沒的華裔工人 (00:20:43) 關於內華達州、雷諾（Reno）與賭博產業，老字號賭場的出路 (00:25:47) 卡爾森市（Carson City）印地安寄宿學校（boarding school），和你想的不一樣 (00:31:11) 鐵路出現之前的超高速動物運輸服務，小馬快遞（Pony Express）與富國銀行（Wells Fargo） (00:35:44) 大盆地（Great Basin）：乾燥地形與嬉皮文化 (00:41:13) 錄音地點：Beatty, NV，結語 Show note https://ltsoj.com/podcast-ep108 Facebook https://facebook.com/travel.wok Instagram https://instagram.com/travel.wok 意見回饋 https://forms.gle/4v9Xc5PJz4geQp7K7 寫信給主廚 travel.wok@ltsoj.com 旅行熱炒店官網 https://ltsoj.com/

This week I have been taking an in-depth look at the process of making wine in a commercial winery.  Today I was going to talk about the importance of temperature in fermentation especially in white wines, racking, and settling, but since Thursday May 26th is International Chardonnay Day, I decided to celebrate Chardonnay instead.  Monday I will discuss the rest of the aspects of fermentation especially for white wines.  I first want to say Happy International Chardonnay Day to all the Chardonnay lovers out there.  There are few things better than a good Chardonnay with friends and family.  Chardonnay continues to be the most popular white wine variety in the US by a mile.  According to Wine-Searcher's 2021 California Wine Grape Crush Report, Chardonnay, despite a 16% smaller crop statewide, remained the most crushed grape in CA just beating Cabernet Sauvignon by making up 15.2% of the 2021 crop.  This is no surprise since it seems like every winery in CA has more than one Chardonnay offering.  To celebrate International Chardonnay Day, I have decided to share with you The Obsessed with Wine top 5 Chardonnays.  Now, I haven't tried every Chardonnay out there so these are all wines that I personally have experienced and enjoyed.  Tis list will not include any Chardonnays from Aubert or Kistler because I am still on the waiting list for these wines.  Someday they may be on this list!  #5 – Bogle Chardonnay – This Chardonnay is one of the best values in Chardonnay and it comes from the little-known Clarksburg AVA near the Sacramento Delta.  This Chardonnay is 50% Barrel Fermented and aged 9 months in New American Oak Barrels.  You can find this wine in most grocery stores for less that $9.00.  If you haven't tried this Chardonnay and are looking for a great every night Chardonnay, this one is for you.  #4 – Cakebread Cellars Chardonnay – This Chardonnay is made from grapes grown in Carneros, one of the best sites for growing Chardonnay due to the warm days and the cool evenings provided by the San Pablo Bay.  This Chardonnay is barrel fermented in French Oak Barrels and aged on the lees for 8 months before bottling.  This Chardonnay can be purchased for $40.00.  #3 – Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Chardonnay – This is one of the most historically significant Chardonnays you will ever have due to its showing in the 1976 Judgment of Paris and what it did for California wines.  This Chardonnay is made form grapes all over the Napa Valley and does not go through Malolactic Fermentation.  It does see some oak but it has a nice balanced fruity flavor.  This wine can be purchased for around $60.00.  #2 – Berringer Private Reserve Chardonnay – This Napa Valley Chardonnay is made from grapes all over Napa Valley.  Its full bodied with light toffee and cream notes.  This Chardonnay is a good value for $36.95 at Wine.com.  And finally, the Obsessed with Wine #1 Chardonnay is #1 – Rombauer Chardonnay – This is one of the most recognized Chardonnays in the US and wins awards every year for its popularity and quality.  You ask any Chardonnay lover for their top 5 Chardonnays, and I guarantee you Rombauer will be on their list.  This wine is made from grapes grown in Carneros, is barrel fermented, and sur lees aged.  It has a beautiful, lush palette and a creamy round mouthfeel.  This wine is a bargain at only $39.99 at Wine.com.  I will post my top 5 Chardonnay list on the Obsessed with Wine Website.  Just click on the link for the Daily Taste Segments and click the link called Happy International Chardonnay Day!  I will also place links for some of these wines and a code from wine.com if you want to buy them at a discount.  Don't forget to listen to an all-new episode of Obsessed with Wine podcast on Saturday May

