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KCRW's afternoon news host, Steve Chiotakis, sits down with the leading journalists in Los Angeles and across Southern California for a slightly offbeat look at some of the week's top...

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KCRW's afternoon news host, Steve Chiotakis, sits down with the leading journalists in Los Angeles and across Southern
California for a slightly offbeat look at some of the week's top stories in politics, business, and other news.

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A bad tax day for California

12 APR 2019 · For many Californians, Tax Day this year means writing a check to Uncle Sam. President Donald Trump, and the GOP’s new tax laws, are hitting high tax states, such as California and New York, extremely hard. Is there anything you can do?

Ascoltato 9 min. 54 sec.
New Sheriff, New Chutzpah

29 MAR 2019 · Alex Villanueva has a mandate and he does not care who – or what – gets in his way. At least, that’s how the newly minted Sheriff of L.A. County has positioned himself during his first few months in office. Villanueva won in an election last...

Ascoltato 9 min. 18 sec.
Disney plus Fox equals what for LA?

15 MAR 2019 · In less than a week from now, Disney and 20th Century-Fox will be one. It is by far the biggest entertainment merger in recent memory, and anxiety is high on the Fox lot. There are jobs in accounting, marketing and beyond that could soon be...

Ascoltato 8 min. 6 sec.
Democrats lean left, socialism leans in

22 FEB 2019 · Bernie Sanders and his 2016 campaign helped usher in a new generation of politicians and brought several progressive ideas to the Democratic Party platform. But that's not enough for the Vermont Senator. He has his eyes on 2020.

Ascoltato 8 min. 56 sec.
Bullet Train Plans Go Off the Rails

15 FEB 2019 · Plans for the high-speed rail project originally meant to connect L.A. and San Francisco - are now derailed. At least, so it seems. Governor Gavin Newsom said in his State of the State address this week that he was going to shorten its construction...

Ascoltato 8 min. 30 sec.
Getting past the sour note

8 FEB 2019 · There’s another big awards show this weekend in Los Angeles. And this one, like some others, is trying to move past controversy that concerns inclusion. The Grammy Awards actually expanded the number of nominees competing in the 4 big categories,...

Ascoltato 9 min. 4 sec.
Gaslighting America

1 FEB 2019 · President Trump’s intelligence team went to Capitol Hill this week for their yearly update to the Congress. But Trump did not like what they said and how it was covered. So he contradicted them and blamed the media for mischaracterizing their comments.

Ascoltato 8 min. 38 sec.
A California soaking, but will it stick?

18 GEN 2019 · Some parts of Southern California got more than five inches of rain this week, in a series of storm systems that hit the area one after the other. What climate scientists describe as an atmospheric river is behind the weather pattern that brought...

Ascoltato 9 min. 4 sec.
The march toward a teachers strike sounds familiar

11 GEN 2019 · Higher salaries, larger class sizes, more counselors, librarians and nurses. Those are just some of the demands that members of United Teachers, Los Angeles - the union that represents teachers' at LAUSD - are asking for. And if you think those...

Ascoltato 9 min. 7 sec.
Governor Moonbean and his reform record

21 DIC 2018 · Jerry Brown is still the Governor of California. But not for long. He’s termed out – and on his way out – in January, when Gavin Newsom is set to take over as the state’s chief executive. Brown has been in public service for nearly half a...

Ascoltato 9 min. 28 sec.

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