Eps. 164 Austin Dave

The Talk of Santa Clarita

Aside from a few years in Las Vegas, Austin Dave is more or less a lifelong resident of Santa Clarita. Growing up, Austin was an aspiring filmmaker until the day he literally stumbled into a classroom at College of the Canyons on journalism and fate took over and Austin found a new passion. As a journalist, he has worked for SCVTV and the Signal. Now, he works for himself as an independent voice in Santa Clarita for "Live as it happens" reporting. Austin often does reporting literally as it happens. He has followed police incidents, car accidents, and the activist marches which have taken place in the SCV. He has developed a loyal following on both instagram and facebook . He hasn't abandoned filmmaking though. He has been working a documentary on the addiction problems which have troubled Santa Clarita for several years now. He's a fascinating guy. Particularly because he does his reporting more as a community service than to make money. I met with him several months ago to do this podcast but due to the 2020 election and the multitude of candidates running, this podcast was put on hold for awhile. However the issues we discuss are still very relevant. We talked about his perception of Santa Clarita, the media out here, why he does what he does, and his documentary. I found him incredibly interesting to talk to and I think you will too.