Love Stories; New Law Aims At School Shootings; Shot In the Heart; Creating Vintage Photos; Told You So; Newspaper Reunion; Sculpting Junk; Hollywood Star; The Iraq War Five Years In; John McCain Mix
Love Stories
This week, Christopher Murray loves his mom, Alex Ben Block loves the Herald-Examiner, and an Iraqi-American loves her adopted country.
New Law Aims At School Shootings
City councilman Ed Reyes held a news conference on Monday to propose a law that would mandate jail time for anyone with an illegal gun a thousand feet from a school.
Shot In the Heart
Dr. Mauricio Heilbraun tells of operating on an 11-year-old boy who was fatally shot.
Told You So
Marc Haefele tells how he urged his bosses at Doubleday to buy the rights to a new science fiction book, but they refused. The book was 2001: A Space Odyssey. The writer Arther C. Clarke died this week.
Newspaper Reunion
Alex Ben Block tells of the L.A. Herald-Examiner reunion last week. The Hearst paper shut down in 1989.
Sculpting Junk
Laurie Hassold, a Kentuckian who lives in Orange County, makes stunning sculptures that look like creepy sea creatures. But look closely and you'll see they're made up of all sorts of found objects.
Hollywood Star
Off-Ramp is following actor Christopher Murray's efforts to get his mother Hope Lange a star on Hollywood Blvd. The late actor won an Emmy and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Peyton Place.
The Iraq War Five Years In
As part of KPCC's series, Frank Stoltze spoke with Ilham Hussain, an Iraqi-American psychotherapist who lives in the San Gabriel Valley.
John McCain Mix
John Rabe mixes McCain's words to the soundtrack of an old spaghetti western.