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Local Election 2016 Part V: Irvine Mayoral Candidate Don Wagner, Irvine City Council Candidate Christina Shea, and Irvine Mayoral Candidate Katherine...

We wrap up the local candidate coverage with Irvine Mayoral Candidate Don Wagner, (minute 1:29); Irvine City Council Candidate Christina Shea, (minute 22:36); and Irvine Mayoral Candidate Katherine Daigle (minute 42:00). With the uptick of mailings, commercials, and anonymous yard signs; let's see what a million dollars of campaign funding might buy.

League of Women Voters on CA Propositions

For the full program, League of Women Voter North Orange County Co-President Janice Wagner weighs in with 11 of the 17 statewide propositions about which the League has taken a position. Among several resources she offers for guidance on many ballot items is the League's: http://votersedge.org/ca/page/smartvoter.

Local Election 2016 Part IV: Irvine City Council Candidate Farrah Khan

Farrah Khan speaks as an Irvine city council candidate in this 10-20-16 podcast, recorded between two live broadcasts.

Local Election 2016 Coverage Part III: Irvine City Council Candidates Ian Daelucian, Gang Chen, and Shiva Farivar

Irvine Entrepreneur Ian Daelucian speaks as a city council candidate (minute 1). Irvine architect Gang Chen speaks as a mayoral candidate (minute 20). Former Irvine Services Commissioner Shiva Farivar speaks as a city council candidate (minute 40). Deadline for California registration is 10/24. Full service early voting open at UCI at Flagpole Pavilion adjacent to the administration building on 11/1 from 7 am til 8 pm. Other opportunities for early voting in Orange County are at the following locations from 10/29 through 11/7 (10/29-11/4, 8:00am-5:00pm~ 11/5-11/7 7:00am-8:00pm): Irvine Civic Center (City Hall), Anaheim Civic Center (City Hall), Westminster Branch Library, Costa Mesa Community Center, Mission Viejo City Hall, and the Orange County Registrar of Voters in Santa Ana. All addresses are posted at: http://www.ocvote.com/votecenter.

Local Election 2016 Coverage Part II: Mary Ann Gaido, Irvine Mayor Candidate; Dark Money in Local Campaigns; OC Registrar of Voters Gets Voters Starte...

Irvine Planning Commissioner Mary Ann Gaido speaks as a mayoral candidate. Local activist and former mayor Larry Agran casts light on dark money in local campaigns. OC Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley posts us on the latest ballot logistics and early voting opportunities. Reminder: check your local voter registrar office (http://www.ocvote.com/) to confirm your registration. Deadline for California registration is 10/24. Full service early voting open at UCI at Flagpole Pavillion adjacent to the administration building on 11/1 from 7 am til 8 pm. Other opportunities for early voting in Orange County are at the following locations from 10/29 through 11/7 (weekdays and weekends): Irvine Civic Center (City Hall), Anaheim Civic Center (City Hall), Westminster Branch Library, Costa Mesa Community Center, Mission Viejo City Hall, and the Orange County Registrar of Voters in Santa Ana. All addresses are posted at: http://www.ocvote.com/votecenter.

Local Election 2016 Coverage Part I: Melissa Fox, Letitia Clark, and Courtney Santos

Today begins the show's exclusive 2016 general election coverage of local candidates and California measures. On this program my guests are: Irvine City Council candidate Melissa Fox (minute 1:30), Tustin City Council candidate Letitia Clark (minute 22:30), and Irvine City Council candidate Courtney Santos (minute 41:00). They have much to say; hunker down with us as we race through a lot of local public policy.

Wild Fires Toll on Our Planet AND Free Range Parenting

UCI climate scientist James Randerson takes up his multi-faceted research on wild fires and helps us step up our game toward climate change. A peak into his work is available on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL76qqIspFY. During the second half, a trio of UCI Cognitive Sciences and Logic & Philosophy of Science researchers: Ashley Jo Thomas, Barbara Sarnecka, and Kyle Stanford concerned about the epidemic of parental overreach, present their latest research on the morality of parental choices. The antidote to society's willingness to implicate a parent not willing to meet steep supervisory standards might be: http://www.freerangekids.com/the-free-range-kids-parents-bill-of-rights/. Follow their important work at: http://www.cogsci.uci.edu/cogdev/Sarnecka/index.html.

Alzheimer’s Updates and Annual Conference AND International Relations Are Our Affair

UCI neuroscientist David Cripps returns to the show, taking up BIO 101 on brain plaques and lesions, his own research, news about what might be a promising drug for the treatment of Alzheimers, and highlights of this year’s 9-30-16, 27th Annual Conference on Alzheimer's Disease hosted in Irvine at 18000 Von Karman. Details are available at: http://www.alzoc.org/events/2016-research-conference/. Then UCI’s int’l relations lecturer Paula Garb considers why foreign affairs matter to us all; definitely a bedrock of literate voting. She also presents UCI is plethora of esteemed institutions in which all are invited to take part: Center for Citizen Peace Building: http://www.peacebuilding.uci.edu/, Students for Global Peacebuilding: http://www.peacebuilding.uci.edu/programs/sgp/sgp.php, and the Olive Tree Initiative: http://www.olivetreeinitiative.org/. Paula Garb will return to these airwaves next January for details about the 5th annual Peace and Justice Week Summit 2017.