Marine Reserves Established Off Central California Coast; Journalists Supoenaed in Balco Case; Buildings At Risk When the "Big One" Hits; Airline Passenger Profiling; The Devil's in the Details
Marine Reserves Established Off Central California Coast
The California Fish and Game Commission has created 29 marine protected areas, stretching from Santa Barbara to Santa Cruz counties, which will ban or severely restrict fishing to help depleted fish populations rebound. The area of approximately 200 square miles of state waters marks the nation's first network of marine reserves next to a heavily populated coastline. Jon Beaupre and his guests discuss the new marine reserves that were more than six years in the making.
Journalists Supoenaed in Balco Case
A federal judge has ordered two San Francisco Chronicle reporters to comply with a subpoena and tell a grand jury who leaked them secret testimony of Barry Bonds, and other elite athletes, involved in the government's steroid probe. Reporters and authors Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada must appear before the grand jury unless a higher court blocks yesterday’s ruling. Jon Beaupre talks with Fainaru-Wada who has said he and Williams will not testify and would go to jail rather than reveal their sources.
Buildings At Risk When the "Big One" Hits
A new Caltech study indicates that high-rises in the San Fernando Valley, built in compliance with the latest codes, would be at risk of collapse if a big earthquake hits. Jon Beaupre and his guests discuss the study which used advanced 3-D supercomputer earthquake simulations to predict the results of a magnitude 7.9 quake.
Airline Passenger Profiling
In light of the arrest of suspects in the recent London terror plot, British security officials are reconsidering their current profiling protocols. Should the United States reevaluate the use of racial and religious profiling as a security tactic? Guest host Jon Beaupre and his guests discuss the future of airline passenger screening and the use of profiling to detect potential terrorists.
The Devil's in the Details
Jon Beaupre talks with Henry Ansgar Kelly about his new book, "Satan: A Biography."