Georgia Accepts Cease Fire, Russia Continues Bombing; Talking Trash; Show Down On Prison Healthcare; Shooting at Arkansas Democratic Headquarters; The Latest On Alzheimer's Disease; Ernest Borgnine
Georgia Accepts Cease Fire, Russia Continues Bombing
Larry Mantle talks with Fred Weir, Moscow Correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor, and Robert English, Professor of International Relations at USC about the latest news from the region.
Talking Trash
Single-family homes in Los Angeles generate 230,000 tons of food waste annually - waste that could be composted and reused. Now, the City Council has approved an experimental program that would have Angelenos separating table scraps into a city-issued pail and then into their green curbside bins along with leaves and grass. Would you go the extra mile for your garbage? We'll look at the pros and cons and take listener calls. Guests include Bernadette Halverson, Environmental Engineer with the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, and Jan Perry, 9th District, Member of City Council's Energy and Environment Committee.
Show Down On Prison Healthcare
It couldn't come at a worse time..with the State of California facing a $15 billion budget shortfall, U.S. Federal receiver J. Clark Kelso is filing a motion to enforce a Federal Court order to compel the state to spend $2.5 billion (and maybe up to 8 billion) to improve the state prison health care system. The order, made in 2002, concluded that the state's prison health-care is so bad it violates statutes against cruel and unusual punishment. At a presentation in Sacramento this morning, Kelso talked about his plans for enforcing the ruling. Larry is joined by KPCC's Sacramento reporter Julie Small, federal receiver, Clark Kelso, and Chuck Devore, Republican State Assemblyman from district 70.
Shooting at Arkansas Democratic Headquarters
Larry talks with Sarah Lee who works in a flower shop across the street from where the shooting of Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gwatney occurred.
The Latest On Alzheimer's Disease
A new UCLA study identifies genetic markers for a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's. The researchers hope the finding will point the way to early identification and prevention strategies for age-related Alzheimer's as well. Another study from Stanford School of Medicine uses MRI to map brain activity, comparing neural pathways to the connections on Facebook to assess the risk of Alzheimer's. The authors of both studies discuss these and other recent developments in Alzheimer's research. Guests include, John Ringman, M.D., Assistant Director of the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Research at UCLA, and Michael Greicius, M.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Stanford School of Medicine.
Ernest Borgnine
Larry talks with Academy Award winning actor, Ernest Borgnine, about his long career and new autobiography, "Ernie."