Issues & Ideas: Arts groups back on stage, land conservation, and changes in Morro Bay

KCBX | By Fr. Ian Delinger,

Published July 26, 2021 at 1:47 PM PDT

As part of the KCBX Arts Beat, we're taking a look at how three local music organizations survived the pandemic: Festival Mozaic, the SLO Symphony, and Infinite Music. In our 3rd episode of KCBX's 12 part series 'Beyond the Furrows" reporter Francisco Martinez explores how labor trafficking affects farmworkers and what’s being done locally. The Land Conservancy of SLO County is starting to assess usage potential for the Santa Rita Ranch along Highway 46. You’ll hear from Around Downtown's Bettina Swigger as she speaks with Erica Crawford of the Morro Bay Chamber of Commerce. Finally, we’ll join Fr. Ian Dellinger as he explores sheep milk ice cream on Playing With Food.

Fr. Ian Delinger

Fr. Ian Delinger hosts "Playing with Food," a monthly segment on "Issues and Ideas" that explores unique ways of looking at and preparing everyday foods on the California Central Coast.

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Francisco Martinez

Francisco Martinez joined KCBX in January 2021 as a substitute staff announcer and then became a regular afternoon announcer, occasional reporter and host of Citizen Sound, our two-hour alternative music show that airs at 11:00 p.m. Sundays. Francisco moved back to the Bay Area in January 2022 and departed as Citizen Sound’s regular host in June 2022; he’s since returned as a fill-in host for Citizen Sound, Speak Low and anything else that’s needed.

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Bettina Swigger

Bettina Swigger hosts the Around Downtown segment of our weekly radio magazine Issues & Ideas. Around Downtown features the happenings and people of Downtown San Luis Obispo and other downtown areas on the Central Coast. Bettina formerly co-hosted KCBX In Concert, our weekly classical music program that highlights the musicians, music organizations and music presenters of the Central Coast.

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