Off-Ramp TemperaTour(TM); This Old Thing?; The Best Milkshake in Riverside; Belmont Fiasco; Gronk's Takes on Film; Senator Craig Finds Sympathy with Older Gay Men; Domanick on Pelicano; MacArthur Park is Alive with the Sound of Music; Listener Call
John takes us on a TemperaTour(TM) with weatherman Bill Patzert of JPL and and Steve LaDochy of CalState LA.
A writer once said, "We all come here for the climate but here in California there's hardly any weather." Patzert says, "That's not true!"
JPL climatologist Bill Patzert (L) and Cal State LA meteorologist Steve LaDochy take readings at Griffith Park, as part of their Off-Ramp TemperaTour.
Cal State LA meteorologist Steve LaDochy (L) and JPL climatologist Bill Patzert take readings at the Santa Monica Pier, as part of their Off-Ramp TemperaTour.
When you see weather readings of Los Angeles, you're seeing the temperature from the USC station.
Temperature readings at the "heat projector" and then lunch!
The tour goes up the mountain. How hot does it get?
The TemperaTour comes to an end at KPCC's Pasadena studio.
John goes to a new exhibit of old Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The Fast Food Dude of the Riverside Press Enterprise takes Queena Kim to find the best milkshake in town.
Sam Hall Kaplan asks why in the Sam Hill the Belmont Learning Center still isn't finished. And why it's so unattractive architecturally.
Glendale Community College is screening a new film in its planetarium. An animation of the LA artist's Gronk's brain. KPCC's Doualy Xaykaothao reports.
The co-author of Gay LA Stuart Timmons says Senator Larry Craig has become the poster child for the persecution gay men have suffered at the hands of police.
Joe Domanick on the Anthony Pellicano case, the trial of the century that fizzled.
Not only is it now much safer to go to MacArthur Park, it's a lot more fun. This summer, they're holding thirty free evening concerts at Levitt Pavilion.
Last week, Queena Kim took us to a Southern California institution, Bob Baker's Marionette Theater. A listener called in to share this memory.