NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM; SEVERE CUTBACK EXPECTED IN WEST COAST SALMON FISHING; VERNON ELECTION; PATT MORRISON; GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE; BERNARD-HENRI LEVY
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
Larry Mantle talks with Eugenio Arene, Executive Director of the Council of Latino Agencies, Angelica Salas, Executive Director of Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, and Bill Zeeble, reporter with KERA, public radio in Dallas about today’s rallies.
SEVERE CUTBACK EXPECTED IN WEST COAST SALMON FISHING
Larry Mantle discusses the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s recommendation to severely limit commercial, recreational and tribal salmon fishing off the Coast of California and Oregon this year. Some commercial fishermen could be limited to a catch of 75 per week. The proposal is expected to be ratified soon by the National Marine Fisheries Service, part of the Department of Commerce. The recommendation was a response to the dwindling numbers of naturally spawning Chinook Salmon in the Klamath river. The many damns on the Klamath are partly responsible for the decline of the fish, which prevent the fish from reaching their upstream spawning areas.. Four damns of the are up for re-licensing this year by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Fisherman and environmentalists would like the damns removed. Larry Mantle talks with Glenn Spain, Northwest Regional Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations, Dave Bitts, a salmon fisherman in Eureka, California, and Greg Addington, Executive Director of the Klamath Water Users Association.
VERNON ELECTION
Larry Mantle discusses Tuesday’s election in Vernon. This election will be the first in the city of Vernon in a quarter of a century. The election is between three individuals who moved to town recently up against the incumbents who have ruled Vernon for approximately 50 years. Larry talks with Hector Becerra, L.A. Times Staff Writer.
PATT MORRISON
Larry Mantle talks with Patt Morrison about her first day at KPCC as host of “Patt Morrison.”
GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Larry Mantle talks with acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist Tim Flannery about his new book, The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth. In his book Flannery chronicles the history of global climate change, detailing with undeniable clarity the damage humankind has done to the Earth’s ecosystem since the Industrial Revolution.
BERNARD-HENRI LEVY
Larry Mantle talks with Bernard-Henri Levy, one of France’s leading writers, philosophers, journalists, and activists about his new book American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville. From the east coast to the west coast, Henri-Levy investigates issues at the heart of American democracy.