Sinopsis
The Z107.7 FM Up Close Show is a weekly forum to discuss issues important to citizens of the Morongo Basin. To join the discussion, call 366-8471. Tune in to Up Close Friday mornings from 10 to 11 a.m. with your host Gary Daigneault. KCDZ 107.7 FM, Your Community Radio Station. Look for our Podcast online at kcdzfm.com or in the iTunes Store.
Episodios
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, April 20, 2018, Open Phone Topics
20/04/2018 Duración: 54minOpen Phone Topics: Hi Desert Medical Center employees picketting for Tenet Healthcare to Unionize. Wonder Valley water situation and firefighters. High floride content in the local water mottles teeth. Wonder Valley has wells, no water district. Southern California Edison time of use rates.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, April 13, 2018, Open Phone Topics
13/04/2018 Duración: 54minOpen Phone Topics: New Joshua Tree National Park service fee increases. New delineators installedoin dangerous stretch of highway in Yucca Valley. Dust storm in Joshua Tree. Brief zero visibility due to Haboob - a wall of sand and dust due to atmospheric conditions.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, April 6, 2018, Open Phone Topics
06/04/2018 Duración: 54minOpen Phone Topics: Marijuana cultivation is suggested (by the Inland Empire’s Top Economist for the past 15 years) as a form of revenue and tax income for the Morongo Basin. City of 29 Palms and Town of Yucca Valley are not willing to take advantage of possible income in the form of medical marijuana cultivation, processing and sales. Town and city officials are not willing to consider even highly-regulated marijuana processing as a source of income. Tapping into the potential for more tourist income in our area.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, March 30, 2018, Open Phone Topics
30/03/2018 Duración: 55minOpen Phone Topics: Bullying in schools. Discussion of bullying prevention beginning at home with teaching good values and kindness. Anti-bullying campaigns sparked in the Morongo Basin due to child being bullied for having Autism at the local Junior High School. Bully's abuse was videotaped.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, March 23, 2018, Open Phone Topics
23/03/2018 Duración: 55minOpen Phone Topics: Five steps to secure your Facebook Privacy Settings in the midst of the Cambridge Analytics private information scandal. Using Facebook to connect with friends and family versus discussing politics or trolling. Town of Yucca Valley district maps. Yucca Valley had to change voting to District Voting. Measure L to allow Marijuana cultivation and processing in small industrial areas in Yucca Valley. Marijuana sales will still be prohibited. Individuals dumping trash into the desert.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, March 9, 2018, In Studio Guests
09/03/2018 Duración: 55minIn Studio Guests: Tom Baumgarten, Superintendent, Morongo Unified School District. Wayne Hamilton, Community Outreach Coordinator for Homeless Students. Homelessness. Works with Morongo Unified School District homeless students. 500 students currently. Transportation. Waivers of requirements until parents get on their feet. Employment. Turning on utilities. Removing the barriers so kids have access to schooling. Free and reduced price lunches. Homelessness is not a crime, but not taking advantage of services available to help your children is the crime. Many homeless families are afraid of losing their children. Parents being too proud to ask for help. Process involved in legally homeschooling your children. You must register and fill out affidavits to homeschool your children. Grab and Go program. Students can grab food at the end of the day to take home.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, March 2, 2018, Open Phone Topics
02/03/2018 Duración: 55minOpen Phone Topics: Homeless family living in a plywood box in the Sunfair area of Joshua Tree. Line between child cruelty and homelessness. When does homelessness become a crime. Sheriff’s Department determined the living situation was a danger to the children. Many Americans live paycheck to paycheck. No running water or electricity created a sanitation issue for the homeless family. Regulations regarding structures for the homeless are complicated.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, February 23, 2018, Open Phone Topics
23/02/2018 Duración: 54minOpen Phone Topics: Gun control in America. Common sense versus extreme gun control. Recent school shootings locally and regionally. Shooting threat at our local Yucca Valley High School. Security measures at local schools. Arrest of potential shooter after threat investigation. Active shooter drills at local schools.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, February 16, 2018, Open Phone Topics
16/02/2018 Duración: 54minOpen Phone Topics: Proposed rate increase for Joshua Basin Water District. The level of the increase is being criticized. Americans for Disabilities act. Bill curbs unscrupulous lawyers from seeking litigation without warning the business and giving it time to make accessibility modifications. Fair access for the disabled without frivolous lawsuits. Joshua Tree National Park can only use entrance fees for park maintenance. Park budget will be cut by 11 percent. Successful Yucca Valley High School music boosters radiothon fundraiser to send the Select Choir to Washington DC.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, February 9, 2018, Open Phone Topics
09/02/2018 Duración: 54minOpen Phone Topics: Joshua Tree National Park attendance record for 2017 is 2,853,619 visitors. Joshua Basin Water District 50 percent rate increase, eventually 90 percent over a 5-year period. Proposed public funds used for Grubstake Days rodeo. Water District Board voting unanimously for rate increases. Morongo basin man guilty of two counts of attempted murder took a plea bargain and only spent 178 days in jail.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, February 2, 2018, Open Phone Topics
02/02/2018 Duración: 52minOpen Phone Topics: Immigration. DACA. San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department upgrading to digitally encrypted scanners. Joshua Tree National Park shuttle service. Shuttle service doesn't offer proper parking in the village of Joshua Tree. Pedestrian collision. Pedestrian was intoxicated.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, January 26, 2018, Open Phone Topics