Could Los Angeles stop draining water from the Colorado River and the Sacramento Delta to become self-sufficient? That's a question that Andy Lipkis and his organization Tree People are tackling in an unprecedented alliance with public works agencies. Their work proves that the more we learn about how ecosystems operate, the more sustainably we can design our cities.

 Queens of the Mines features the authentic stories of gold rush women who blossomed from the camouflaged, twisted roots of California. These are true stories, with some of my own fabrication of descriptive details. It is recommended that you start this series from the first episode. In this episode of Queens of the Mines, we will meet a theatre and burlesque sensation with a secret past, who will reveal herself as California's 19th century Queen of Temptation. This is a true story, from America's Largest Migration, The Gold Rush. In  Berlin, 1843 in a cyclone of cigarette smoke and sexuality, Tsar Nikolai I of Russia and King Friedrich Wilhelm IV were indulging in a private dance from the seductive Spanish dancer and burlesque performer Donna Lola Montez. Lola Montez enchanted or appalled everyone she met. While Montez was there in Prussia, Prince Albrecht, the King's brother, soon took the showgirl as his lover for a wild affair. Yet, like her kind, Donna Lola Montez was more than normally vain, selfish, ruthless, and immoral and the seductress had eventually tired of the prince's company. One afternoon, she greatly embarrassed him publicly during a royal picnic. Humiliated, in front of the entire court, he demanded that she leave his realm.  “That's not such a long trip,” she said with sass as she turned dramatically towards her carriage and away she went, to Russia. Montez believed it was her destiny to be royalty, she wanted a castle. While in Russia, she was courted by one of the great magnates of St. Petersburg, Prince Schulkowski. Lola failed to secure her royal marriage with the Russian Prince and then  headed to France. In Paris Lola Montez began a relationship with the former English Hussar, Francis Leigh. Lola's jealous tendencies were less than to be desired, and she ended up running him off with a pistol in a rage.   Queens of the Mines features the authentic stories of gold rush women who blossomed from the camouflaged, twisted roots of California. These are true stories, with some of my own fabrication of descriptive details. It is recommended that you start this series from the first episode. In this episode of Queens of the Mines, we will meet a theatre and burlesque sensation with a secret past, who will reveal herself as California's 19th century Queen of Temptation. This is a true story, from America's Largest Migration, The Gold Rush. The preceding program features stories that contain adult content including violence which may be disturbing to some listeners, or secondhand listeners. So, discretion is advised.   Lola spent the following year in Paris, frequenting high-society saloons with the most fashionable bohemians of the day. There was something provoking and voluptuous about her. The purity of the dancer's white skin, her mouth like a budding pomegranate, blue eye tameless and wild, wavy bronze hair with dark shadows, like the tendrils of the woodbine curled almost childishly back from her face. Montez led the most extravagant lifestyle, and it was financed by the collection of wealthy men she had seduced.  In that year, she became the mistress of the author responsible for The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas. As well as the famous Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. The composer fell deeply in love with her, so much so that he dedicated a sonata, a long piece of classical music to their love. She ended the year by marrying the part-owner of the French Newspaper La Presse, Charles Alexandre Dujarier. Months after the wedding, during a night of drunken gambling, her new husband offended a man and was killed in a duel. Lord Momsbury, the elderly and proper Englishmen had taken pity on Lola after her husband's death, and Montez as usual, took advantage of the kindness of her admirers. Lord Momsbury hosted a benefit concert for Lola, where she made connections there that would eventually lead to an engagement at her majesty's theatre in London and funded her further travels.   After the performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, Lola made her way back to Prussia. The following year, she found herself performing for the ageing King Ludwig I of Bavaria. After she performed a private burlesque performance for him, the King was intrigued. The robed man pointed inquiringly toward her well-formed bosom and he asked the woman, ‘Nature or art?' Lola responded by cutting open the front of her dress, exposing nature's endowment. The King instantly fell in love with Lola Montez.  