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Ronald Reagan statue unveiled in Washington DC's Capitol building

Wed, Jun 3 Listen
Kitty Felde: It's been five years since the death of Ronald Reagan, five years since his casket lay in state in the Rotunda of the Capitol building. A 30-hour procession of more than 100,000 people paid their respects back then. Now visitors to the Capitol can pay their respects to Reagan again. KPCC's Washington Correspondent Kitty Felde says a seven-foot statue of the 40th president was unveiled today in the Capitol Rotunda.

Department of Water and Power unveils memorial

Fri, May 22 Listen
Molly Peterson: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power holds a memorial ceremony every year to remember its fallen employees. At this year's ceremony in front of its building on Bunker Hill, the DWP dedicated a monument to the hundreds of men and women that have died on the job over the years. KPCC's Molly Peterson talked to the son of one of those workers.

Mexican American music is focus of new digital archive

Thu, Mar 26 Listen
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: Eight years ago, UCLA began an effort to digitize Mexican American music from California and Texas recorded on independent labels. Some of those 40,000 records are done and the university's unveiling them today. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has more.

UCLA unveils Mexican American music archive

Thu, Mar 26 Listen
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: UCLA is unveiling a massive digital archive of Mexican American music recordings, some more than a century old. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has the story on today's event.

Griffith Park is designated an LA cultural monument

Fri, Mar 13 Listen
Molly Peterson: Neighbors of Griffith Park are celebrating its recently-granted status as a cultural monument in the city of Los Angeles. KPCC's Molly Peterson checked out yesterday's ceremony.

Lawmakers renew effort to get US to recognize Armenian genocide

Fri, Mar 13 Listen
Kitty Felde: Next month marks the 94th anniversary of the start of the Armenian Genocide. More than a million Armenians died during a campaign of massacres and forced marches directed by the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire is now Turkey, an important American ally. Two Congressmen from California are again lobbying for US government recognition of the genocide. KPCC's Washington Correspondent Kitty Felde reports that first, they need to win over the House Speaker.

Dana Point hosts annual Festival of Whales

Fri, Mar 6 Listen
Susan Valot: For the 38th year, the Dana Point Festival of Whales celebrates the northern migration of California grey whales. More than 100,000 people show up for the two-weekend event in South Orange County. KPCC's Susan Valot caught up with a couple of people who've been involved since the very beginning.

StoryCorps: Porter ranch man talks about escape from Communist Romania

Wed, Mar 4 Listen
It's time again for StoryCorps on KPCC. The oral history project was in L.A. last month, recording the stories of southern Californians. Today, Jordan Sugar of Granada Hills interviews family friend Teofil Schintee of Porter Ranch. Schintee talks about how he escaped from Communist Romania as a young man.

La Brea Tar Pits reveals huge cache of fossils

Thu, Feb 26 Listen
Brian Watt: The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits already has plenty of fossils from the Ice Age. But the museum announced a "mammoth" discovery that could double the size of its collection. KPCC's Brian Watt went down to check out the bones.

La Brea Tar Pits reveals huge cache of fossils

Wed, Feb 18 Listen
Brian Watt: The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits already has plenty of fossils from the Ice Age. But the museum announced a "mammoth" discovery that could double the size of its collection. KPCC's Brian Watt went down to check out the bones.

UC Riverside holds documentary film series about the Black Panthers

Wed, Feb 18 Listen
Steven Cuevas: UC Riverside will wind up a documentary film series about the Black Panther party tomorrow night. KPCC's Steven Cuevas says the final screening is a film that looks at the rise and fall of the Panthers in LA.

Actor takes on role of Lincoln for schoolkids

Mon, Feb 16 Listen
John Rabe: This is Presidents Day, when we celebrate George Washington and Abraham Lincoln's birthdays with sales on used cars, mattresses, and plasma TVs. Fortunately, that's not the only way kids learn about Lincoln, who would have turned 200 this year. Every year around this time, for almost two decades, actor Barry Cutler has dressed up like Lincoln and toured schoolrooms around the country. Cutler lives in Palm Desert. KPCC's John Rabe caught him on the road.

The Founding of the NAACP

Thu, Feb 12 Listen
Shirley Jahad: Shirley Jahad talks with Leon Jenkins, head of the Los Angeles Branch, about the founding of the NAACP.

StoryCorps comes to L.A. to record personal histories

Fri, Jan 30 Listen
Queena Kim: For almost four years, the StoryCorps audio project has documented the voices of everyday people who make history. Today its mobile recording booth pulled up to the East Los Angeles Public Library, where StoryCorps staff is inviting people to share and preserve their stories. The project sends copies of the recordings from the booth to the Library of Congress. KPCC's Queena Kim attended the opening ceremony; she brings us this report.

Rabbi urges action against reinstatement of British Bishop Williamson

Mon, Jan 26 Listen
Patricia Nazario: A prominent Los Angeles Jewish leader criticized a Roman Catholic bishop today for apparently refuting facts about the Holocaust during a recent TV interview. KPCC's Patricia Nazario pulled part of the exchange off YouTube and offers this context.

Women's baseball exhibit slides into Fullerton Museum Center

Fri, Jan 23 Listen
Susan Valot: A new exhibit about women's baseball hits the Fullerton Museum Center this weekend. "Line Drives and Lipstick" opens Saturday. KPCC's Susan Valot stopped by for an early look.

