She Healed the Bay; Dinner Party Download; Silver Seduction; He Made Jazz Visual; Violin Virtuoso; Voter Registration: Now or Never; Door-to-Door Democrat; (Fire)Fighter Pilots; All the Pretty Worn-Out Horses; No TV Coverage: Take Cover!; Haute Cuisine in Hard Times?; On the Fire Lines; The Bradley Non-Effect; Letters
She Healed the Bay
Dorothy Green, the founder of Heal the Bay, passed away this week. Along with cleaner beaches and waterways, she leaves behind an organization that now boasts 15,000 members.
Dinner Party Download
In ten minutes, Dinner Party Download gives you everything you need to wow the crowd at this weekend's party.
Silver Seduction
KPCC's Patricia Nazario chats with the master Mexican silversmith Antonio Pineda, whose work is on display at UCLA's Fowler Museum.
He Made Jazz Visual
William Claxton, the photographer responsible for some of the most iconic jazz album covers, died this week. John spoke to him last year at OCMA's "Birth of the Cool" Exhibit.
Violin Virtuoso
Composer and violinist Mark O'Connor will be the first artist-in-residence at UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music. Queena Kim talks to the violinist, who'll be playing a concert at UCLA on Tuesday.
Voter Registration: Now or Never
The deadline to register for the November election is this Monday, October 20th. Off-Ramp contributor Jackson Musker takes to the streets and asks unregistered voters what's holding them back.
Door-to-Door Democrat
Off-Ramp commentator Hank Rosenfeld talks about fund raising for the Democratic National Committee, or as he calls it "pimping for politics."
(Fire)Fighter Pilots
Our colleague from KFI, Eric Leonard, joined Patt Morrison this week to talk about the fires. What catches his eye are the maneuvers pulled off by the helicopter pilots.
All the Pretty Worn-Out Horses
Gary Jones was among the first evacuees from the Marek fire to show up at the Red Cross Shelter at San Fernando High School. He lives in canyon where people keep horses...a lot more horses than he realized.
No TV Coverage: Take Cover!
KPCC's Frank Stoltze tells us what people in the fire zone do when TV stations stop live coverage of a wildfire that's threatening their homes.
Haute Cuisine in Hard Times?
John Rabe asks Campanile's Mark Peel if the food scene will suffer during the current economic slowdown.
On the Fire Lines
KPCC's Brian Watt talks with a relieved Gary Weinberg after the wildfires narrowly missed his home.
Off-Ramp Slideshow of the Fires
The Bradley Non-Effect
Nelson Rising, now head of Maguire Properties, was Bradley's campaign manager in '82. He tells KPCC's Frank Stoltze that the "Bradley Effect" probably won't come into play this Election Day, and that it probably never happened in the first place.
Letters
Listener Bill Waldman wrote about being unnerved by our story on Palin-supporter Linda Salley; and Zoe Nicholson, President of a NOW chapter in the OC, took issue with our coverage of another NOW chapter president who supports Sarah Palin. Keep the letters (offramp@kpcc.org) and phone calls (213-621-3404) coming!