IMPACT OC

Impact OC-Orange County’s Organized Health System

How does Orange County provide publicly funded health care coverage to low-income children, adults, seniors and people with disabilities? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with CalOptima Health Medi-Cal/CalAim Executive Director Kelly Bruno-Nelson. CalOptima Health is Orange County's organized health system. She talks about CalOptima Health’s programs. Only on OC Talk Radio, Orange County’s Only Community Radio Station which streams live from the University of California-Irvine’s BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER. www.caloptima.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t Miss MONSTER JAM this weekend

It's time for another monster show at this weekend's MONSTER JAM Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 26-28, up in LA at Crypto.com Arena (the former Staples Center downtown).

Listen as we talk with the driver of the legendary GRAVE DIGGER truck on how he got into this crazy world and what he loves the most about it.  And what to expect as the drivers go all out and push these legendary "monster trucks" to the limit (and beyond) on the latest stop on this tour.

On this week's OC SPOTLIGHT, on Orange County's only community radio station, OC TALK RADIO. 

Don’t miss PINNERS this weekend.

Hear all about the PINNERS CONFERENCE and EXPO this weekend (August 26-27) at the FAIRPLEX in Pomona, CA on this week's OC SPOTLIGHT. 

It's a conference featuring 100+ Pinterest-based classes taught by the best presenters in the nation. And it's also a show with 200 top businesses providing beautiful options in the worlds of DIY, crafts, cooking, self-improvement, photography, party planning, scrapbooking, holiday, beauty and fashion and all sorts of other great things. 

All that and more.  This Friday and Saturday, August 26 and 27 at the FAIRPLEX in Pomona. 

OUR COMMUNITY: Meet Irakli (Rocky) Bandzeladze

Meet Irakli (Rocky) Bandzeladze, EVP, Head of Business Banking at Banc of California. And hear his fascinating "immigrant's story" that takes him from his native war torn country of Georgia (around the time the Russians invaded there as well in the 90s) to America (and then California). With little in his pocket but a dream.  A dream that took him to college and eventually into banking. And recently earned him a doctorate in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine.

A skill that serves him well as a board member for the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.  Proving again the power of the immigrant's journey. (And that you don't have to be Hispanic to be part of OUR COMMUNITY!)  On this week's OUR COMMUNITY PODCAST. Powered by the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Orange County's only community radio station, OC TALK RADIO.

Impact OC-Meals on Wheels Orange County Serves nearly two million meals annually

How does Meals on Wheels Orange County serve nearly two million meals annually? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Meals on Wheels Orange County CEO Holly Hagler. She also serves on the leadership council for the OC Strategic Plan for Aging, on the boards of directors for Meals on Wheels America and for Meals on Wheels California, and as co-chair of Partners at Home Network. She talks about her organization’s mission: to nourish the wellness, purpose and dignity of older adults and their families. Only on OC Talk Radio, Orange County’s Only Community Radio Station which streams live from the University of California-Irvine’s BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER. www.mealsonwheelsoc.org

 

 

 

Riding Around The World

Hear the conclusion of Richard Davis' years long, 24,000 mile ride. Which started when Richard realized he'd turned over the odometer on his 2018 Pedego Electric Bike for the second time. Meaning he’d already ridden about 12,000 miles (or roughly half way around the world). 

 

So being an engineer, he started tracking his mileage on a daily basis and turning that data into a spread sheet that plotted out exactly where he’d be if he really WERE riding all the way around the world. Plotting his path "back home". Learning about the exotic points on the map and places he crossed in his mind. And turning his daily exercise into an around the world adventure. 

 

A “fantasy ride” across the planet. All from the comfort of his home in Panama City, Florida.

 

Truly a flight of fancy. An armchair traveler's dream. And an amazing story filled with lots of imagination, drive and determination, on this week's PEDEGO PODCAST.

Impact OC- Empowering People to End Poverty

How does the Community Action Partnership of Orange County seek to end poverty by stabilizing, sustaining and empowering people with the resources they need when they need them? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Community Action Partnership of Orange County President and CEO Gregory C. Scott. He talks about addressing the immediate needs of people in crisis and how the nonprofit provides the solutions they need to survive. Only on OC Talk Radio, Orange County’s Only Community Radio Station which streams live from the University of California-Irvine’s BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER. www.capoc.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impact OC-Keeping Orange County Moving

How can the Orange County Transportation Authority keep Orange County residents moving? Find out by listening to OC Talk Radio Public Affairs Director Dawn Kamber’s interview with Orange County Transportation Authority Chief Executive Officer Darrell Johnson.  He talks about the Measure M, voter approved half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements. As well as freeway projects, Metrolink services, bus services and other OCTA programs. Only on OC Talk Radio, Orange County’s Only Community Radio Station which streams live from the University of California-Irvine’s BEALL APPLIED INNOVATION CENTER. www.octa.net

 

 

 

OUR COMMUNITY: Meet Paula Garcia-Arsenault, VP Community Relations CHASE BANK

Meet Paula Garcia-Arsenault, a Board Member of the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, an advisor for our Youth Chamber. As well as a Board Member of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce.

Paula is a native of Santa Ana and a long time advocate for this community. She brings that background to her full time job as VP Community Relations for Chase Bank. 

Learn more about the continuing community outreach she does in all her roles.  On this week's OUR COMMUNITY podcast. Powered by the Orange County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Orange County's only community radio station, OC TALK RADIO.

Meant to Be

Hear the amazing story of two high school sweethearts, Patrick and Wendy Reilly who not only seemed destined to be together, but somehow destined to be in business together as well.

Though you wouldn't have thought so if you watched the first 30 years of their life unfold as they got married in 1992 and started raising a family. As Wendy began work as a Behavioral Therapist and got her Masters in Special Ed. While her husband Patrick started down a long path as an engineer for Comcast.

But all that changed in 2017 during a family trip to Bar Harbor, Maine. When Patrick (who'd developed a bad back from too many injuries on his job) stumbled into a Pedego EBike store and discovered that (for the first time) he could join Wendy on her long hikes with their boys.

Enthralled with the fun they had that day, they went back home and began imagining "what if WE opened a store back in New Jersey"?  Going so far as to actually contact Pedego and explore the idea. But careers and kids kept getting in the way. 

Then COVID came and changed everything. Stuck at home in 2020, they drove to the Pedego store in Spring Lake, NJ and bought two bikes to celebrate their 28th wedding anniversary  And then destiny stepped in and altered the course of their lives (or maybe corrected the course to where they were always meant to be). 

Because shortly after buying the bikes, Patrick had a question and decided to call the local store, but instead dialed the Pedego corporate HQ in CA by mistake.  Even more miraculously, they remembered him and said "hey, if you're still interested in opening a store, we're looking for someone in Haddenfield" (where they lived)".

And thus began this new leg of their journey together that finds them not with just one store but two (with a second location in  Princeton, NJ as well).  Where they are working with that famed University to possibly purchase a whole pack of Pedegos for faculty and staff to pedal around campus. With all three of their sons now working with them as well.

Whatever you call this strange twist of fate, it sure seems like something that was somehow meant to be. As the family that first rode together is now blazing a new trail together. As accidental Electric Bike Entrepreneurs driving the EBike Revolution. On this week's PEDEGO PODCAST.