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10/20/2011
With Katie Gonzales
Service dogs assist people with all kinds of disabilities, from autism to PTSD.
Katie Gonzales is the founder and Executive Director of Little Angels Service Dogs, an El Cajon-based organization which trains and places trained assistance dogs with the disabled, enabling disabled children and adults to enjoy the life-changing benefits ...
 
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6/10/2011
With Jordan Stanton and Kelley Cohill
Another successful Birdies and Butterflies Golf Tournament benefitting Shakti Rising.
Like what you hear? Download it HERE.A social change organization which transforms the lives of women and girls, Shakti Rising cultivates the health and emerging leadership of women, and empowers them to utilize personal transformations as a catalyst for positive ...
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5/21/2011
With Lori Saldaña and Dave Rudie
The Marine Life Protection Act was passed by the state of California in 1999.
Tommy welcomes former California State Assembly member Lori Saldaña, now running for Congress in the newly-redistricted 52nd District in San Diego County, and businessman Dave Rudie, the founder and proprietor of Catalina Offshore Products and the president of the ...
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4/1/2011
With Pauline Martinson
Iconic San Diego: the bluffs at Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve.
Like what you hear? Download it HERE.With the abundance of outdoor recreation in San Diego and our location next to the Pacific Ocean, visitors are sometimes surprised to learn San Diego isn’t necessarily as environmentally aware as some other U.S. ...
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2/24/2011
With Erin Zangari and Lori Fleet-Martin
The Ruben H. Fleet Science Center, located at San Diego's landmark Balboa Park.
It's time once again for the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center's annual Oh! Zone fundraiser, happening Saturday, March 12th at the Ruben H. Fleet Science Center at Balboa Park, home to Southern California’s only IMAX Dome Theater ...
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5/7/2011
With Robyn Hima, Chris Navarra and Jerry Navarra
Like what you hear? Download this show HERE.City of Hope is a biomedical research, treatment and education center dedicated to the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases. City of Hope's mission is to shorten the time from initial research to new treatment, with the goal of ...
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2/4/2011
With Dr. Linda Strause
More on the Center for Information On Clinical Research Participation can be found by clicking HERE on the CISCRP's website.Like what you hear? Download it HERE.
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1/15/2011
With Yuhanna Bey
The Director of Public Relations for the San Diego Black Film Festival and the San Diego Black Film Foundation, Yahanna Bey, talks about this year's San Diego Black Film Festival, happening January 27th to January 30th at the Regal U.A. Theater in Horton Plaza.Like what you hear? Download it ...
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1/7/2011
With Michael Brunker
Martin Luther King Jr. and baseball great Jackie Robinson in 1962.
The 26th annual YMCA of San Diego County Martin Luther King Jr. Human Dignity Award Breakfast is this Friday, January 14th, at the Town and Country Resort Hotel in Mission Valley at 6:30 am.Making some time to talk ...
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11/20/2010
With Kelsie Kopf and Teresa Contreras
Living Better In San Diego welcomes Kelcie Kopf, the Regional Sports Manager with the San Diego County branch of Special Olympics Southern California, and Teresa Contreras, the San Diego County Regional Volunteer Manager.For more local information on Special Olympics Southern California, contact the San Diego branch in Mission Valley at (619) 283-6100....
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10/31/2010
With Tayari Howard
Smooth Jazz 98.1 KIFM's Tayari Howard, going homeless for the Trinity House.
Like what you hear? Download it HERE.Media is often seen as pandering to the lowest common denominator, and doing what’s popular or distracting instead of addressing real issues and doing what’s right.Unfortunately, talk is cheap and it’s ...
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10/9/2010
With Matt Akel and Bobbi Brink
The San Diego chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers doesn't arrive empty-handed at Petco Park.
If you're a fan of one of the many animal and wildlife conservation outlets we enjoy here in San Diego County, you'll enjoy this edition of Living Better In San Diego as we welcome ...
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9/18/2010
With Rudy Johnson
The Neighborhood House Association has been part of the San Diego community since 1923.
The Neighborhood House Association is San Diego County’s largest multi-purpose human services agency, helping thousands of individuals and families improve their quality of life by providing vital social services including employment, health care, child, family, and ...
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9/3/2010
With Gerald McFadden
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9/6/2009
With Gerald McFadden
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8/6/2010
With Carlyn Shaw
Carlyn Shaw receives support from her Team OptiMiStic teammate Portia Smith.
Multiple sclerosis is a frequently disabling disease of the central nervous system which interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body and, in worst cases, stops people from moving.
Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness ...
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7/16/2010
With Allison Andrews
More often than anyone may care to imagine, children are abused or neglected and taken into government custody for their safety. Once a child is in protective custody, the child will most likely be placed into a foster care system. In San Diego, these are county-licensed foster homes, where a ...
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5/27/2010
With Sandra Blackie
Sandra Blackie (second from left) instructs an outdoor fitness class.
With the epidemic of obesity continuing to grow in the U.S. and the abundance of unhealthy lifestyles and do-nothing diets everywhere we look, Living Better In San Diego has been itching to do a show about nutrition and fitness, and ...
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5/7/2010
With Rob Hutsel
The San Diego River in Mission Valley (photo © 2007 Susan Williams)
Congratulations
to Rob Hutsel and friends, great piece in
the May 9th edition of the San
Diego Union-Tribune.
Rob Hutsel is the
Executive Director of the San Diego River Park
Foundation, and our guest on this edition of ...
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1/17/2010
With Eric Brown
Census workers will soon be fanning out across the country and across the nation.
With the arrival of 2010
comes the once-a-decade U.S. census, along with a number of temporary census
jobs targeted specifically for San Diegans.
As mandated by the Constitution, the census helps allocate
seats in Congress and ...
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12/20/2009
With Elene Bratton and Azim Khamisa
Elene Bratton lost her son Jamie in a car accident in 2002. Azim Khamisa’s son Tariq was the victim
of a gang initiation murder in 1995.
Both have drawn extraordinary lessons about life, grief, mourning, and
most amazingly, forgiveness from their respective tragedies, and are determined to share ...
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3/19/2010
With Ryan Altman
Now at their new location at 3239 Adams Ave. in Normal Heights, Adams Ave. Integrative Health offers sliding-scale, affordable health services, including acupuncture, chiropractic services, massage, energy healing, and nutritional counseling
at affordable rates based on residents' self-reported annual income.
Operating on the honor system, Adams Ave. Integrative Health doesn't ...
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3/29/2010
With Katie McCroskrey and Dr. Rich Poser
Saturday April 17th, the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure returns to San Diego!
It's time once again for the San Diego edition of the Tour de Cure, a series of fund-raising cycling events to benefit the American Diabetes Association.
Cyclists from around the region will ride one of four routes ...
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2/21/2010
February 21, 2010
The Ruben H. Fleet Science Center, located at San Diego's landmark Balboa Park.
It's time once again for the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center's Oh! Zone Block Party fundraiser, happening March 6th at the Ruben H. Fleet Science Center at Balboa Park, home to Southern California’s only IMAX Dome Theater ...
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1/10/2010
With Michael Brunker
Martin Luther King Jr. and baseball great Jackie Robinson in 1962.
The 25th annual YMCA of San Diego County Martin Luther King Jr. Human Dignity Award Breakfast is this Friday, January 15th, at the Town and Country Resort Hotel in Mission Valley from 7 to 9 am.
Making some time to ...
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8/30/2009
With Maria Olson and Chris Meacham
A non-profit donor-supported organization, the mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is to assure the development of the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis, and improve the quality of life for those living with the disease.
Currently, some 10 million people (or about one in seven Americans) are silent carriers of this defective ...
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10/25/2009
With Tom Stone
Tom Stone, the Founder and CEO of Carlsbad-based Great Life Technologies, talks about his company's innovative, non-invasive, non-drug technology for trauma resolution, as well as Tom's personal experience as a survivor of gun violence and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The new technology innovated by Great Life Technologies is currently being used to successfully help returning vets ...
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10/18/2009
With Carolyn Chase
Bright Green Future is a two-day conference bringing together experts on San Diego's regional energy, natural resources, transportation, green business, job training, sustainable living and building, and a great deal more. More than 80 speakers will provide useful, real-life and real-time information on how individuals, businesses, and government can begin to address ...
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10/4/2009
Carl Fielstra and Patricia Riley
Green Oak Ranch is a non-profit, residential Christian-based drug and alcohol recovery center, an emergency foster care center, and a retreat facility located on 140+ acres in Vista, in San Diego's North County.
Those in recovery at the ranch are required to work on the ranch in landscaping capabilties, food service, ...
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9/25/2009
September 27, 2009
While there are textbook medical approaches for dealing with fertility issues, the last 20 years has seen a rise in wellness approaches to health and well-being, utilizing different types of ancient, tried-and-true practices.
Acupuncture is one of those treatments, along with diet and exercise, herbal medicine, massage, yoga, and reproductive psychology. ...
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