Today is Monday, the 17th of June of 2019.  It is the 168th day of the year.  197 days remain until the end of the year.  4 days until summer begins and 505 days until presidential elections on Tuesday November 3, 2020...

On this edition of next Your Call’s One Planet Series, we’ll discuss the recent UN report warning that over one million plant and animal species are at risk of extinction over the next few decades.

It's a New Age of Space Exploration. NASA is preparing for another manned trip to the moon. New technologies will be tested there in order to plan a much longer trip to Mars. Scientists are figuring out how to grow food, fuel, and pharmaceuticals in space. And the International Space Station is now open for business, including hosting “private” astronauts. Want to travel to the moon? It’s now possible, for a price. 

Join us this Saturday at 3 pm (PDT) on Folk Music & Beyond for a live performance by talented young British musician Dan Walsh, making a rare Bay Area appearance.  Dan will enthrall you with his mastery of the clawhammer banjo. Dan does it all-- Celtic and old-time, Balkan, Scandinavian, Egyptian, and Indian ragas! 

Enjoy some strawberry shortcake today!

Today is Friday, June 14, 2019, the 165th day of the year.  200 days remain until the end of the year, and 8 days until summer.

• Sunrise: 5:47am          
• Sunset: 8:33pm

...giving us 14 hours and 45 minutes of daylight.  85% of the waxing moon visible, rising at 6:04pm.