62 Available Episodes (62 Total)Average duration: 00:04:08
Apr 09, 2019
Arts District Continues to Attract Investments
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Warner Music just moved its employees to a new home in an old factory building in the Arts District. The neighborhood has long been the site of higher-end redevelopments, but this time the attention is on the blocks on its southern end. Several creative companies are shuffling their headquarters and investments across L.A.
Apr 02, 2019
LA loses an ally in the fight against violence
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Friends, family and fans continue to mourn the loss of rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was shot and killed over the weekend outside his clothing store in South Los Angeles. He’s remembered as, not only a successful artist, with a Grammy nomination, but champion for his Hyde Park neighborhood.
Mar 26, 2019
A second crystal meth overdose confirmed at the home of democratic donor
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The L.A. County Coroner’s Office has concluded that a man who died at the home of a prominent Democratic donor in West Hollywood overdosed on crystal meth. It is the second such death, at Ed Buck’s West Hollywood apartment, of a similar nature in the last couple of years. The results from 55-year-old Timothy Dean’s autopsy has renewed calls for Buck to be prosecuted. But so far there is no word from the L.A. County District Attorney’s office if that will happen.
Mar 19, 2019
California has new transparency laws, and newsrooms are pouncing
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Before former Governor Jerry Brown left office, last year, he put his pen to a couple, new transparency laws. Both have to do with public access to internal police investigations and video footage of shootings by officers and deputies. Now that these laws are on the books, dozens of newsrooms across California have joined forces to review those records.
Mar 12, 2019
Big changes on the horizon for Santa Monica elections
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Think of Santa Monica and there are a number of things that come to mind: an idyllic, beachside setting; a tech-saturated economy; a bastion of liberal politics. That last bit, however, may not extend to voting especially if you ask one county judge. He’s ruled that the city’s at-large voting for City Council is illegal and discriminates against Santa Monica’s growing Latino population.
Mar 06, 2019
The end of the neighborhood polling place
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Those who cast their ballot in the LA Unified School Board election at a local school or church likely did so for the last time. From now on, you can either vote by mail or go to an official voting center.
Feb 27, 2019
The Long Beach Angels?
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It’s the team that’s had to deal with a geography and identity crisis for years, with some of the most supportive fans in Major League Baseball. The L.A. Angels of Anaheim, formerly known as the Anaheim Angels and the California Angels could very soon become the Angels of Long Beach. That's unless Anaheim has something to say about it.
Feb 20, 2019
Police Transparency Law Gets Stuck in Courts
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A landmark bill signed by then-Governor Brown last year is intended to make records of police misconduct available to the public. Predictably, law enforcement unions - and now Attorney General Xavier Becerra - are reluctant to apply the law retroactively, to cases from years past. The latest on how judges are weighing in on the matter.
Feb 13, 2019
Natural gas not a part of LA's energy future
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L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today that the city's utility will not revamp three of its natural gas power plants. It is all part of the Mayor's vision for a cleaner city. But what will this decision mean for your electricity bill?
Feb 06, 2019
There's a new way to describe powerful atmospheric river storms
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California researchers weren't satisfied with how meteorologists explained weather events such as heavy rains, so they created five categories from "weak" to "exceptional." The new atmospheric river scale can help the public better understand the intensity of strong winds that carry a storm's water vapor over time.
Apr 09 | 00:04:13
Arts District Continues to Attract Investments
Apr 02 | 00:03:30
LA loses an ally in the fight against violence
Mar 26 | 00:03:50
A second crystal meth overdose confirmed at the home of democratic donor
Mar 19 | 00:04:32
California has new transparency laws, and newsrooms are pouncing
Mar 12 | 00:03:56
Big changes on the horizon for Santa Monica elections
Mar 06 | 00:03:56
The end of the neighborhood polling place
Feb 27 | 00:04:31
The Long Beach Angels?
Feb 20 | 00:03:55
Police Transparency Law Gets Stuck in Courts
Feb 13 | 00:04:13
Natural gas not a part of LA's energy future
Feb 06 | 00:03:50
There's a new way to describe powerful atmospheric river storms
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