Linea Abierta Programming: December 30, 2024

MONDAY, DECEMBER 30
PROGRAM #10638 12:00 PM PT

New Farm and Disaster Aid. President Biden signed a stopgap spending measure extending US federal government funding Through March. The bill includes 100 billion dollars in disaster relief to help with hurricane recovery and other natural disasters and a one-year farm bill, including 10 billion for economic assistance to farmers. What are the specifics?

Guest: José López Zamorano, News Reporter, Washington, DC.

“Cuando se seca el Arroyo”: A Recap. From roundtables featuring the Acequia community irrigation model in Colorado and leading Cucapah fisherwomen in the Colorado River Delta, to programs highlighting the astonishingly-fast return of the salmon to the Upper Klamath River and the efforts in Utah and Arizona to move away from water-intensive crops, and the commitment of Latino farmers in California to practice climate-resilient agriculture, Línea Abierta brought in 2024 special focus on ocean justice, climate-resilient agriculture, and the Colorado River water crisis. Línea Abierta radio journalists reflect on that coverage and the road ahead.

Guests: Samuel Orozco, News and Information Director, Fresno, CA; Chelis López, Program Host, Línea Abierta, San Francisco, CA; Citlali Sáenz, Program Host, Mexico City, MX; Gerardo Guzmán, Program Host, Línea Abierta, Atlanta, GA.

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31
PROGRAM #10639 11:00 AM PT

Extra Edition: Seafood for the Holidays. (Program Repeat). This program explores the gastronomic wealth of the Mexican coasts and the typical Cuando fish and seafood dishes of the New Year’s holidays. Restaurateurs share recipes with traditional flavors of Mexican cuisine, such as seafood pozole, ceviche tostadas, seafood soup, dried shrimp tamales, sardine sopes and more. They talk about how they make sustainable purchases of seafood and how they support sustainable fishing. Additionally, an expert of the world-famous Monterey Bay Aquarium in California explains the forward-looking Seafood Watch program, an initiative to assess top US fisheries and rate seafood based on environmental sustainability and help inform consumers’ seafood purchasing decisions. He discusses what is sustainably-caught fish and the Seafood Watch list. This program was originally aired on December 27, 2024.

Guests: Miguel Castellanos, Senior Aquaculture Researcher, Seafood Watch Spokesperson, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA; Hector Palacios, Chef, La Paz, Baja California Sur, MX; Guillermo Echeverria, Chef, Oaxaca, MX; Victor Rodriguez, Contributor, Ensenada, Baja California, MX.

PROGRAM #10640 12:00 PM PT

Immigration: Year in Review. 2024 was marked by hostile election campaign rhetoric and tough policies targeting immigrants. Texas implemented Operation Lone Star, the Biden administration imposed tougher asylum restrictions at the border, and Trump won the presidential election promising “the largest mass deportation in history.” On the other hand, immigrant rights victories included Colorado and California’s access to subsidized healthcare for undocumented residents. This program features excerpts of archival interviews from Línea Abierta.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1
PROGRAM #10641 12:00 PM PT

¡Chicanísima! The ¡Chicanísima! Opera celebrates the life and work of veteran Chicanx civil rights leader and LGBTQ+ activist Olga Talamante. The opera explores her journey from working the fields as a child to her decades of activism in the US, Mexico, and in Argentina, where she became a political prisoner. After surviving violence at the hands of a military regime, Talamante has been on a journey to find recovery and healing from trauma. This interview with Talamante includes segments of the opera, performed by Quinteto Latino. This is a special holiday edition.

Guest: Olga Talamante, Former Executive Director, Chicana Latina Foundation, San Francisco, CA.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 2
PROGRAM #10642 11:00 AM PT

Extra Edition: Trump’s Education Agenda. (Program Repeat). During his second term in office, President-elect Trump is expected to eliminate the Department of Education, push for private school choice, dismantle DEI programs and roll back protections for transgender students. What other changes to education are in the pipeline? What could be the impact of Trump’s new immigration policies on colleges and universities? This program was originally aired on December 16, 2024.

Guest: Patricia Gándara, Research Professor of Education, University of California Los Angeles-UCLA, Co-Director, The Civil Rights Project, Los Angeles, CA.

Bilingual Education in California: The Long Road Back. California banned bilingual education for nearly 20 years and while now it has removed the official barriers and bilingual education helps many students in need, the state hasn’t recovered from the damage. A reporter checked into the challenges and has the story.

Guests: Tara García Mathewson, Education Reporter, CalMatters and The Markup, New York, NY; Bárbara Flores, Bilingual Education Researcher and Advocate, Immediate Past President of the Central Advisory Board of Education-CABE, San Bernardino, CA.

PROGRAM #10643 12:00 PM PT

Trump Wants US Expansion. President-elect Trump has threatened to take over Greenland, the Panama Canal, and designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations to allow the Pentagon the use of military force. What’s behind these boisterous announcements?

Guest: Jose Lopez Zamorano, News Reporter, Washington, DC.

Mother-Tongue Information in Rural Areas. While Nevada state agencies have come up with plans to provide language access for people in rural areas, those laws were not always enforced. In response, lawmakers focused on the state’s two largest counties to pass local language access laws to create and implement language access plans.

Guest: Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, Health News Correspondent, KFF Health News, Elko, NV.

Bird Flu Emergency. California declared a state of emergency in response to bird flu outbreaks detected in dairy cows on farms in the state. The virus has spread in 16 states among dairy cattle. California has already established the largest testing and monitoring system in the nation. Why the emergency declaration? What’s the risk to the public? How can people protect themselves?

Guest: Dr. Lucia Abascal, Public Health Physician, California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, CA.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 3
PROGRAM #10644 12:00 PM PT

Mexico Edition: The Year in Review, The Year Ahead. This is a look back at the events that shaped Mexico in 2024, including the historic election of the first woman president, and the constitutional reforms restructuring the judiciary and enshrining the rights of indigenous peoples. Analysts also discuss trends and projections for 2025, and the Year of the Indigenous Woman, as declared by the Sheinbaum administration.