NORTH COAST, Calif. – In 2011, KZYX brought the StoryCorps Mobile Recording Studio to Ukiah, Calif.

In the space of about four weeks, more than 100 recording sessions took place in downtown Ukiah. In each and every case, local people, friends, neighbors, mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, grandfathers and grandmothers stepped into the studio.

They talked about life, death, wellness, illness, family, friends, jobs, hobbies and so much more.

On Saturday, March 10, KZYX will bring you an hour of short stories, vignettes really, excerpted from the complete StoryCorps interviews.

These are stories from all over the United States, and will serve as an introduction to the StoryCorps experience.

Then at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 17, KZYX will begin sharing stories recorded in Ukiah in 2011.

For one hour each Saturday these people will share part of their lives with each other and with each of you.

Their stories run the gamut from complex to simple, from thoroughly happy to sad or poignant. They are all worth listening to. And you can at www.kzyx.org .

KZYX wishes to thank Ukiah Valley Conference Center, Sanford House Bed & Breakfast, Ukiah Natural Foods Co-op, Ukiah Valley Medical Center and StoryCorps for their support.