Former White House speechwriter offers thoughts on Obama's inaugural

Tue, Jan 20 Listen
Nick Roman: Cal State Long Beach professor and former White House speech writer Craig Smith will do what many Americans plan to do when President Barack Obama delivers his inaugural address. Smith will watch the speech from Rome, where he'll host a lecture on presidential inaugurals just before the speech. Smith spoke with KPCC's Nick Roman

Security is tight in the nation's capitol for the presidential inauguration

Tue, Jan 20 Listen
Brian Watt: KPCC's Brian Watt will watch the inaugural ceremonies from along the west side of the Capitol mall. Brian talked with Morning Edition host Steve Julian about what kind of security measures he faced this morning.

Crowd on National Mall awaits inaugural speech

Tue, Jan 20 Listen
Shirley Jahad: KPCC's Shirley Jahad is on the National Mall and has been talking with people who staked out positions early this morning. Shirley spoke with Morning Edition host Steve Julian about what things looked like from her vantage point.

One of 'Little Rock Nine' speaks out about President-elect Obama's inaugura

Mon, Jan 19 Listen
One Southern Californian attending tomorrow's inauguration will be Terrence Roberts of Pasadena. Roberts was one of the "Little Rock Nine": African-American students who integrated Little Rock's Central High School in 1957 under the protection of federal troops. Today Roberts is 67 years old; a retired psychology professor. He spoke with us about how it feels to see Barack Obama elected president.

Members of Tuskeegee Airmen to attend inauguration

Mon, Jan 19 Listen
Brian Watt: Some of the best seats at Barack Obama's inauguration are going to a group of Tuskegee Airmen. They're a corps of African American pilots and ground crew who served during World War II. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who heads the congressional inaugural committee, invited the surviving Airmen. A couple hundred across the country have accepted. KPCC's Brian Watt says about a dozen from the Southland will be in that number.

Lynwood throws its own inauguration party

Fri, Jan 16 Listen
Kitty Felde: If you can't make it to Washington, DC for the Obama Inauguration, you can still put on your tux and your dancing shoes and attend an inaugural ball. All you need to do is head down the 710 Freeway. KPCC's Special Correspondent Kitty Felde has this preview of the Lynwood Presidential Inaugural Celebration Ball.

Astronomy enthusiasts still stargaze on Mount Wilson

Mon, Jan 5 Listen
Molly Peterson: It's been a century since the Mount Wilson Observatory arose almost 6,000 feet above Pasadena. Cutting-edge astronomy happened there before technology, development, and environmental changes made its original 60-inch telescope a relic. Southern Californians can still use it to sample the stars. KPCC's Molly Peterson made a pilgrimage.

50th anniversary of Castro's rise to power

Thu, Jan 1 Listen
Shirley Jahad: Cuban leader Fidel Castro has outlasted nine U.S. presidents and even the cold war itself. He rose to power 50 years ago today. On January 1, 1959, in the dark of night the former dictator of Cuba escaped as revolution was brewing. L.A. based author and historian Peter Moruzzi wrote the book "Havana: Before Castro." KPCC's Shirley Jahad talked with him about the events on New Years Day 50 years ago.

Sylmar mobile home park has long history

Wed, Dec 31 2008 Listen
Frank Stoltze: For the rest of the week, culminating with a documentary on Saturday's "Off-Ramp," KPCC is taking a special look at Oakridge Mobile Home Park. Oakridge in Sylmar was devastated in the November wildfires. Of the 600 homes in the park, 482 burned to the ground. Oakridge was not your standard mobile home park. For one thing, as KPCC's Frank Stoltze reports, its roots go deep into Western History.

Marking the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 8 Christmas Eve broadcast

Thu, Dec 25 2008 Listen
Nick Roman: Wednesday night marked the 40th anniversary of one of the most watched television programs of all time: the reading of the story of the creation from the astronauts on board Apollo 8, the first manned spacecraft to venture beyond the Earth's orbit. KPCC's Nick Roman has that story.

Egyptian artifacts exhibit makes exclusive appearance in Southland

Mon, Dec 15 2008 Listen
Steven Cuevas: Priceless artifacts from the University College of London's Egyptian collection are making an exclusive West Coast appearance at Cal State San Bernardino. The antiquities are culled from thousands of items discovered by British archaeologist Sir William Petrie. KPCC's Steven Cuevas says the exhibit tells a lot about the way people lived, and died, in Ancient Egypt.

UCLA creates digital archive of unique languages

Fri, Nov 28 2008 Listen
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: The late UCLA professor Peter Ladefoged was the Indiana Jones of spoken language. For almost 50 years, the phonetics researcher traveled the globe with recording equipment, in search of obscure and disappearing languages. This month, his colleagues at UCLA completed a four-year effort to create a digital public archive of his abundant field recordings. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has the story.

Educators say mandatory testing makes it hard to teach Thanksgiving

Mon, Nov 24 2008 Listen
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: California requires students to learn about the Thanksgiving holiday and the history surrounding it three times in their public school careers. But as KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reports, a lot of students are missing out.

Ceremony honors Women Air Force Service Pilots

Wed, Nov 12 2008 Listen
Brian Watt: On Veterans Day yesterday, a crowd filled a room at the Proud Bird restaurant near L.A. International Airport. They honored the Women Air Force Service Pilots - or WASPs - who served during World War II.

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