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Gamers converge on E3 convention

Thu, Jun 4 Listen
Brian Watt: The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, concludes today at the Los Angeles Convention Center. KPCC's Brian Watt observed the hordes of gamers looking for the next fun time.

Cal Poly Pomona fraternity suspended after alleged hazing incident

Thu, Jun 4 Listen
Steven Cuevas: A fraternity at Cal Poly Pomona is under investigation after an alleged hazing incident left a student injured. KPCC's Steven Cuevas says the university has suspended several frat members.

State lawmakers battle over how to close the budget deficit

Wed, Jun 3 Listen
Julie Small: Governor Schwarzenegger addressed a joint session of the legislature yesterday to urge speedy closure of the state's $24 billion budget deficit. The move was meant as a rallying cry for the legislature and the Governor to solve the problem together. But as KPCC's Julie Small reports, lawmakers went to war instead.

Public health advocates say budget cuts will hurt kids

Wed, Jun 3 Listen
Patricia Nazario: Hundreds of thousands of children and seniors may lose access to healthcare if Sacramento approves Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised budget proposal. KPCC's Patricia Nazario says Los Angeles County public health advocates are asking lawmakers to rethink the ways they'll close the state's $24 billion spending gap.

Iraq war veteran graduates from Cal State Long Beach in spite of challenges

Wed, Jun 3 Listen
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: Sacrifice and hardship are behind many of the degrees awarded this graduation season. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez talked with a military veteran a few days ago about the struggles she faced on her way to graduation day.

Millions of gallons of oil compounds settle in sands off SB coast

Mon, Jun 1 Listen
Molly Peterson: Oil seeps have long left their mark on the Santa Barbara coast with slicks on the sea, and tar balls on the beach. New research published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology aims to explain where and how the seeping oil settles into the marine environment. KPCC's Molly Peterson talked to one scientist on the project.

California could regain control of inmate medical care

Mon, Jun 1 Listen
Julie Small: We could be close to an end to California's long-running battle with a federal judge over prison medical care. Corrections officials and the federal receiver in charge of improving health care for inmates say they've worked out a deal for new medical facilities in prisons. It would cost the state $4 billion. But KPCC's Julie Small says in return, California gets back what it hasn't had for years - full control of prison medical care.

Judge sentences Phil Spector to 19 years to life in state prison

Fri, May 29 Listen
A judge sentenced Phil Spector today to 19 years to life in state prison. KPCC's Brian Watt was at the courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.

LA pop artist COOP has new exhibit of his paintings in Culver City

Fri, May 29 Listen
Alex Cohen: Chris Cooper, a.k.a. COOP, has done posters for some of rock music's greatest legends, including Nirvana, The Sex Pistols, and Green Day. The L.A.-based pop artist is known for his rockabilly style. His work is filled with voluptuous vixens, hot rod cars, and devils - lots of devils. COOP's version of Satan is a wide-eyed one, often seen smoking a cigar. Alex Cohen recently caught up with him and asked how the devil thing got started.

Iconic jazz club loses its lease

Fri, May 29 Listen
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: Since it opened 16 years ago, the Jazz Bakery's become one of the top jazz clubs in the Southland, attracting the country's top musicians. It's a listening room; that is, a concert room free of waiters and clinking glasses and plates. This Sunday's show will be the last at the venue's longtime home in the historic Helms Bakery building. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez stopped by this week.

Deal reached on prison medical care

Fri, May 29 Listen
Julie Small: State officials have apparently reached a deal with federal receiver Clark Kelso on the construction of new prison medical facilities. KPCC's Julie Small has been following the story and talks about the new plan.

Released Iranian-American detainee talks about his experience

Thu, May 28 Listen
Shirley Jahad: Freelance journalist Roxanna Saberi returned to the United States last week after three months in an Iranian jail. Two years ago this month, Iranian officials arrested mortgage broker Ali Shakeri of Irvine as he was boarding a flight home from Tehran. He had traveled to Iran to visit his dying mother for the last time. Authorities held him for almost five months, mostly in solitary confinement. They questioned him about his work on the community advisory board of UC Irvine's...

UC Riverside photography museum hosts exhibit of blind photographers

Thu, May 28 Listen
Steven Cuevas: A new exhibit at UC Riverside's California Museum of Photography explores the work of artists working in, or near, total blindness. For some of them, the world is a permanent dark room. For others it's a haze of blurry half-light. KPCC's Steven Cuevas discovered that the camera may be their only toehold to the world of the sighted, but the exhibit may offer sighted people a new perspective on blindness.

Anti-war protesters demonstrate outside Obama fundraiser

Wed, May 27 Listen
Patricia Nazario, Alex Cohen: President Barack Obama is holding a fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton Hotels today. Alex Cohen talks to KPCC reporter Patricia Nazario as she joins us from outside the hotel as some anti-war protesters have assembled front of the hotel.

Anti-Prop 8 activists protest outside Beverly Hills Obama fundraiser

Wed, May 27 Listen
Patricia Nazario, Alex Cohen: President Barack Obama is in Southern California for a fundraiser. Alex Cohen talks to KPCC reporter Patricia Nazario as she joins us from outside the Beverly Hilton Hotel where Mr. Obama is holding that fundraiser and various group activists including opponents of Proposition 8 rally in front of the hotel.

