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LAX to receive $150 million for baggage security

Mon, Dec 7 Listen
Los Angeles International Airport is in line for 150-million federal dollars to boost baggage security.

Nutrition advocates urge more free breakfasts for public school students

Mon, Dec 7 Listen
The economy’s depleting pantries in many households. In two reports released today, nutrition advocates say that’s one of the reasons more public school parents should sign up their children for free breakfast programs.

Ukrainian philanthropist launches a new award for young artists

Mon, Dec 7 Listen
A new international prize for young artists boasts a major Southland cultural patron on its board of directors. The foundation behind the award plans to announce details Tuesday.

Greenhouse gas "endangerment" ruling could spur Waxman-Markey, says Boxer

Mon, Dec 7 Listen
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has declared six greenhouse gases to be a danger to human health. The EPA says that means they should be regulated. The pronouncement could have consequences in Congress.

LA Unified set to vote on preliminary budget cuts

Mon, Dec 7 Listen
Public school districts in California must submit preliminary budgets to county education officials next week. Administrators at the Los Angeles Unified School District are set to vote on a budget plan tomorrow with significant cuts.

Independent expenditures by labor unions soar in LA City Council race

Mon, Dec 7 Listen
Voters in the eastern San Fernando Valley go to the polls Tuesday to elect a new representative on the Los Angeles City Council. The result may not depend on the candidates, but on one of the biggest independent expenditure campaigns in city history.

Freshman California Congressman Garamendi talks about life in Washington

Mon, Dec 7 Listen
California’s newest member of Congress may be a freshman on Capitol Hill, but he’s a political veteran with more years of public service than most of his colleagues.

Football-themed drama runs to the top of the box office in rare play

Sun, Dec 6 Listen
An underdog hit scores the top of the box office this weekend.

Huntington Beach residents hope swim-a-thon can save swim program

Sun, Dec 6 Listen
Some Huntington Beach residents are fighting the budget ax with water. They’re holding a swim-a-thon today to try to save the Community Swim Program at Huntington Beach High School.

The Airborne Toxic Event plays Disney Hall

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
On Dec. 5, The Airborne Toxic Event will take the stage at Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. The up-and-coming L.A. band will share the stage with the Calder Quartet and other special guests as part of the Hall's West Coast Left Coast series.

Report finds most California’s charitable donations in 2008 went to fundrai

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
California’s Attorney General just released his annual report on fundraisers that solicit donations for charities. Some pocketed most of the money they raised – leaving the charities with little.

Irvine Ranch Conservancy creates native plant farm

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
When conservationists try to restore areas where non-native plants have taken over, they may have to help the native plants along. And they sometimes turn to native seeds to do the job. That’s why last month, the Irvine Ranch Conservancy created its first “native farm.”

LAPD Chief Beck brings Daryl Gates and Tom Hayden to the same stage

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
Thursday's ceremonial swearing-in of LAPD Chief Charlie Beck assembled the department’s diehard defenders, and its toughest critics. That reflects what many people regard as one of Beck’s most important talents.

New program connects Jewish and Latino students

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
Israel’s consul general in Los Angeles inaugurated a new partnership yesterday that's intended to foster interaction between Jewish students and mostly Spanish-speaking immigrant students.

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck's son talks about becoming a cop under his dad

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Friday presides over his first class of graduates from the police academy. His 23-year-old son Martin Beck is one of them. (Audio: Martin Beck spoke with KPCC’s Frank Stoltze.)

Despite fewer new cases, California health officials say get a swine flu sh

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
The number of new swine flu cases has dropped slightly in the last couple of weeks. But that doesn't mean H1N1 is going away. One of the state's top health officials still wants you to get your swine flu shot.

California plans to adapt to climate, not just slow warming

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
Political and environmental leaders from around the world will meet in Denmark next week, where the United Nations will sponsor talks on climate change policy. This week, California released its plans for adapting to a warming world.

Democrats work to pass jobs bill in US House

Thu, Dec 3 Listen
One in eight Californians is out of work. Today President Obama’s hosting a jobs summit at the White House. Jobs are also the number one issue for California’s most powerful representative on Capitol Hill.

Cal State LA students protest at governor’s office against higher education

Thu, Dec 3 Listen
About a hundred Cal State L.A. students rallied outside Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office in downtown Los Angeles to protest state budget cuts to higher education.

New LAPD Chief Beck talks about leadership style

Thu, Dec 3 Listen
Los Angeles celebrates its new police chief Thursday with a ceremonial swearing-in, a barbecue at the police academy and a Getty Center dinner. Chief Charlie Beck succeeded Bill Bratton two weeks ago promising to continue his predecessor’s push for a more community-friendly LAPD and to put more officers in the field. (Audio: An excerpt of an interview Beck did with KPCC.)

Los Angeles County agency uses federal stimulus money to create jobs

Thu, Dec 3 Listen
The White House is holding a summit today with business leaders. The topic: job creation. The Obama administration’s stimulus package set aside hundreds of millions of dollars to pay people to work in public agencies and private companies and non-profits. In Los Angeles County, the South Bay Workforce Investment Board is in charge of making that happen.

Proposed LA pot law may confict with judge's opinion

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
The Los Angeles City Council plans to move forward with a medical marijuana ordinance that would allow people to exchange cash for pot, despite a judge’s opinion that suggests such transactions are illegal.

Financial panel OKs key regulatory measure; House vote next

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
After sitting on it for six weeks, the House Financial Services Committee today passed a bill, 31-27, to overhaul regulation of financial institutions.

2 LA Unified labor unions accept furloughs

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
Two Los Angeles Unified School District labor unions have agreed to accept four unpaid days off to help the district close a nearly $500 million budget deficit expected for the next fiscal year.

Artists, writers represent Los Angeles at international book fair

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
About a hundred Los Angeles area writers, performers, and artists will sing L.A.’s praises for one week at a prestigious book fair in Mexico that begins tomorrow.

Applications flood California State University

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
On Monday, the deadline passed for applications to most of the 23 California State University campuses. Administrators said today they received a record number of online applications.

LA County Supervisors ratify plan to run King Hospital with University of C

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
The coast is clear for the University of California and Los Angeles County to reopen King Hospital in Willowbrook. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors has ratified an agreement with the university system.

13 join the California Hall of Fame

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
Tuesday evening, Governor Schwarzenegger and first lady Maria Shriver inducted 13 Californians into the state’s Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees run the gamut from athletes to business moguls to political activists.

Half-million dollar reward in Grim Sleeper murder case extended

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
The Los Angeles City Council has extended until June a $500,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of a serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper. Authorities believe the suspect is responsible for the deaths of 10 women and one man in South L.A.

Prominent folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes dies at 88

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
Musician and folklorist Bess Lomax Hawes died last week. She was 88 years old. (Audio: KPCC's Alex Cohen talks with Sabina Magliocco, the anthropology department chairwoman at Cal State Northridge, about Hawes' work.)

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