He spoiled her rotten, and made her dream a reality when he gave the showgirl her own castle, with a pension. The King named her the Countess Marie von Landsfeld, but he personally called her Lolita. As Countess Marie von Landsfeld, Lola Montez was able to win support from the radical university students in Bavaria. However, the Bavarian aristocracy and even the middle class had refused to acknowledge her as Countess.  One general was even said to have declared, “I've never seen such a demon! She said I would see what a spirited woman could accomplish when she set all the levers of intrigue into motion. During her time in Bavaria, entire ministries had risen and fallen at the beautiful seductress' doing. Thousands gathered and rioted the streets, on February 7, 1848 demanding the expulsion of Lola Montez. The crowd echoed with the chanting, “down with the whore”. The King gave in to his people, and his Lolita had vanished to Switzerland then to London.  In London, George Trafford Heald her newest husband had bailed her out after an arrest. Heald put his hand on his wife's knee, in a weak attempt to comfort her. Lola hastily pulled it away, turning her body to the window, gazing at the scenery as they were approaching Madrid. He had by now had given up in the attempt to console the stubborn woman during the last hours of their journey.  He was only a British cavalry officer, but attracted the woman when he had received a large inheritance.  Heald was 20 to her 27, the age difference as well as Lola's notoriety scandalised his wealthy family. The life of royalty and great political influence was now three years behind her, and it was taking some getting used to. A decade before Heald and Montez were in that carriage, rolling into Madrid, on the same road, the young irish Eliza Rosanna was ready to start fresh and the culture there in Spain was new and exotic to her. Her father's regiment had been posted in India as a toddler, and he died of cholera when she was three and her mother was seventeen. Her mother married the Major John Craigie who was a general of the British army in India. They sent Eliza to a boarding school in England and when Eliza was 16 years old, she received word that she was to return to India. Her mother and step father had arranged her to marry a wealthy, 64-year-old judge.  On the passage to India, Eliza met a handsome, 30-year-old Irish lieutenant returning home on sick leave. His name was Thomas James. She nursed James back to health in his cabin during the voyage. The two of them did not remain in India long, and to avoid the arranged marriage, Eliza and Lieutenant Thomas James eloped and set off for Ireland. There, she soon found out that her new husband was a violent man and their scandalous marriage was ultimately unhappy. When James needed to rejoin his regiment in 1839, the couple returned, and her beauty made her the new toast of British India. A title previously held by her mother. While living in India, James strayed with the wife of another captain, Eliza saw it as an easy way out. She decided to leave him, and return to Britain. As the ship left the dock, a dashing army officer caught her eye. George Lennox, the grandson of the Duke of Richmond. Surrounded by peeping eyes,  their affair blossomed and the couple perhaps enjoyed putting on a show. The door of Lennox's cabin had swung open rather too often, revealing him lacing Eliza's corset or sitting on the bed, watching her rolling up her stockings. The Captain was so infuriated that he barred Eliza from George's table.  When they arrived in London, Lennox set Eliza up as his mistress and introduced her to several influential men. The news of her affair eventually made its way back to Thomas James and he sued her for divorce. Eliza lost everything in the separation on the ground of her adultery on a shipboard with another soldier, even though it was James who strayed first. The terms of the divorce prohibited neither party to remarry, as long as they were both living. The affair with Lennox did not last long, and he soon abandoned Eliza. She was left with no means of support. She now faced the dilemma that many 'fallen' women in that era faced, virtually unemployable as a governess or a lady's companion.  So, there Eliza Rosanna stood on the dusty street in Madrid, looking up and down the street in either direction, and then back into the window of the establishment where she was to begin studying dance that day. Mobs of men and horses pulling carts were barely dodging the brave nineteen year old girl. “That was then, and this is now,” she said out loud. Snubbing out a cigar in the dirt, she stood up tall, and walked in as if she owned the damn place.  HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE June 3, 1843 SPECIAL ATTRACTION! Mr. Benjamin Lumley begs to announce that, between the acts of the Opera, Donna Lola Montez will have the honour to make her first appearance in England in an Original Spanish dance. Mr. Benjamin Lumley sat with Lola in his office at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. "If you make a hit," he said, "you shall have a contract for the rest of the season. It all depends on yourself." Lola, smiled and nodded to the man. She wanted nothing better. As she left the managerial office, she felt as if she was treading on air. Lola stood at the wings, in a black satin bodice and flounced pink silk skirt she waited for her cue.  Lumley passed her one last time, giving her a nod of encouragement. "Capital," he said, rubbing his whiskers. "Most attractive. You'll be a big success, my dear."   The conductor lifted his baton, and she took in a deep breath. Everything had led up to this moment. The heavy curtains slowly were drawn aside and her heart began to race with excitement. Under a cross-fire of opera glasses, Lola bounded on to the stage and executed her initial pirouette. Her slender waist swayed to the music as she swept round the stage. Her graceful head and neck bent with it like a flower that bends with the impulse given to its stem by the fitful temper of the wind. There was a sudden hush at the finish of the number, she stepped up to the footlights and awaited the verdict. All was well, a storm of applause filled the air. Past the footlights, she could see Lumley from his place in the wings, he was beaming with approval. His enterprise would be greatly rewarded with the débutantes success. There was no doubt about it. Lola thought to the moment where she would sign her contract with him and Her majesty's Theatre.      Then, breaking her daydream, an ominous hiss suddenly split the air. It was coming from the occupants of Lord Ranelagh's stage box. The audience gasped in astonishment, and looking to Lord Ranelagh, he shouted, "Egad!" he exclaimed in a loud voice, "that's not Lola Montez at all. It's Eliza Rosanna James, an Irish girl who had committed adultery against Lieutenant Thomas James and vanished. Ladies and gentlemen, we're being properly swindled!"    Eliza, unable to remarry under her own name, had reinvented herself as a Spanish aristocrat's daughter with an imperious manner. Donna Lola Montez, well, Eliza Rosanna rushed behind the curtain in tears, the audience was in an uproar. She was left penniless, and Lola fled to Prussia, where she then bore all to King Ludwig 1 and became a Bavarian Countess.   Frontier pioneer Eliza Inman wrote in her journal in 1843, “If Hell laid to the west, Americans would cross Heaven to reach it.”   It looks like she was right. I am Andrea Anderson, thank you for taking the time to listen today. Let's meet again next time, as we continue the story of Lola Montez, theatre and burlesque sensation with a secret past, as she makes her way to California, On “Queens of the Mines. Queens of the Mines was written, produced and narrated by me, Andrea Anderson.  The theme song, In San Francisco Bay is by DBUK, You can find the links to their music, tour dates and merchandise, as well as links to all our social media and research links at queensofthemines.com   Before we start the episode, I would like to read this dedication written by Lola Montez in her book the Arts of Beauty. “To all men and women of every land, who are not afraid of themselves, who trust so much in their own souls that they dare to stand up in the might of their own individuality to meet the tidal currents of the world.”   You may remember Sam Brannan from the very first episode as the man who brought news of the discovery of gold to San Francisco, chanting, "Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River". When Brannan first arrived in 1846 on the ship Brooklyn, he was the leader of a Mormon colony who intended to start a self-sufficient colony with 238 Saints. His entourage of carpenters, blacksmiths, farmers, bakers and everything a community might need, doubled or tripled the population of San Francisco. He had brought a printing press and used it to publish San Francisco's first newspaper, the Alta. Sam Brannan and his people quickly jump-started the local economy in California, settling mormon island on the Sacramento Delta. Queens of the Mines features the authentic stories of gold rush women who blossomed from the camouflaged, twisted roots of California. These are true stories, with some of my own fabrication of descriptive details. It is recommended that you start this series from the first episode. In this episode, we continue and complete the story of Lola Montez, the burlesque sensation with a secret past who will reveal herself as California's 19th century Queen of Temptation. This is a true story, from America's Largest Migration, The Gold Rush. I am Andrea Anderson, and this is Queens of the Mines.  