UCR composers collective stages concert of new music

Wed, May 27 Listen
Steven Cuevas: A group of young composers takes the stage in a few hours for a one-night only performance of new music at UC Riverside. KPCC's Steven Cuevas says all the composers are current or former students.

Health care cuts could take health care from a million teens, children

Wed, May 27 Listen
Julie Small: Health care advocates lined up in Sacramento today to testify against the governor's plan to eliminate the Healthy Families program. Ending state-run medical insurance for low-income families would help plug a $24 billion deficit. KPCC's Julie Small reports that if the legislature goes along with the plan, almost a million teens and children would lose their safety net.

OC officials decide where to make budget cuts

Tue, May 26 Listen
Susan Valot: There's no doubt that budget cuts are coming for California cities and counties. With the economy flat, sales tax and property tax revenue is down. They'll be talking numbers in Orange County during a county budget workshop this Friday. KPCC's Susan Valot says with the state budget in question, there'll be lots to talk about.

Inland Seventh Day Adventist leader conflicted over Prop 8

Tue, May 26 Listen
Steven Cuevas: As we've been reporting all day, the California Supreme court has upheld Proposition 8 - the voter-approved measure banning gay marriage. But the court will not invalidate the 18,000 same sex marriages carried out before the ban. Prop 8 got a lot of support from Inland Empire religious leaders. But KPCC's Steven Cuevas says some in the Adventist Church are just as split over the issue as the state's high court.

California Supreme Court upholds Proposition 8

Tue, May 26 Listen
Julie Small, Brian Watt: A little more than a year after it declared same-sex marriage legal in California, the state Supreme Court today upheld the voter-approved ban on the very same thing. The justices ruled - by a 6-to-1 vote - that last November's Proposition 8 will stand. The decision reveals the state high court's reluctance to tamper with voter-approved constitutional amendments. The court also decided not to tamper the 18,000 or so same-sex marriages that happened under its previous...

Southern California Korean community reacts to North Korea missile tests

Tue, May 26 Listen
Alex Cohen: Today North Korea allegedly fired two more short range missiles into waters off its eastern coast. This after the test firing of three missiles and the detonation of a nuclear device yesterday. KPCC's Alex Cohen talks to Grace Yoo, executive director of the Korean American Coalition, and asks what has been the reaction of Southern Califonia's local Korean Community.

California's greenhouse gas"emissions may be low because of energy efficien

Thu, May 21 Listen
Molly Peterson: A congressional committee is considering wide-ranging legislation that would set new national limits on emissions of carbon and other greenhouse gases. KPCC's Molly Peterson says a new report aims to identify how much greenhouse gas households in each state produce.

Law enforcement arrests scores of Hawaiian Gardens street gang members

Thu, May 21 Listen
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: For almost four years federal an L.A. County law enforcement agencies have been investigating the inner workings of a gang known as "Varrio Hawaiian Gardens." This morning, officials announced an early morning sweep that netted 90 of the gang's members, leaders, and associates in the southeastern part of the county. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has the story.

Legislative analyst says cuts, borrowing ahead

Thu, May 21 Listen
Julie Small: Now that California voters have slapped aside a ballot-ful of budget-balancing schemes, everyone in Sacramento is trying to figure what to do now. The legislature's independent analyst today offered his opinion. He says it's time for the state government to borrow a lot - and cut even more. KPCC's Julie Small reports.

Literary scholar helps preserve seminal LA writer John Fante's archives

Thu, May 21 Listen
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: UCLA announced recently that it's purchased the archives of seminal Los Angeles writer John Fante. Scholars believe the documents shed light on an important mid-20th century novelist and his times. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez toured the archives with the Cal State Long Beach professor who was largely responsible for pairing them with UCLA.

Voters reject budget-related propositions

Wed, May 20 Listen
Steve Julian: California voters didn't like Tuesday's budget-related ballot propositions and defeated each one, handily. They passed Proposition 1F, though, telling lawmakers they could forget about pay raises during deficit years. The results weren't a surprise. Those five propositions trailed in public opinion polls. KPCC's Morning Edition host Steve Julian spoke with Aaron McLear, a spokesman for Governor Schwarzenegger, about where the administration goes from here.

San Gabriel Valley home becomes polling place on election day

Wed, May 20 Listen
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez: Southland voting officials locate polling places in schools, places of worship and, often, private homes. A few hours before polls closed, KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez spoke with a San Gabriel Valley woman who's opened her family home to voters for decades.

Census will decide California's congressional delegation

Tue, May 19 Listen
Kitty Felde: We're still a year away from the 2010 Census. But already, the number crunchers are trying to predict whether the new population count will cost California a congressional seat. KPCC's Washington Correspondent Kitty Felde reports.

City workers protest layoff and furlough proposal

Mon, May 18 Listen
Patricia Nazario: Los Angeles city workers hope the L.A. City Council will offer them early retirement instead of layoffs, unpaid days off, and pay cuts to help balance the city's budget. Hundreds of workers spent their lunchtime today protesting in front of L.A. City Hall. KPCC's Patricia Nazario was there.

OC budget officials discuss possible county cuts

Mon, May 18 Listen
Susan Valot: Federal stimulus dollars may help, but it won't be enough to keep Orange County from taking a billion-dollar budget hit. KPCC's Susan Valot sat in on a county budget briefing in Santa Ana today to learn where officials want to make those cuts.

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