26/01/2018 Duración: 54minOpen Phone Topics: Delineators in Morongo Valley on the Morongo Grade. Criticism of Caltrans traffic engineers. California formerly declared opposition to Federal Immigration Laws. California is now a Sanctuary State. Local officers are now prohibited from cooperating with Immigration officers and will warn inmates wanted by border patrol. State of California has the authority over Mobile Home Parks, but the local government does not.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, January 19, 2018, Open Phone Topics
19/01/2018 Duración: 54minOpen Phone Topics: Morongo Valley medians. CalTrans says project is finished. Residents are angry about medians and believe they are dangerous. Morongo Grade is very dangerous. Issues with Town infrastructure. Air B and B's. San Bernardino County is working on Air B and B ordinances. Possible government shutdown. Proposed Grubstake Days rodeo in Landers. Yucca Valley Town Council being asked to give 52K for the cost of the rodeo.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, January 12, 2018, Open Phone Topics
12/01/2018 Duración: 54minOpen Phone Topics: Morongo Basin Municipal Advisory Council discussing challenges regarding unincorporated areas such as Section 6 in Joshua Tree. Illegal campground. Giant Rock alternative camping, unpermitted campfires and illegal activities. Enforcement is lacking in these areas. Shortage of BLM rangers in the area. Sunfair Dry Lake facing similar issues. Proposed giving Sections 5 and 6 to Joshua Tree National Park. Yucca Valley High School graduation seating issues. Less tickets available for each graduating student’s family members. Proposed alternative graduation ceremony sites.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, January 5, 2018, Open Phone Topics
05/01/2018 Duración: 54minOpen Phone Topics: Section 6 in Joshua Tree. The 605-acre parcel has turned into an unregulated, wild-west ad hoc campground, climbing, off-road vehicle and open play area. In June of 2016, the County Board of Supervisors deeded the property to the Joshua Tree CSA 20, a County Special District, for use as a designated “Desert Conservation Area.” The County received two $200,00 grants that required establishing trails, parking areas, restrooms, informational kiosks, and reducing habitat degradation. The county has not fulfilled any of the funding requirements. County Field Representative Mark Lundquist said that a Porta-Potty was being placed in the area, and that County Special Districts are issuing RFP’s for the infrastructure requirements of the grants.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, December 29, 2017, Open Phone Topics
29/12/2017 Duración: 54minOpen Phone Topics: Democrat and Republican party politics. Former reputable news sources spinning political news stories into exaggerated fake news. Joshua Tree Gateway Association spending money to draw tourists to the area when Joshua Tree National Park is over capacity and park officials must send tourists away. New laws to stop animal abuse and puppy mills. Laws do not affect quality dog breeders. Judge has ruled that President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban transgender individuals from the Military is unconstitutional and discriminates against individuals’ constitutional rights to freedom of expression, liberty and privacy. Transgender male from Yucca Valley started the lawsuit against transgender ban.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, December 22, 2017, Open Phone Topics
22/12/2017 Duración: 53minOpen Phone Topics: New gun and ammunition regulations for 2019 involving in-person purchases and background checks. New tax bill going into effect. No commercial marijuana sales are allowed in San Bernardino County, Yucca Valley or Twentynine Palms. Legislation is pending for commercial growing and processing of marijuana, but will not allow sales or purchase. Local cell phone tower outage causing networks for debit cards and gas stations to go down. Disaster and emergency preparedness plans. Homeless outreach in the Morongo Basin.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, December 15, 2017, Open Phone Topics
15/12/2017 Duración: 53minOpen Phone Topics: District versus At Large Elections. New Aces Vocational Program with Morongo Unified School District high schools and Copper Mountain College. Bill to allow Marijuana cultivation and processing in Yucca Valley will be on the June ballot. Joshua Basin Water District proposed rate increases. Twentynine Palms downtown Project Phoenix. Yucca Valley Sewer Project construction. Federal Communications Commission Net Neutrality regulations have been dropped. Internet Service Providers must treat all data on the Internet the same. Federal Trade Commission will now oversee Internet regulations and make sure fair business practices are maintained.
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, December 8, 2017, In Studio Guests
08/12/2017 Duración: 103h46minIn Studio Guests: John Cole, Mayor of 29 Palms. Chris Proudfoot, Morongo Unified School District Board of Directors. Alan Fenstermacher, an election expert from the firm of Rutan and Tucker, who provides legal services for the City of Twentynine Palms. Topics Discussed: District versus At-Large Elections. A letter was received from a Los Angeles attorney that challenged how Morongo Basin cities do their local elections. The attorney alleged a violation of California voting laws. Concern over racially polarized voting. There is statistical evidence that racial minorities vote differently, and concern over giving equal rights to all voters so people of all backgrounds have equal say in elections. California's Voters Rights Act. The Hispanic population represented on Twentynine Palms City Council. At-Large voting is the default. Currently, every two years the community gets to vote for however many council seats are up. With district elections, you only get to vote for candidates in your district. This makes for
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Z107.7 FM Up Close Show with Gary Daigneault, December 1, 2017, In Studio Guests
01/12/2017 Duración: 54minIn Studio Guests: Dr. Deborah Turner, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Services. Amy Woods, Director of Secondary Cirriculum. Morongo Unified School District. Topics Discussed: The new Aces Academy for Career Technical Education. Alternative education. Video instruction. Online courses. Drone class. Ethical hacking and analysis. Funding for a new state-of-the-art Computer Lab. Positive behavior intervention systems. Former Joshua Tree Elementary School building. Goes back to the State. It has to be determined at the State level what will happen with the building.