Jamie Smith taught us the proper marks to make when barbecuing chicken, and talked about recipes for barbecue sauce. Also there was some mention of a cupcake made of meatloaf and mashed potatoes, but that came from Rosemary.

Gary Shapiro had some interesting details about Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball, as well as his usual discussion of books he's read recently and authors he has interviewed.

Jeff Manke said crows are really smart. If you mistreat one they will remember your face. Ravens are not the same. He also said he made a recent trip to southern California where he went birding in eight counties, and saw 200 species, including one for the first time, the gull-billed tern. He described some quite fascinating imitation done by another species he saw, the zone-tailed hawk.

We are very proud of Rachael Shelton. She has got results back from her most challenging test so far in her pursuit of a law degree, and she did great. She joined us in the studio today to talk about that, and more.

After beating Bill up in trivia last week, Rosemary started doing the same this week.

BrienG joined us to talk sports.

Gail Perllerin weighed in on Justin Cummings being cut from the coastal commission, her work on the budget, the worth of holding festivals and other events, and fire preparedness.

Mark Mozena had several interesting topics for us.

• After 20yrs of not being used, Voyager 1’s backup thrusters successfully fired - miraculously
• Strongest solar flare of the year occurred last week - caused radio blackouts across Europe and asia - caused a surprise aurora
• China has launched first batch of supercomputer satellites to space - 12 of planned 3000 satellites
• China launching next week an asteroid sample and a comet mission
• GEOInt conference in St Louis this week - all focused on national security and geospatial intelligence…shhhhhh

Bill learned how to pronounce wiemaraner, but has already since forgotton.

Dr. Pete let us know what to do if we believe a dog has eaten something poisonous. Dogs and cats can also have injuries inside their mouth, and often the cause is a foxtail. We also discussed snakebites.

Movies this week were pretty bad. Rosemary could only stomach one, the documentary film Deaf President Now. Alex had three picks all together, that one and Final Destination Bloodlines, as well as Sister Midnight.

Jim Coffis let us know all about the upcoming Redwood Mountain Faire.

Christopher Brant, a librarian at the Watsonville library, told us about the upcoming Santa Cruz County History Fair, May 17.

Simon Hayward, of Mountain Community Theater, told us of the play that will be performed. It is The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time.

Assembly Member Dawn Addis was once again concerned about the Battery Energy Storage System at Moss landing. She also is passionate about early childhood education.

Jaime Smith taught us all about the differences and similarities among galettes, tarts and pies.

Lynn Robinson of Valley Churches United Ministries let us know they are partnering with SLV Rotary to do a summer food drive. The need in summer increases. She also let us know about their upcoming spring sale extravaganza.

In good news we heard of a Scotsman in Nepal who helped raise money for a well, and another story about hand raising a lowland gorilla.

Senator Laird weighed in on tall buildings going up in and around Santa Cruz. He talked about his bill to ease the financial burden of lawsuits over past sexual abuses, on institutions like schools. It is needed because the governor has all but gotten rid of the statute of limitations on such suits. He also gave his thoughts on Governor Newsome's current mandate that cities empty homeless camps.

In good news we heard of two sisters who found their long lost half sister after searching for her for 57 years.

In the Ag report, Michael Olson told us of how SEBO Farms are using technology in agriculture. Locally, Intuit made a generous donation to our Homeless Garden Project.