After an update on the Alisal fire burning in Santa Barbara County, the California Report heads to Isleton in the Sacramento Delta area where a fire burned more than 40 structures on Monday.Later, Felton Pruitt talks with Associate County Planner, Kyle Smith, about the Greater Higgins Area Plan Project. The project hopes to help guide future development and amenities in the Higgins Corner and Lake of the Pines area in the South County region.We close with a commentary by Shavati Karki-Pearl.

Matt Efird, is a walnut grower in Fresno County

Our group of Modern-Vespa riders in search of classic pubs, dive bars, and the afterlife find ourselves in the Sacramento Delta on our annual PubScoot.  This is the last in this series from the summer of 2016 (PubScoot '16) on our final exhausting day. Visits to Fosters Big Horn, Del Rio, Giusti's Place, and  our feature bar, "Al the Wops." Hear first hand accounts of the paranormal and bar-banter.

More dudes on Vespa's talking scooters, ghosts, and bars! Join us as we adventure on PubScoot '16 through Northern California Gold Country to the Sacramento Delta. More great original music from the Seattle band, "Weeknites".  Featured: The haunted town of Jackson, CA with the Fargo Club and National Hotel--beware of room 308. 

If you like scooters, ghosts, and bars, you will like this.  A lively romp thru Norcal to the Sierra Nevada Mountains back to the Sacramento Delta in search of classic pubs, dive bars, and haunted taverns on Vespa Scooters. Paranormal, scooter and bar talk with stories from servers and bartenders about their haunted work places, 

Chinese Americans shaped the physical landscape of California during its early history in a way that still impacts us today. We explore how Chinese Americans developed the Sacramento delta, their role in California's growth, and visit Locke, a town founded by Chinese Americans.

The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in California is the largest estuary on the west coast of North and South America and is also one of the most modified estuaries in the world. We examined whether the extreme California drought of 2012-2015 favored the spread of non-native species, using NASA’s AVIRIS-next generation data at a ground resolution of 2.5m per pixel, combined with airborne hyperspectral HyMap imagery. We confirmed that the total area invaded by floating macrophytes in the Delta increased many-fold over this period and the composition of this functional group also changed. This study provides insight and understanding of the drought’s impact on invasive potential of an ecosystem. Speaker: Dr. Susan Ustin | Professor of Environmental and Resource Sciences in the Dept. of Land and Natural Resources | Director of the Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) | University of California Davis

CA Assemblyman Adam Gray is not happy with the State Water Board's Proposal to take 40 percent of the Tuolumne River to increase flows in the Sacramento Delta for endangered species protection, which has not helped the species over the last five years. The take by the State Water Board would be 400,000 acre feet. Which would require farmers to use more ground water to survive. This could cause 1.6 billon in economic loss and job loss of 6,567. Push back at Worthyourfight.org

In an effort to increase salmon populations in the Sacramento Delta, Fish and Wildlife has been doing something that does not make sense.

Laurie Greene reports on how the Western Growers Association is reaching out to Urban areas to ask them to urge water system operators at the Sacramento Delta to send water south to cities and farms instead of the ocean

Once an exotic product associated with royalty and overfishing, caviar is now being farmed sustainably right here in California.

Once an exotic product associated with royalty and overfishing, caviar is now being farmed sustainably right here in California.

Sacramento writer & fisheries activist Dan Bacher talks about water issues in the Sacramento Delta.

Sacramento writer & fisheries activist Dan Bacher talks about water issues in the Sacramento Delta.