KCRW's Which Way, L.A.?
Award-winning moderator Warren Olney leads lively. thoughtful and provocative discussion on the issues Southern Californians care about. Which Way. L.A.? draws from newsmakers around Los Angeles, the state, North America, and from around the world to present all sides of the issues.
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Does Cleaning the Air Mean Curbing Your Driving?
Can California cut gasoline usage in half in just 15 ...
Can California cut gasoline usage in half in just 15 years? That's the goal of SB 350, a greenhouse gas reduction measure that easily passed the State Senate early this year. Then the oil companies came after it with a vengeance ? including a massive TV
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LA's School District Is Building... Housing?
Twenty percent of LA families spend more than half their ...
Twenty percent of LA families spend more than half their income on rent. The scarcity of affordable housing makes it hard to live near your work. Now, some big employers are playing with solutions. And Mayor Eric Garcetti wants to see more of that. Tonig
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Is California at Risk for a Katrina-like Disaster?
Roughly 1100 miles of levees surround the San Joaquin Delta, ...
Roughly 1100 miles of levees surround the San Joaquin Delta, holding back water from farmland and homes in part of the Central Valley. Some were built one hundred years ago; many aren't up to code. Engineers are worried an earthquake or strong El Niño st
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Lawsuit Leads to Changes in CA's Use of Solitary Confinement
Ending years of litigation, today the California prison system is ...
Ending years of litigation, today the California prison system is significantly changing the way it handles solitary confinement, and will likely move thousands of inmates into the general population. The lawsuit was brought by prisoners, mostly gang mem
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Taxation without Equal Sanitation
Mayor Garcetti promised to fight illegal dumping and clean up ...
Mayor Garcetti promised to fight illegal dumping and clean up Los Angeles' dirty streets, but according to a pair of recent media investigations he isn't delivering on that promise in the city's poorest neighborhoods where sanitation workers reportedly
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Will Police Body Cams Make the LAPD User Friendly?
When police departments around the country have mandated body cameras, ...
When police departments around the country have mandated body cameras, both uses of force by officers and public complaints have often dropped dramatically. Starting Monday, the LAPD will issue 860 body cams ? the first of a planned 7000. But, even thou
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Can 'Yes Means Yes' End Sexual Assault on Campus?
At California's colleges and universities, incoming freshmen go to orientation ...
At California's colleges and universities, incoming freshmen go to orientation sessions that deal with potential hazards, including earthquakes, fires and gunmen on the loose. This year, a new state law requires instruction about another peril of modern
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American Apparel Struggling to Survive
Dov Charney demonstrated that clothes "Made in America" could be ...
Dov Charney demonstrated that clothes "Made in America" could be hip and trendy at the same time making big money. His largely immigrant workforce worked in "no-sweatshop conditions" in downtown LA. When the magic ended is a matter of legal dispute, but
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California's Sinking Central Valley
Farmers in the Central Valley are pumping so much underground ...
Farmers in the Central Valley are pumping so much underground water that roads and canals are cracking and bridges may be in danger. Beneath the surface, natural reservoirs are collapsing, and there'll be no way to restore them, even if the drought shou
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New Vaccine Law Looms as California Children Go Back to School
Parents who don't want to vaccinate their children admit that ...
Parents who don't want to vaccinate their children admit that can end relationships. But many still want California voters to overturn a new law requiring childhood vaccinations in the interests of public health. We hear from them and update their advent
