Straight Up John Watanabe

 While it is still the year 2025 as I write this, I must say that one of my God-given highlights of 2025 was my participation as one of the celebrities at the 65th annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival (thanks again to Andrea Perez, Wendy Ellis and the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Board of Directors for choosing me and welcoming me). The photo above (taken by Michael David) features me signing an autograph for a fan at the Celebrity Meet & Greet outside the Garden Grove Courtyard Center (which took place after the Celebrity Breakfast, the Strawberry Festival Parade, and the VIP Celebrity Lunch). My wife April was sitting several feet behind me, as folks lined up for autographs in front of me. Some of my fellow celebrities sitting near me at the Celebrity Meet & Greet table included our Celebrity Grand Marshal Kate Linder (aka Esther Valentine on the TV soap opera "The Young & The Restless"), Wing Lam (co-founder of and TV commercial spokesman for Wahoo's...

 Before the year 2025 ends very soon, I just want to say that I am honored to be a full-time on-air personality on a radio station that is celebrating its 40th year anniversary, KWVE/"K-WAVE" FM 107.9 & AM 1110/Los Angeles. As K-WAVE celebrates 40 years on the air this year, praise God that I have been working at this radio station (owned by and on the campus of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa) during the last 14 years. It's an honor for me to be one of the chosen ones to carry on 2 legacies...the legacies of AM 1110 in Los Angeles and the great Calvary Chapel founder Pastor Chuck Smith (who was portrayed by Kelsey Grammer in the movie "Jesus Revolution").  Back on April 15, 1985, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa took over 107.9 FM (fulfilling a vision by Pastor Chuck Smith to start a radio station that would spread the gospel and equip believers in Christ Jesus), and in 2023, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa bought the powerful 50,000-watt AM 1110/Los Angeles from the Walt Dis...