Joan Baez: Fifty Years of Folk; There's Gold in These Hills!; John Nabs Scam Artist!; Gold Fever; This Great Undemocracy; Meet the "Mayor of Nugget Alley"; Miki Dora, Rebel Surfer; They Animated Us; Drew Street Demolition; Music on Off-Ramp: "There's a Goldmine in the Sky"
KPCC's Molly Peterson talks with Joan Baez about her music and her life of social activism.
Off-Ramp correspondent Jackson Musker pans for gold just 15 minutes from Azusa! Jackson finds out that panners don't care too much about what turns up but who turns up.
A scam artist makes the mistake of sending John an offer to reassess his property tax for 200 dollars! John turns them in to the L.A. County Assessor office.
The gold panners school Jackson Musker in the art of working a sluice box and swirling a pan. The result? Jackson catches a case of Gold Fever.
Commentator Jon Regardie says the March city elections rival Azerbaijan, Hussein's Iraq, and Russia for lack of democracy.
Bernie McGrath has been through a lot in his 80-odd years: two wars, nine bullet wounds, broken bones, cave-ins, snakebites. "The Mayor" shares his story with Correspondent Jackson Musker.
As part of Off-Ramp producer Queena Kim's ongoing series on local writers, she brings us an interview with David Rensin, author of "All For A Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora."
his Saturday, Hollywood Heritage Museum is remembering those in the animation field who passed away last year. Longtime animator and cartoon historian Tom Sito encourages us to come and celebrate the lives and work of the folks behind the drawings.
For 20 years, the Los Angeles Police Department says the "Satellite House" on Drew Street served as a headquarters for a vicious clique of the Avenues Gang. Off-Ramp Contributor Jackson Musker went to the demolition of the house.
By the Quebe Sisters Band from their 2007 album "Timeless."