Tune in NPR radio affiliate KPCC, 89.3 FM, Thursday at 12:20 p.m., for this week’s segment of Orange County Journalists Roundtable on AirTalk with host Larry Mantle, this week featuring The Orange County Register’s Julie Gallego, KPCC Reporter Ben Bergman and Voice of OC Editor-in-Chief Norberto Santana Jr.

This week’s topics will focus on alleged racism in Yorba Linda, outsourcing battles in Costa Mesa, taxing docks and addressing climate change in Newport Beach and voting patterns among Orange County’s Asian-Americans.

The broadcast can be heard live online (click “Listen Live”), heard later online or downloaded as a podcast.

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